Listen "#6 - Luuk Feitsma - Recruiting Data Professionals"
Episode Synopsis
🎙️ Luuk Feitsma: Head of Recruitment
In this episode, Luuk shares his diverse professional journey, starting in the music industry as a producer and DJ before transitioning into the IT recruitment sector, where he now serves as the head of recruitment.
The conversation covers a range of topics related to recruitment, including the unique challenges of hiring data professionals versus other roles, the current volatility in the tech job market, the importance of company culture and purpose in attracting talent, strategies for assessing "soft skills" during the hiring process, addressing bias and fairness in recruitment, and the impact of AI on recruitment workflows.
In this episode, Luuk shares his diverse professional journey, starting in the music industry as a producer and DJ before transitioning into the IT recruitment sector, where he now serves as the head of recruitment.
The conversation covers a range of topics related to recruitment, including the unique challenges of hiring data professionals versus other roles, the current volatility in the tech job market, the importance of company culture and purpose in attracting talent, strategies for assessing "soft skills" during the hiring process, addressing bias and fairness in recruitment, and the impact of AI on recruitment workflows.
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