The race for talent. An already known challenge for many HR and recruitment professionals. Research shows there’s a voluntary turnover rate up to 15% in Singapore, and globally only 21% of employees feel engaged at work. In this time and age there seems to be more than enough HR challenges that need to be addressed. With this event we aim to give refreshing insights on how you can have a succesful “open door” to hire new talents and at the same time to invest in a closed “back door” by preventing valuable employees from leaving.

DutchCham invites you to discuss potential ways to get and/or retain a healthy workforce. Together with speakers of TalentSquare, Brunel and About People Consulting we will facilitate an inspirational panel discussion. During this panel discussion we make sure to have interaction with the audience, to answer your questions and discuss various case studies. Topics you can expect to be at least addressed:

• How to recruit to retain  
• Minimizing the impact of bias during the recruitment process 
• How to retain and engage talent in project-based organizations 
• The top reasons why employees quit – and what you can do to make them stay

About the speakers: 

Anja Kromkamp – Brunel
Since 1975, Brunel has been as a reliable workforce solution provider of technical, mobility, manpower and recruitment services. Brunel connects technical specialists to pioneering projects across diverse industries in more than 45 countries. Anja Kromkamp works for Brunel for 9 years. She relocated to Singapore as senior sales manager and her strength lies in building and maintaining long-term partnerships with clients in the industry. Her focus is on building ecosystems with partners where Brunel can help their clients from the human factor, from their own strengths. In this rapid changing technological environment, developing the human factor plays a crucial part to build a strong foundation.

Koen van Gurp – TalentSquare

TalentSquare is a regional recruitment firm based in South East Asia since 2010. We are specialized in Senior Management recruitment for clients across industries in Asia. We follow a data driven andscience-based approach to take the bias out of recruitment and “recruit to retain”. As the founder and managing Director of TalentSquare Koen van Gurp has a wealth of experience in recruiting for Senior Management positions across Asia. Koen is a big believer in using a data driven approach to recruitment by integrating a range of assessment solutions into the selection process. These assessment solutions can play a key role in building diverse teams and will provide invaluable insights on how to manage these teams and improve team collaboration.

Mirjam Bout – About People Consulting

Mirjam Bout is a seasoned international HR expert with a career spanning two decades. She is the founder of “About People Consulting Ltd Pte”, focused on aligning HR strategies with client’s business goals to drive organizational success. Mirjam’s strength lies in using her multifaceted HR expertise to empower organizations to thrive in dynamic, international landscapes. Originally from the Netherlands, but based in Singapore since 2004, Mirjam has an in-depth understanding of the Asian workplace, making her adept at bridging cultural gaps and fostering cross-cultural understanding. Her career includes leadership roles in multinationals like Accenture, Credit Suisse and PwC to (semi-) startups like Lazada. Mirjam’s extensive expertise ranges from spearheading international HR strategy  and transformation initiatives, to guiding companies to navigate the complexities around international tax, equity reward, immigration and labour laws.

About the event:

• Date: 23 November
• Time: 8:30 – 10.45 AM (networking after the event is optional)
• Location: Brunel, 77 Robinson Rd, #10-03, Singapore 068896
• Tickets: free for members and members can register 1 guest. Tickets are 15$ for non-members. Tickets include light snacks and drinks.