David Bizer
Staffing Guru with a deep passion for helping startups build winning teams -- prior success with Netscape and Google
| Headline: | Recruiter |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Industries: | Internet, Media, Mobile |
| Skills: | Business, English, French, Languages, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Public speaking, Recruitment, Writing |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Visas: | France |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Career advice, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Giving back, Helping friends, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups, Recruiting |
| Tags: | Internet, recruiter |
| Schools: | University of Colorado System - Boulder |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Talent Fountain |
| Position: | Managing Director |
| Time period: | January 2010 - Present |
| Description: | Talent Fountain is a boutique staffing firm specialized in helping (mostly) American start-up/internet/software/e-commerce/mobile firms build out their operations in Europe. The company provides recruitment services and consulting. Expertise lies in executive search, multi-lingual candidates and technology professionals.
Currently recruiting for the following roles: Analyst, Online Sales Operations - Swedish, Dutch, Spanish (Dublin, Ireland) Analyst, User Operations - Dutch (Dublin, Ireland) Associate, Ad Operations - Swedish, Italian, French (Dublin, Ireland) Inside Sales Associate - Swedish, Italian, Spanish, French, German (Dublin, Ireland) European Executive Recruiter (Barcelona, Spain) International Customer Operations Representatives (Funchal, Portugal) - speakers of Spanish, Italian and German wanted Publisher Optimisation Executive (Paris, France) Business Development Manager (Paris, France) |
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| Position: | Staffing Manager |
| Time period: | July 2007 - December 2009 |
| Description: | Online Advertising and Search, July 2007-Present
Led and managed 7 teams across 4 countries (60+ individuals) to deliver staffing solutions across the EMEA marketplace including; sourcing, staffing, and graduate recruitment Focused on continual improvements in process flow, idea generation, productivity gains and results leading to achieving hiring targets quarter after quarter Eliminated agency use, restructured teams and built a highly capable, cross-functional team able to work together across borders on improvement and innovation Conducted a global audit of Google’s staffing function to identify best-practices resulting in a complete re-organization and streamlining the team for improved results |
| Employer: | DAB Recruit |
| Position: | Director |
| Time period: | October 2001 - June 2007 |
| Description: | Pan-European Recruiting Consultancy, October 2001-June 2007
Delivered recruiting services for Google across Europe, resulting in over 300 hires in 18 months, spanning all corporate functions and covering 10 local offices Created a pan-EMEA sourcing center for Google and simultaneously managed recruitment teams (30+ individuals) in two countries (France and Ireland) consistently overachieving on quarterly targets Provided consulting services in the areas of international sourcing, graduate recruitment, interview training and headhunter/agency management for tech firms across the region Developed and presented workshops and courses related to the international workplace and career building for Grandes Ecoles and INSEAD in France and repeatedly invited to return |
| Employer: | Trilogy Software, Inc. |
| Position: | Director of European Recruiting |
| Time period: | June 1998 - June 2001 |
| Description: | E-commerce Software Company, June 1998-June 2001
Managed a 6 person , multi-cultural recruiting team, including remote management Established a comprehensive, Pan-European recruitment program building extensive relationships with universities and professional recruiting firms Hired extremely high caliber technical graduates and experienced candidates across Europe Started experienced recruiting with no prior experience and hired over 10 candidates into key positions during the first six months Coordinated the entire recruiting process spanning all of European operations and in close liaison with the US team Developed and implemented an interview training program |
| Employer: | Arthur Andersen LLP |
| Position: | Senior Consultant (Firmwide Recruiting) |
| Time period: | February 1998 - June 1998 |
| Description: | Professional Services Firm, February 1998-June 1998
Coordinated design and production process for worldwide recruiting publications Organized several key components of the 1998 International Recruiters Meeting Delivered support services for local office recruiting operations worldwide |
| Employer: | Netscape Communications |
| Position: | College Recruiting Representative |
| Time period: | July 1996 - January 1998 |
| Description: | Internet Software Developer, July 1996-January 1998
Coordinated over 50 campus recruiting visits including interviews, information sessions, career fairs and relationship management Managed process of recruiting college candidates from on-campus interviews to post offer acceptance resulting in hiring over 70 regular employees and over 70 interns Developed and implemented a Campus Leader program resulting in long term sustainability and quality improvement Designed a summer internship program with a focus on retaining 90% of summer interns |
| Employer: | AIESEC United States, Inc |
| Position: | President |
| Time period: | July 1995 - July 1996 |
| Description: | Hired a 7 person management team to lead and develop national strategy for 55 subsidiaries Coordinated international efforts between political, educational and corporate entities to expand AIESEC to 5 top-flight universities in China and initiated 100 student exchanges Responsible for Human Resource operations at 63 Universities spanning 30 U.S. states Innovated corporate conference and education processes focused on leadership development Awarded Most Outstanding Country by AIESEC International (85 countries)
Led and managed a team of 10 members in the design and development of a 7 day conference for 500 delegates |
| Employer: | AIESEC United States, Inc |
| Position: | Vice President Human Resources |
| Time period: | June 1994 - July 1995 |
| Description: | Hired a 7 person management team to lead and develop national strategy for 55 subsidiaries Coordinated international efforts between political, educational and corporate entities to expand AIESEC to 5 top-flight universities in China and initiated 100 student exchanges Responsible for Human Resource operations at 63 Universities spanning 30 U.S. states Innovated corporate conference and education processes focused on leadership development Awarded Most Outstanding Country by AIESEC International (85 countries)
Led and managed a team of 10 members in the design and development of a 7 day conference for 500 delegates |
| Employer: | AIESEC United States, Inc |
| Position: | President, National Conference |
| Time period: | May 1992 - January 1994 |
| Description: | Hired a 7 person management team to lead and develop national strategy for 55 subsidiaries Coordinated international efforts between political, educational and corporate entities to expand AIESEC to 5 top-flight universities in China and initiated 100 student exchanges Responsible for Human Resource operations at 63 Universities spanning 30 U.S. states Innovated corporate conference and education processes focused on leadership development Awarded Most Outstanding Country by AIESEC International (85 countries)
Led and managed a team of 10 members in the design and development of a 7 day conference for 500 delegates |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Colorado System - Boulder |
| Time period: | 1989 - 1993 |
| Degree: | Business Administration, BSc |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | Selected to train at Global Leadership Conferences in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Finland, Malta, Poland, Puerto Rico, Spain, Sri Lanka, Ireland and the United Kingdom
Nominated for College of Business Leadership Award, University of Colorado Only consultant to receive an award at Google (BeFast) for speed in delivery Received the top award at the 2007 Google EMEA Sales Conference “Better than the Best” |
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Rade Glomazic
Currently a Doctoral candidate in Political science at the European Center for Peace and Development of the UN University of Peace. Have over ten years of professional experience working in socio-economic development activities and int. cooperation
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Peter Bakker
Sociology and Media Science graduate from Erasmus, with MBA from INSEAD.
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Ken Thomas
Founder & CEO of Kedrix. I love to bring my ideas to life and have the passion for it 24/7/365.