About Author: Jacco Valkenburg

Jacco Valkenburg is an international recruitment expert, trainer and author (5 books). He has more than 20 years experience in global recruitment strategies and execution spanning numerous countries for leading companies. As founder of Recruiter University and Recruit2 he provides companies with recruitment training and consultancy. His mission is helping companies ‘from good to great staffing’.

Posts by Jacco Valkenburg

  • I never heard of the company Atlassian until I attended the International Conference Employer Branding last week. A 30-minute prezi was given by Sherila Karimov EMEA Director. They are a 225-people Australian-based enterprise software company with offices around the world who take a really great Google-like approach to HR and […] 0

    You can’t empty your candidate database into our inbox

    Posted on November 10, 2010
    I never heard of the company Atlassian until I attended the International Conference Employer Branding last week. A 30-minute prezi was given by Sherila Karimov EMEA Director. They are a 225-people Australian-based enterprise software company with offices around the world who take a really great Google-like approach to HR and […]

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  • A quick and plain English intro the micro-blogging service Twitter: 0

    Twitter explained in Plain English

    Posted on November 5, 2010
    A quick and plain English intro the micro-blogging service Twitter:

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  • The Recruiting Unconference, #tru, returns to Amsterdam for the second time this year, in conjunction with the unique 4th Recruitment Industry Dance Event (RIDE). Everything takes place on the 25’th November 2010. The participant pass, priced at only Euro 100, includes your place in the conversation at #truAmsterdam, coach travel […] 0

    The recruitment unconference #truAmsterdam is back on 25 November 2010

    Posted on November 1, 2010
    The Recruiting Unconference, #tru, returns to Amsterdam for the second time this year, in conjunction with the unique 4th Recruitment Industry Dance Event (RIDE). Everything takes place on the 25’th November 2010. The participant pass, priced at only Euro 100, includes your place in the conversation at #truAmsterdam, coach travel […]

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  • Have you ever seen a remarkable CV? Probably in negative way because the document contains many different fonts, font sizes, images, tables, etc. Luckily, there are also very creative and beautiful specimens. Often designed by graphic designers who use this opportunity to showcase their work. Unbelievable how beautiful certain CVs […] 0

    A great example of a Curriculum Vitae new style (16.0)

    Posted on October 28, 2010
    Have you ever seen a remarkable CV? Probably in negative way because the document contains many different fonts, font sizes, images, tables, etc. Luckily, there are also very creative and beautiful specimens. Often designed by graphic designers who use this opportunity to showcase their work. Unbelievable how beautiful certain CVs […]

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  • Each year recruitment ad agencies and corporate recruiting departments from around the world enter their best creative advertising campaigns to be judged by marketing and human resource professionals. An the winners of the Creative Excellence Awards 2010 have been announced. Here are the best Single Ads: 1st Place: Colourful Career […] 0

    Creative recruitment print ads (CEA 2010 winners)

    Posted on October 28, 2010
    Each year recruitment ad agencies and corporate recruiting departments from around the world enter their best creative advertising campaigns to be judged by marketing and human resource professionals. An the winners of the Creative Excellence Awards 2010 have been announced. Here are the best Single Ads: 1st Place: Colourful Career […]

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  • The Dutch horticulture industry faces the challenge to recruit 10.000 employees every year, which has proven to become more dificult every year. A poor brand preception of this industry is the underlying problem which is the reason why the industry created a multimedia branding campaign, aimed at students 16 to […] 1

    World’s first 3D recruitment website

    Posted on October 25, 2010
    The Dutch horticulture industry faces the challenge to recruit 10.000 employees every year, which has proven to become more dificult every year. A poor brand preception of this industry is the underlying problem which is the reason why the industry created a multimedia branding campaign, aimed at students 16 to […]

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  • I’ve attended RecruitFest 2010 live in Boston on October 7th which was a great experience! Not just because of the information sharing but also to have the possibility to meet and speak with the speakers. Over 3,800 people from 38 countries also watched this event online.  The good new is […] 0

    Video log of #Recruitfest 2010

    Posted on October 22, 2010
    I’ve attended RecruitFest 2010 live in Boston on October 7th which was a great experience! Not just because of the information sharing but also to have the possibility to meet and speak with the speakers. Over 3,800 people from 38 countries also watched this event online.  The good new is […]

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  • (Note: Today’s guest post is by Jeff Dickey-Chasins . You can read more at his Job Board Doctor blog) In August, I began gathering data from job seekers, HR professionals, recruiters, and job board employees and operators on the future of job boards and the methods for finding jobs and […] 0

    Results of the Job Board Future survey are here!

    Posted on October 20, 2010
    (Note: Today’s guest post is by Jeff Dickey-Chasins . You can read more at his Job Board Doctor blog) In August, I began gathering data from job seekers, HR professionals, recruiters, and job board employees and operators on the future of job boards and the methods for finding jobs and […]

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  • Want to know what happens at a Recruitment Agency? This video gives a good impression … Jacco Valkenburg, interim recruiter 0

    Behind the scenes at a Recruitment Agency

    Posted on October 18, 2010
    Want to know what happens at a Recruitment Agency? This video gives a good impression … Jacco Valkenburg, interim recruiter

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