My blog
I write in an ecclectic mix of English and Swedish, about everything and anything related sourcing, recruitment and employer branding.
My blog
I write in an ecclectic mix of English and Swedish, about everything and anything related sourcing, recruitment and employer branding.
Measuring the candidate experience – learnings from using Trustcruit
Measuring the candidate experience - learnings from using Trustcruit To me the candidate experience is a very important part of my job as a recruiter. Providing a great experience to all applicants, successful or not, will only strengthen your employer brand, thus...
Candidate Motivation
Candidate motivation A little while back (actually, quite a while back) I recorded an episode of the podcast Talent Savvy together with Bas van de Haterd and the discussions we had sparked me into writing this blog post. The topic for the show was “Candidate...
If I can avoid sourcing, I will.
If I can avoid sourcing, I will. Ok ok, it’s a bit of a click baity title but hear me out. If I can get good enough people to apply on their own accord, then why would I go looking for them? Despite the title of this post, I love sourcing. But that doesn’t mean I...
2020 wasn’t all bad
I started thinking about this blog post as a counter to all the "2020 was so crap". Don't get me wrong, 2020 was pretty crap, but it wasn't all bad. At least not for me. I've been lucky enough to work for a client, Toca Boca, that has not been affected in a negative...
Did it work? – looking back at the past 6 months
Earlier this year I wrote series of blog posts about my first few weeks as the Recruitment Manager at Toca Boca. It started as an idea after I did a talk at TechRec in Berlin called “How to be a one person recruitment team”. As a little bit more than half a year has...
Escaping Linkedin
Last week I was meant to be at SourceCon in Lisbon giving a talk titled "Escaping Linkedin" (the theme of the conference was "Escape Room"). The world had other plans. Then a couple of people gave me the idea of turning the talk into a blog post instead. I have a...
How to be a one person recruitment team – Part Three – Optimization
This is the third and final part of a three part blog series about “How to be a one person recruitment team”. This particular post focuses on Optimization and how I will deal with this in the next few months in my role as Recruitment Manager at Toca Boca. Part One was...
How to be a one person recruitment team – Part Two – Automation
This is the second part of a three part blog series about "How to be a one person recruitment team". This particular post focuses on Automation and how I have set things up at Toca Boca. Part One was about Collaboration. Automation My favourite question to ask...
How to be a one person recruitment team – Part One – Collaboration
I joined Toca Boca back in December and I couldn't be happier! It truly is a very creative place to work where you get to acknowledge your inner child. Just the fact that I if I ever wanted to ride around the office on a pedal go-kart, I can, makes me smile 🙂 But...