Thomas Waldman

Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Staffing and Recruiting industry

May 2010 – February 2011 (10 months) Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

At Findwell we believed that the only people that can properly convince talent to join your company are your own recruiters. Only your own recruiter is able to provide candidates with an insight of their career possibilities. Only your own people really live your brand. Findwell strives to create an optimal process for your recruitment department to excell. Through consultancy, training, purchasing and support we'll help you create a team that is cost efficient, fast and ready for any vacancy that might arise in your company.

As a managing consultant and shareholder I've helped shape the company and it's propositions. I managed our Searchdesk and was Findwell's principle trainer. My experience in recruitment and social media has allowed me to fully grasp what a recruitment department is capable of achieving if organised in the right way.

In November 2010, SearchN® and Findwell merged their activities. as a result of the merger I was temporarily appointed Operational Director of SearchN®. Responsible for team management and product development I participated in RPO projects for several clients.

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry

April 2010 – November 2010 (8 months) Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Temporarily replaced a colleague on sick leave, I've been asked to focus solely on building a long term marketing and communications strategy for Textkernel's European HR and Recruitment propositions.

I really liked working on Textkernel's CV parsing and jobmarket analysis products as they provide recruiters with valuable insights and eliminate data entry with cutting edge yet easy to use solutions.

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry

January 2010 – May 2010 (5 months) Haarlem Area, Netherlands

Adver Online is the leading reseller of recruitment related advertising. My role within the company was to develop a professional, full service brand for Adver and to position them as a thought leader in the industry. I organised events, contacted parters and roadmapped their new website and online presence.

February 2008 – May 2010 (2 years 4 months)

I've shared my passion for online recruitment with several companies. Training or presenting both personal and employer branding as well as online search strategy and social network sourcing.

I believe training is only useful if one is able to translate it to results right away. I use real life cases and hands on learning during these sessions. Learning should be FUN!

Upon teaming up with Wouter Mooij, we rebranded 21vijf to be called Findwell.

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; LNKD; Internet industry

May 2009 – January 2010 (9 months) Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Part of the team that launched Linkedin's Dutch operations, I delivered a market report for their hiring solutions and recruited the initial sales team.

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Insurance industry

July 2009 – September 2009 (3 months)

ASR Insurance (formerly part of Fortis Bank) is seeking a large number of IT staff. I was responsible for hiring, training and managing a team of database searchers as well as doing recruitment for ICT roles.

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; VOD; Telecommunications industry

June 2008 – April 2009 (11 months) Maastricht Area, Netherlands

The great thing about this job is that Vodafone is a leader in communication strategy all around. I was given the chance to give shape to an employer proposition for one of the coolest brands around.

My main challenge here was to avoid riding every hip new trend in employer branding but to make sure Vodafone had a constructive long term employer branding and recruitment strategy. I was responsible for:

* vodafone recruitment website (nominee for best e-recruitment experience 2009);
* driving internal and external vacancy communication programs;
* decrease cost per hire and cost per applicants;
* purchasing online advertising (major contracts with monster, linkedin, and VNU);
* monitoring markettrends;
* coaching recruiters on use of advertising and internet search.

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; VOD; Telecommunications industry

March 2008 – June 2008 (4 months)

Vodafone had asked me to participate in their large scale recruitment campaign brought on by the opening of a second head office in Amsterdam. I was part of the team that had 6 months time to fill over 200 vacancies. We did search, advertising, selection interviews job offers and everything else recruitment related. A great project and a great team to be a part of.

After succesfully finishing the campaign as a recruiter I moved on to become employer brand manager with Vodafone.

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry

November 2007 – May 2008 (7 months)

Basket Builders is a small (50 fte) ICT company in the center of Amsterdam and part of the Conclusion group. The problem for BB, as for most companies of their size, was the fact that they did not have a recruitment strategy. I was hired to write a recruitment plan 08/09 and identify BB's proposition on the market. My main achievements;

* built a strong, relaible vendorbase negotiating favourable prices;
* Employer identity analysis;
* rewrote jobprofiles;
* processmanual for HR, still used today.

Public Company; 51-200 employees; Human Resources industry

July 2006 – January 2008 (1 year 7 months)

P/flex is part of Randstad holding and specialised in payrolling. I provided HR directors for several large educational providers and schools with advise on payrolling and contracting matters. Responsible for a €2m + turnover in 2007

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MWW; Internet industry

September 2005 – June 2006 (10 months)

monsterboard.nl is part of Monster Worldwide. Market leader in online recruitment. Advising top 100 staffingcompanies in the Netherlands on online recruitment strategies.

Public Company; 10,001+ employees; Human Resources industry

October 2000 – September 2005 (5 years)

Responsible for running a 4 man recruitment team specialised in international call and contactcenter staff. Responsible for several large international accounts. Budgetowner.