Twenty plus year recruitment experience in the UK & the Netherlands. I have been fortunate to have worked on both sides of the recruitment business.
Having started my recruitment journey working for one of the most well-known high street recruitment agencies in central London. I moved to the Netherlands when it was still the Gilder time and was introduced to the wonderful world of technology / mobile communications recruitment which then evolved into digital technology recruitment.
Inspire People:
Amsterdam: +31 20 760 8080
London: +44 203 608 8375
Visit our website: www.inspirepeople.net
Client Director - Digital Technology @ Technology, creative, digital and the life sciences – we find the best individuals and match them with the UK’s most inspiring companies.
By ‘inspiring’ we mean organisations that are changing society around us in positive and exciting ways – from small apps to big infrastructure, from bringing the world online to life-enhancing scientific development.
The people we seek tend to have backgrounds in one of five areas: sales, marketing (both traditional and specialist online), commercial, technical/development or operations. In a nutshell, we find the people who make these companies work.
Some of our clients are large and well-known; others are smaller operations that nevertheless sit at the forefront of their particular niche. All come to us for a more inventive and adaptable approach to recruitment, trusting our commitment to detailed research, screening and assessment.
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http://www.inspirepeople.net/ From March 2013 to Present (2 years 8 months) Amsterdam & LondonRecruitment Manager @ - Managing the overall recruitment activities for the Amsterdam studio.
- Recruited: Designers & Design Directors,Client Services and Strategist etc
- Majority of the new hires were direct hires. From November 2011 to February 2013 (1 year 4 months) Amsterdam Area, NetherlandsRecruitment & HR Advisor - Freelance @ Provide HR & Recruitment support/advice to the creative industry. Specialist knowledge: digital/online, gaming, packaging & design, sales, marketing & communication industry. From May 2011 to November 2011 (7 months) AmsterdamTalent Acquisition & HR Manager @ - Recruited: Account Managers, Project Managers, Designers, Art Directors, SEO, Strategists, Executive Management for 3 countries: Netherlands, Germany & UK.
- Restructuring the Recruitment for Europe
- Coached Hiring Managers in interview techniques.
- Worked closely with management in identifying recruitment needs.
- Professionalizing HR (e.g. working conditions, tools, processes, culture).
- Total revision of job function, levels, and salary and reward systems for Europe.
- Monthly Payroll administration for UK & NL (80+ FTE’s), advising on local taxation.
- Managing the UK & NL Healthcare & Pension arrangements.
- Staff dismissals following the UK and NL labour laws.
- Reviewing and implementing marketing conforming Comps & Bens for both regions ensuring their competitiveness with the local competition.
- Managing external vendors relating to job boards, recruitment agencies and the associated budgets.
- Intercompany transfers and external relocations for new hires.
- IND applications for HSMW’s and 30% ruling applications (brought in house in order to reduce HR costs). From May 2008 to April 2011 (3 years) Amsterdam, Hamburg & LondonHR, Recruitment & Development @ - Set up and managed the Human Resources, Recruitment & Training dept.
- Created and implemented yearly Performance.
- Evaluation/Personal Development Plan (PDP).
- Created and conducted monthly Welcome Day sessions for all new employees.
- 30% ruling and IND HSMW applications.
- Negotiated fees with external recruitment agencies. From July 2006 to May 2008 (1 year 11 months) Recruitment Manager @ - Recruited across all business units: Developers, Designers, Engineers, Sales & Marketing, Strategist
- Compiled job descriptions and recruitment adverts.
- Advised management on staffing requirements and the best approach from terms & conditions of - employment to implementing and managing the process for new starters.
- Budget responsibility for recruitment advertising, recruitment fairs and agency fees.
- Worked closely with the Director of HR for the hiring of Director level staff.
- Point of contact for all international recruitment between Orange NL and other entities within the Orange/France Telecom Group.
- Participated in the implementation of Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) for HR / Recruitment.
- Policy writing relating to validation of vacancies, recruitment process, interviewing and hiring. From September 2001 to July 2006 (4 years 11 months) Den HaagSenior IT Recruitment Consultant @ - Technical recruitment of Java,.Net, PHP Developers, Engineers - Radio & Transmission and Project Managers.
- An average of 10 permanent placements per month.
- Awarded 3 times for the Best Performing Sales Consultant in Europe. From November 2000 to August 2001 (10 months) AmsterdamRecruitment Manager @ From January 1997 to October 2000 (3 years 10 months) London, United KingdomRecruiter/Business Development @ From 1992 to 1997 (5 years) London, United Kingdom
Kelly De Vroede-Strong is skilled in: Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Technical Recruiting, Interviews, Recruitment Advertising, Personnel Management, Talent Management, Start-ups, Sourcing, Internet Recruiting, Telecommunications, IT Recruitment, Online Advertising, Process Improvement, Executive Search, Performance Management, Social Networking, digital recruitment, Boolean Searching, Digital Technology..., Cloud Computing, Unified Communications, ICT Recruitment, Management, Strategy