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The Hague Area, Netherlands
- Current
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- Writer / Author at Recruitment via LinkedIn
- Trainer / Speaker at Recruiter University
- Owner at IPRC - Specialists in recruitment solutions, training and consultancy
- Past
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- Global Recruitment Project Manager at ING Wholesale Banking
- European Recruitment Coordinator at ING Investment Management
- Global Graduate Recruitment at ING
- HR Project Consultant at Tele2
- Interim Recruitment Manager at Clifford Chance
- Interim Recruitment Manager at Raet
- Lead Recruiter BENELUX (contract) at Cisco Systems
- Contract Senior Recruiter at BearingPoint
- Contract Recruiter EMEA at InFocus
- Interim HR Recruitment Consultant at RANN (jv T-Mobile/Orange)
- Interim Recruitment Consultant at T-Mobile
- Interim Recruitment Consultant at Alcatel Telecom
- Interim Recruitment Consultant / HR Project Manager at KPNQwest
- Account Manager at Modis
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Jacco Valkenburg’s Summary
Senior Recruitment Manager / Consultant with more than 12 years experience in global recruitment strategies and execution spanning numerous countries for leading companies.
Highlights:
• Since 1996 expert in international recruitment (agency).
• Since 1999 interim corporate recruiter/manager, 12 projects completed.
• Since 2003 launched IPRC, specialists in recruiting of (freelance) recruiters.
• Since 2005 experience with recruitment outsourcing / managed services.
• Since 2007 started with offering tailormade trainings and workshops.
• 2008 author of book "Recruitment via LinkedIn" (Dutch and international version).
Looking for a permanent or interim recruiter urgently? Or are you interested in a new opportunity as (corporate) recruiter? Contact me if interested. For more information and actual vacancies see www.IPRC.nl
Jacco Valkenburg’s Specialties:
• Recruitment projects, international recruitment of contract and permanent staff
• Recruiting strategy and consultancy
• Outsourcing or Managed Recruitment Services
• Contingency, retained and executive Search
• Recruitment training, workshops and presentations
• Selection and implementation of e-HR Recruitment systems and tools
Jacco Valkenburg’s Experience
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Writer / Author
Recruitment via LinkedIn
(Publishing industry)
May 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
Finally there is a practical and useful guide for HR Professionals, Recruiters and Employer Branding/Marketing Specialists who want to use LinkedIn as a powerful recruiting channel. Beginners and advanced users will understand the best tips and tricks, how (not) to use it and why it works.
In Dutch and English, updated editions available since November 2008. Read more about this book here: http://cli.gs/book -
Trainer / Speaker
Recruiter University
(Staffing and Recruiting industry)
2007 — Present (2 years)
Want to learn from recruitment experts who made an impact and helped companies improve employer branding, recruitment or the selection process?
Recruiter University offers a diverse range of specific training and tailor made workshops at your own location, created to meet the demands and needs of today's recruitment professionals. For more info see www.RecruiterUniversity.eu -
Owner
IPRC - Specialists in recruitment solutions, training and consultancy
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
December 1999 — Present (9 years 8 months)
IPRC is the recruitment specialist in The Netherlands. We can provide a number of solutions: key people with specialist skills to complement your existing team, a stand alone task force to accomplish a specific objective, or a fully operational team to staff a new venture.
IPRC serves clients through comprehensive solution offerings:
• Project recruitment of (international) contract and permanent staff
• Freelance recruiters, researchers or senior recruitment managers
• Recruiting strategy and consultancy
• Outsourcing or Managed Recruitment Services
• Contingency, retained and executive Search
• Vendor measurement and management
• e-HRM Recruitment systems and tools
• Recruitment training, workshops and presentations -
Global Recruitment Project Manager
ING Wholesale Banking
(Banking industry)
September 2008 — January 2009 (5 months)
ING Wholesale Banking meets all of the banking needs of corporations and consists of an international team of more than 18,000 banking professionals and a presence in 40 countries. Hired to manage the global rollout of an internal/external career site together with a new recruitment platform (Vurv) .
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European Recruitment Coordinator
ING Investment Management
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ING; Investment Management industry)
August 2007 — September 2008 (1 year 2 months)
ING Investment Management employs over 2500 people in more than thirty countries worldwide. With assets amounting to almost 400 billion euro, ING IM’s portfolio is one of the largest in the world.
Project assignment to analyse, provide insights and make recommendations regarding current recruitment activities and processes within Europe. Improved labour market communication and responsible for pilot implementation next generation recruitment and selection tool for ING Group. -
Global Graduate Recruitment
ING
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ING; Financial Services industry)
March 2007 — August 2007 (6 months)
ING is one of the biggest financial services companies in the world, serving 75 million customers in over 50 countries, and has 130.000 employees. ING ranks #7 on Fortune Global 500 list 2008 (#1 financial institution).
Hired to design and enhance the global graduate recruitment strategy for Corporate Risk Management in order to attract and select the best graduates worldwide. Designed and implemented remote college recruiting model. -
HR Project Consultant
Tele2
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; TEL2-B; Telecommunications industry)
February 2007 — April 2007 (3 months)
Tele2 is Europe’s leading alternative telecom operator offering cheap and simple telecoms. And has over 30 million customers in 22 countries.
Worked on job evaluation project to analyse job profiles and organisation processes to improve transparency, clarity & systematization. New job roles are defined and classified based on tasks, results and competencies. -
Interim Recruitment Manager
Clifford Chance
(Partnership; 5001-10,000 employees; Law Practice industry)
November 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 3 months)
Clifford Chance, world's largest law firm, has over 3,600 legal advisers in 20 countries. The firm advises the world's leading financial institutions and multinational businesses on complex and critical legal issues.
