At the beginning of July, we welcomed the team from PDP UK to lead wellbeing courses for all employees at EMEA Recruitment.

With most members of staff continuing to work from home due to the coronavirus pandemic, we wanted to add some light to everyone’s home-working experience. It was fantastic to see people laughing, enjoying each other’s company, and working and playing as teams.

PDP UK ran 90-minute sessions for three teams of EMEA Recruitment staff. The specialist personal development training provider has a proven track record of designing and delivering effective and bespoke packages around issues such as engagement, attainment and employability.

Each session had everyone work in teams to complete a variety of tasks - although this was quite difficult over Zoom, the staff adapted to their settings.

The focus on employee wellbeing also enabled staff to discuss the current lockdown situation with each other. They were encouraged to talk through the following topics:

• How they were feeling about the coronavirus pandemic
• Reflecting on what they have learnt about themselves during lockdown
• What they will take forward when lockdown is over
• The people who have helped them through the past few months

Emma Feneley, a Senior Consultant in our Swiss team commented…“The thing I liked about the session was that it wasn’t your typical wellbeing session focused on breathing, meditation, yoga etc., even though I massively buy into those techniques.

“It was more about completing the session and realising that you had just spent an hour and a bit focused on something different entirely, and had forgotten completely about work, emails, coronavirus etc.”

PDP UK uses relevant theories, and tried and tested methodologies. It supports the general wellbeing of individuals and groups through the provision of personal development courses and workshops, which enable staff to take a positive and proactive approach to life.

If you would like an introduction to the PDP UK team, please contact Richard Bailey.

This Sunday, the world will once again recognise International Women’s Day. In a first in a series of posts revolving around this key focal point in the equality calendar, EMEA Recruitment would like to once again shine a spotlight on the important mission She Matters carries out and outline the activities EMEA Recruitment are carrying out with them to enrich the lives of professional female refugees across Europe. 

Who are She Matters?

She Matters Recruitment is a social enterprise, founded by Christina Moreno, with a mission to empower companies with diverse talent and female refugees with employment. They specialise in the training and placement of engineering, architecture, business services and IT professionals - women who are ready and eager to enter the labour market. 

She Matters was founded by the inspirational Christina Moreno, an international lawyer who overcame poverty as a teenage mother in the USA. After seeing that female newcomers were not being supported in their host countries, she quit her job as a lawyer and dedicated her life to supporting these extraordinary women with regaining control of their lives. 

One of the key programmes within She Matters is the 12-week Lotus Flower Programme. With most women She Matters help into employment being newly-arrived professional refugees from war-torn and highly challenged countries, the Lotus Flower programme plays a vital role in providing participants with career guidance, mentorship and soft skills training, and takes them on a journey which gives them the necessary adaptations to working life.

EMEA Recruitment and She Matters

On 12th February 2020, EMEA Recruitment, Mercer and Strategic Dimensions came together at the Mercer office in London to deliver the 'Empower with Diverse Talent' event, spreading awareness of SheMatters’ mission of diversity and inclusion. The primary purpose of the event was to discuss She Matters’ launch in the UK and how other organisations can get involved with the initiative. EMEA Recruitment and its partners are hosting a similar event in Amsterdam in the next few months, and we encourage you to attend in order to support and assist the growth of She Matters’ important project. 

Make sure to keep up to date with events via our events page. 

EMEA Recruitment are delighted to announce that Michelle Ewing has been promoted to Country Director for the Netherlands. Above, Michelle is pictured being congratulated by our Managing Director, Richard Bailey and our founder and co-owner, Paul Toms.

Michelle joined EMEA 6 years ago and has most recently been in the role of Switzerland Finance Division Director. Using her background in Finance recruitment, she has built an extensive network and has provided professional and confidential recruitment services across all finance disciplines in Switzerland. The testimonial below, from our #TestimonialTuesday series of posts demonstrates how Michelle’s clients really value the personable approach she brings to the recruitment process and how she really epitomises the EMEA values.

As Michelle leaves the Swiss division, we’d like to remind you that John Byrne is the Country Director for Switzerland. It is important to note that despite leaving the Swiss division, Michelle will continue to maintain and improve service levels in both the Netherlands and Switzerland divisions, and we’re sure that with her fantastic leadership skills, she will have great success!

Congratulations Michelle, we wish you the best of luck in your new role and we’re sure this will be another fantastic step in your career with EMEA Recruitment!

Looking for a new role in the Netherlands? Click here to see our latest vacancies across our disciplines.  

We would like to congratulate the Buchillon Yacht Club (BYC) and its members for a successful start of the 2019 sail racing season! EMEA Recruitment is a proud supporter of BYC - an international sailing club based in Buchillon, Switzerland. The club promotes and encourages the sport of sailing and sailboat racing.
 
June has been a fantastic month for BYC with several podium finishes:

• Gold Medal in J70 Nordic Championship: Held in Hanko, Norway, BYC’s Fredrik Hedlund and his Agera3 Racing Team won 1st place among 33 competing teams.
• Gold Medal in J70 Grundig Cup: Held in Oslo Norway, Agera3 Racing Team won 1st place among 11 competing teams.
• Gold Medal in J70 Norwegian Championship: Held in Hanko, Norway, Agera3 Racing Team won 1st place among 20 competing teams.
• Gold Medal in 5.5 Metre Hanko Race Week: Held in Hanko Norway, BYC’s Christoph Burger won 1st place in the 5.5 Metre Class together with Team New Moon.
• Bronze Medal in Star Class World Championship: Held in Porto Cervo, Italy, BYC’s Eivind Melleby won 3rd place with his team in the highly competitive Star Class World Championship. The event saw 63 teams from 20 nations race for the Championship.

BYC has a busy sail racing calendar for the reminder of the year. Its members will participate in several national and world championships during the next few months. Best of luck from the EMEA Recruitment team!