Introduction
My own life and career-path.
I was born on the 15th of October 1984 in Seoul, South-Korea.
As a 10 months old baby I was adopted by a Dutch family.
My youth I spend in a little village located in the north of The Netherlands.
My middle-school I spent in a town closeby called Drachten.
After middle-school I studied the Bachelor Marketing & Sales at the Hanzehogeschool in Groningen.
In the second year I decided to move to Amsterdam and continued my studies there.
In the third year of my studies I followed an internship in Beijing, China for half a year and in the fourth year I lived on the country-side of Kenya for half a year to do my graduation-thesis:
"How to increase the sales of crops of the farmers of the Naro-Moru region?"
My first fulltime job was with the "Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs" (DUO) in Groningen. A Dutch-government organization within the Ministry of Education.
After 2,5 years I chose to study again and move again back to Amsterdam.
This time I did a pre-master in Philosophy and after succeeding a Master in "Philosophy of Management & Organizations at the VU University of Amsterdam.
After my master-studies I started my career as a recruiter.
Working with people was my core-motivation. I had already quite some experience in commerce, so combining working with people and sales sounded for me like the ideal job.
And this was right. Recruitment was 100% match.
Quickly I became succesful as an IT-recruiter at Spilberg Development (Vibe Group) and helped many software-developers with new jobs in the Amsterdam-region.
After 1,5 years at Spilberg Development I got the offer to set up and lead a new recruitment-brand called Eswelt.
Eswelt was focused on ERP & CRM professionals.
I successfully managed the company and the team for another 1,5 years.
"We live in chaotic times, but also a time of transition. Although the future might be unknown. Every change creates new perspectives, new possibilities and new jobs."