Replaced the Recruitment Manager during and after maternity leave. Main tasks and responsibilities:
· Coordinating and supervising the recruitment and selection process (2 direct reports).
· Used best practices and metrics to design and implement a longterm recruitment strategy and action plan including new labor market communication, Recruitment PR, upgrade Applicant Tracking System (Tangram), Employee Referral Programme, Direct Search training, diversity program, etc.
· Organised campus recruitment events, an international business course and participated in the “Best Graduates” competition. -
Interim Recruitment Manager
Raet
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2005 — November 2005 (5 months)
Raet has over 40 years of experience in ICT and HRM (Human Resources Management) and is the leading payroll processor in the Netherlands.
Temporary recruitment assignment to ensure a continuous flow of highly qualified and motivated resources by implementing an effective recruitment strategy to support the business plans and objectives. -
Lead Recruiter BENELUX (contract)
Cisco Systems
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CSCO; Computer Networking industry)
January 2005 — July 2005 (7 months)
Cisco Systems, Inc. is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco has 35.000 employees worldwide and revenue of more than $22 billion.
Responsible for the implementation of a new Managed Recruitment Service in the Benelux region. As Team Leader responsible for managing the relationships with hiring managers and proper execution of all recruitment activities according to SLA. -
Contract Senior Recruiter
BearingPoint
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BE; Management Consulting industry)
November 2003 — December 2004 (1 year 2 months)
BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting Inc) is one of the world’s largest business consulting, systems integration and managed services firms. With a workforce of approximately 16.000 professionals, BearingPoint has over $3 billion turnover and a presence in 41 countries worldwide.
Hired as an expert on recruiting tactics and processes for the start-up and development of BearingPoint in The Netherlands and UK. -
Contract Recruiter EMEA
InFocus
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; INFS; Computer Hardware industry)
March 2003 — October 2003 (8 months)
InFocus Corporation is a projection industry pioneer and the worldwide leader in designing, manufacturing, and marketing award-winning digital projectors, technologies, and services.
Temporary recruiting assignment in European Headquarters of InFocus Corporation for Sales, Marketing and Finance positions within UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Benelux. -
Interim HR Recruitment Consultant
RANN (jv T-Mobile/Orange)
(Partnership; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
April 2002 — November 2002 (8 months)
RANN is a 50/50 joint venture, established in June 2002, between T-Mobile and Orange for the deployment of a 3G (UMTS) Radio Access Network in The Netherlands.
Started before the launch of this new organisation and responsible for the planning, budgetting, tracking and executing the recruitment of contract and permanent staff for the entire organisation that consists of a Technical, Finance, HR, Legal, Purchase and IT department. -
Interim Recruitment Consultant
T-Mobile
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DT; Telecommunications industry)
May 2001 — April 2002 (1 year)
T-Mobile (formerly Ben) is a fast growing mobile operator in The Netherlands with more than 1.5 million subscribers and one of the Dutch UMTS license holders.
Within this fast growing organisation responsible for all recruitment activities of the Engineering & Operations department. -
Interim Recruitment Consultant
Alcatel Telecom
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ALA; Telecommunications industry)
December 2000 — April 2001 (5 months)
Alcatel was responsible for the design, installation and support of the new pan-European fibre optic network of Interoute.
Main tasks and responsibilities:
• Make an inventory of the human needs in relation to the objectives and action plan and make recommendations to management
• Recruitment, interviewing and selection of management and ICT specialists for the new Network Operations Centre. -
Interim Recruitment Consultant / HR Project Manager
KPNQwest
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; KQIP; Telecommunications industry)
December 1999 — December 2000 (1 year 1 month)
KPNQwest was a facilities-based, pan-European provider of data centric IP-based services.
Within this fast growing organisation responsible for all recruitment activities of the Network Operations and Network Development departments. -
Account Manager
Modis
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MPS; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 1996 — December 1999 (3 years 4 months)
At this IT staffing business unit of MPS Group, a $1.9 billion NYSE traded company, developed a large international customer base, using a vertical market approach, in the BeNeLux, UK and Sweden. Started and lead the Systems and Networking team specialised in recruitment and engagement of Systems and Networking Consultants.
Additional Information
Jacco Valkenburg’s Websites:
Jacco Valkenburg’s Interests:
My book: http://www.RecruitmentviaLinkedin.com My project portfolio: http://www.RecruitmentConsultant.eu My training portfolio: http://www.RecruiterUniversity.eu My blog: http://www.RecruitingRoundtable.eu My LinkedIn group: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/52762/1C9C2422549E My Twitter: http://twitter.com/recruitmentjob My Plaxo group: http://recruitmentconsultants.plaxogroups.com
Jacco Valkenburg’s Groups:
Recruiters United, NVP, ERE, LinkedIn Recruitment Consultants Group, Recruiting Roundtable
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SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) UV SHRM Networking Tool -
Internal Branding -
Recruitment Consultants and Staffing Professionals (30.000+) -
Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators -
NVP Linked -
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Recruiting Roundtable (NEDERLAND) -
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Recruiting Roundtable (USA)
Jacco Valkenburg’s Honors:
May 2009 Winner title 'Best Social Recruiter 2009', by CSN
June 2004 Finalist title ‘Recruiter Of The Year 2003’, The Netherlands, by Recruiters United
June 2003 Finalist title ‘Recruiter Of The Year 2002’, The Netherlands
Jacco Valkenburg’s Contact Settings
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