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If you're looking for practical strategies and fresh perspectives on recruitment, you're in the right place. In this edition, we're highlighting Eryn Peters as our international keynote speaker for the Talent Business Awards, spotlighting Spott's mission to build an AI-native ATS, and sharing a livestream on winning new clients when traditional outreach isn't working.

Let's dive in and turn today's insights into tomorrow's results. Enjoy!

TALENT BUSINESS AWARDS

International keynote speaker announced!

We are honored to welcome Eryn Peters as our international keynote speaker during the gala dinner and award ceremony show on November 6.

Eryn is a future of work evangelist, retired digital nomad, marketplace expert, and scale-up builder. She is the Co-founder and CEO of the AI Maturity Index and founder of Startup Consortium. Before founding the AI Maturity Index, she scaled two unicorns in the tech talent industry. Her work in freelance and platform economies has impacted over 4.5 million workers in 190+ countries. She’s been named as a Top Woman Leader in Saas and 2024 ISG Digital Innovator. Her insights have been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, and on global stages from London to Riyadh.

In her presentation, “The AI-First Talent Revolution“, Eryn will explain that AI isn’t just automating old processes – it’s creating entirely new ways to operate. Explore emerging trends from algorithmic matching to dynamic pricing models, and see how leading agencies are building competitive advantages by thinking AI-first, not AI-later.

Come and join the exclusive Talent Business Awards ceremony and gala dinner, and enjoy a company of fellow peers celebrating the outstanding achievements in the industry.

RECRUITMENT TOOLS

Inside Spott’s Mission to Give Recruiters Superpowers (Not Replace Them)

What if your recruitment database (ATS) could really help you make more placements? Not just store CVs and contact details, but actually understand conversations, remember context, and suggest the perfect candidate from 30,000+ profiles in seconds?

That's what Spott's founders are building after raising €3.2M via Y Combinator. Manu Vanderveeren, Samuel Smeys and Lander Degrève (former McKinsey and BCG consultants) started with a simple observation: recruitment agencies spend too much time on administration and not enough time recruiting.

Their solution? An AI-native ATS & CRM that handles everything from candidate matching to report writing - whilst keeping humans firmly in control of the crucial conversations that actually win business.

LIVESTREAM

Are your emails and cold calls getting ignored?

In today’s market, winning new business is harder than ever. Clients are overwhelmed, competition is fierce, and traditional outreach often falls flat.

Join us for a 45-minute interactive webinar that is designed for owners and sales leaders of staffing & recruitment agencies in Belgium and The Netherlands.

Our panel - all 4 speakers with an agency background - will share honest, practical advice on how to overcome the daily obstacles of business development and cold outreach. Expect straightforward stories, useful tips, and answers to your real questions.

Thanks for reading Talent Business Insights!

This newsletter is created for you to inspire, inform, and spark conversation. We'd absolutely love to hear your thoughts! What topics would you like to see covered? What challenges are you facing in attracting, selecting and retaining top talent? Your feedback will shape future editions, so please hit reply and share your thoughts.

With enthusiasm for what's ahead,
Jeroen