Page 1 of 3 – CV of Jacco Valkenburg – Freelance Recruiter / Trainer / Expert
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Curriculum Vitae
Personal Details:
Name Mr. Jacco Valkenburg
Date of birth 1 June 1971
Nationality Dutch
Marital Status Single
Home address Raamstraat 16E, 2512 CA Den Haag, The Netherlands
Telephone mobile +31 6 2825 7098
E-mail Jacco@RecruitmentConsultant.nl
Website www.RecruitmentConsultant.eu
Desired position Freelance Recruitment Manager/Consultant, HR Project Manager, eHRM specialist
Preferred location Flexible, no restrictions worldwide
Availability Immediate, fulltime or part time
Education:
1989 – 1996 Electrical Engineering, Technical University Eindhoven
1988 – 1989 Electrical Engineering, Hogeschool Eindhoven
1983 – 1988 VWO 1-3, HAVO 4-5, Sint-Joris College, Eindhoven
Awards:
May 2009 Winner title „Best Social Recruiter 2009‟, CSN Awards
May 2007 Careersite Clifford Chance 1st prize winner SHRM Creative Excellence Award 2007,
category global communications – online media*
June 2004 Finalist title „Recruiter Of The Year 2003‟, Recruiters United
June 2003 Finalist title „Recruiter Of The Year 2002‟, Recruiters United
August 1999 & „Sales Person of the Month‟ - For Highest Contribution to Team Value, Modis
September 1998
Extracurricular:
My book www.RecruitmentviaLinkedIn.com / www.RecruitmentviaLinkedIn.nl
My training portfolio www.RecruiterUniversity.eu
My blog www.RecruitingRoundtable.nl
My press portfolio www.RecruitmentConsultant.eu
My LinkedIn group http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/52762/1C9C2422549E
Work experience:
February 2009 – now LinkedIn for Job Seekers / Recruitment Systems & Technology
Position: Author
During this period conducted research and wrote two books about the following subjects:
 „Solliciteren via LinkedIn‟, aimed at Job Seekers to fully exploit the potential of (online) social networks
 „Recruitment Systemen & Technologie‟, a comprehensive manual for recruiting organizations and agencies
Sept ‘08 – Jan ‘09 ING Wholesale Banking, Amsterdam
Position: Global Recruitment Project Manager (freelance)
ING Wholesale Banking meets all of the banking needs of corporations. It 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
internal/external career sites together with a new recruitment and selection tool (Vurv).
Main tasks and responsibilities:
 Scoping, project planning and coordinating of all project related issues including alignment, design,
configuration, setup testing, validation, migration, communication and suggesting improvements.
 Deliver a state-of-the-art talent acquisition platform (Vurv) for vacancy publishing and applicant tracking.
Develop training materials and provide end-user-training to all HR/Recruiting staff worldwide.
 Build new global career sites with compelling messages, key differentiators and targeted information
(including flash video integration and widgets) to support employer branding and internal mobility.
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May ‘08 – Jan’09 ING Group, Amsterdam
Position: Global Talent Acquisition Expert (consultancy)
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).
Working on various global projects providing expert advice on Recruiting Metrics (KPIs), Global Staffing
Practices, Leadership acquisition, Employer Branding, Online Recruiting Tools and Attraction Channels.
Aug ’07 – Sept ‘08 ING Investment Management, The Hague
Position: European Recruitment Coordinator (freelance)
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 the current recruitment activities and processes within Europe.
Main tasks and responsibilities:
 Analyse metrics, providing insights and make recommendations towards an European recruiting
organisation. Reduced cost-per hire with 46%.
 Improve labour market communication with new initiatives including email marketing, search engine
marketing, banner advertising, online career event, boosting employee referrals and an enhanced career site.
 Assist in the recruiting of (international) staff by developing the best job marketing and sourcing strategies.
 Responsible for pilot implementation next generation recruitment and selection tool for ING Group (Vurv).
March ‘07 – Aug ’07 ING Group, Amsterdam
Position: Global Graduate Recruiter (freelance)
Hired to design and enhance the global graduate recruitment strategy for Corporate Risk Management in order to
attract and select the best graduates worldwide.
Main tasks and responsibilities:
 Designed, implemented and executed groundbreaking remote college recruiting model to attract the right
candidates for new Global Risk Talent Programme. Filled all positions within 6 months.
 Building and enhancing knowledge on the Risk areas within ING, the graduate markets as it relates to hiring
risk trainees, universities, external networks, (student) associations and competitors.
