Jacco Valkenburg
Recruitment Architect
Jacco Valkenburg, born 1971, is an international recruitment expert, trainer and author of two books about LinkedIn. He has more than 15 years experience in global recruitment strategies and execution spanning numerous countries for leading companies.
As founder of Recruit2, Refer2 and Recruiter University he provides companies with recruitment and talent management solutions and expertise. His mission is helping companies ‘from good to great staffing’. Recently he launched Refer2, a full service provider for recruitment solutions such as referral campaigns and iPhone Apps. Furthermore he is managing a group of 80.000 Recruitment Consultants on LinkedIn and has it’s own blog www.GlobalRecruitingRoundtable.com.
Jacco Valkenburg curriculum vitae:
- Since 1996 expert in international recruitment (agency)
- Since 1999 interim corporate recruiter/manager, 14 large projects completed
- 2002 and 2003 Finalist ‘Recruiter Of The Year’ Award in The Netherlands
- Since 2003 launched Recruit2, specialists in recruiting of (freelance) recruiters
- Since 2007 started offering tailor-made recruitment trainings and workshops
- Since 2007 blogger on sites such as www.GlobalRecruitingRoundtable.com
- 2008 author of book “Recruitment via LinkedIn” (Dutch and international edition)
- 2009 Winner “Best Social Recruiter 2009” award
- 2009 launched Refer2, a solution provider for (referral) recruitment campaigns
- 2010 author of book “Career Management via LinkedIn’
- Since 2010 developer of Mobile Recruitment Apps for iPhone and Android platform