 Initiated new activities using Second Life, Search Engine Marketing, Online Career Events, etc.
 (Co-)organising and visiting regional and global recruitment events for potential graduates.
Feb ‘07 – April ‘07 Tele2-Versatel, Amsterdam
Position: HR Consultant (consultancy)
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.
Dec ‘05 – Jan ‘07 Clifford Chance, Amsterdam
Position: Interim Recruitment Manager (freelance)
Clifford Chance, world's largest law firm, has over 3,300 legal advisers in 20 countries and a revenue of $1.6
billion. The firm advises the world's leading financial institutions and multinational businesses on complex and
critical legal issues. Replacing the Recruitment Manager during and after maternity leave.
Main tasks and responsibilities:
 Coordinating and supervising the recruitment and selection process (2 direct reports).
 Positioning Clifford Chance as a leading office in the job market in order to contribute to an optimum
quantitative and qualitative staffing level of both legal and non-legal personnel (165% achievement).
 Used best practices and metrics to design and implement a long-term recruitment strategy and action plan.
 Project management of award-winning 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.
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July ‘05 – Nov ‘05 Raet, Amersfoort
Position: Interim Recruitment Manager (freelance)
 Managing and coaching of recruitment team (2 direct reports).
 Responsible for the full recruiting cycle of senior level and high priority, permanent and temporary,
positions by utilizing all available resources including networking, jobmarketing, direct search and agencies.
Jan ‘05 – July ‘05 Cisco Systems, Amsterdam/Brussels
Position: Lead Recruiter, Benelux region (freelance)
 Implement and deliver the service and commercial strategy of the Managed Recruitment Service, ensuring
that targets are met or exceeded. Build and foster relationships with key players and decision makers.
 Consult on new requirements, recommend and action recruitment strategies to ensure the highest quality
resource is engaged in an efficient and cost effective manner.
 Work with and mentor Resourcing teams to ensure quality supply.
Nov ‘03 – Dec ‘04 BearingPoint, The Hague
Position: Senior Recruiter (freelance)
 Recruiting of IT and Business Consultants up to Managing Director level. Company grew from 3 to 36 staff.
 Generate qualified candidates through cost-effective efforts (mainly direct search, no agencies).
March ‘03 – Sept ‘03 InFocus, Amsterdam
Position: Recruiter EMEA (freelance)
 Responsible for the full recruiting cycle including profiling, sourcing, screening, scheduling, interviewing,
reference checks and offer making in a fast paced high-tech environment.
 Actively sourcing candidates utilizing resources that include Internet search, networking, local & national
paper advertising, agencies, trade shows, headhunting, etc.
April ‘02 – Nov ‘02 RANN, Rijswijk
Position: Project HR/Recruitment consultant (freelance)
Started before the launch of this new 3G (UMTS) rollout organisation, a 50/50 joint-venture of T-
Mobile and Orange, in order to plan and execute recruiting 30 contract and 55 permanent staff.
May ‘01 – April ‘02 T-Mobile, The Hague
Position: Recruitment consultant (freelance)
 Recruitment and selection of 70 international technical permanent staff. Temporary responsible for Sales
and Finance vacancies.
 Relation management of staffing agencies and improving pre-selection of candidates. Negotiation of agency
rates and terms. Project responsible for the evaluation of recruitment partner Randstad (in-house operation).
Dec ‘00 – April ‘01 Alcatel Telecom, Rijswijk
Position: Recruitment consultant (freelance)
 Make an inventory of the human needs in relation to the objectives and action plan and make
recommendations to management. Weekly management reporting to business managers.
 Recruitment, interviewing and selection of 40 management and ICT specialists for the new Network
Operations Centre in Amsterdam.
Dec ‘99 – Dec ‘00 KPNQwest, The Hague
Position: Interim Recruiter (freelance)
 Recruitment and (pre-) selection of international contract and 115 permanent staff.
 Initiated and implemented framework-agreement for 110 contract agencies and software houses in order to
minimise potential tax-liabilities when hiring external staff in The Netherlands.
Aug ‘96 – Dec ‘99 Modis International, Eindhoven
Position: Account Manager (Sept ‘97-Dec ‘99)
(Trainee) Resource Officer (Aug ‘96- Aug ‘97)
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 Netherlands, Belgium, UK and Sweden.
Started and lead the Systems and Networking team specialised in recruitment and engagement of Systems and
Networking Consultants. Achieved revenue of 240K€ per month.
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