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Cedric Claessens

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Summary

A dedicated recruitment professional with 360° experience in the construction & real estate sector. Solid hands on expertise in delivering the most suitable candidates to the needs of numerous clients in the BeLux region while establishing a positive recruitment experience for all parties. Strongly skilled in critical reflection on current recruitment strategies and very dynamic in exploring and implementing new approaches.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Sabbatical Period

Traveling
12.2023 - Current

Business Manager

Gravitas Recruitment
04.2023 - 11.2023
  • Hired to set-up and grow a data engineering team within the UK Tech landscape
  • Have been made redundant due to global lack of financial results.

Head of Sales

Greystone Recruitment
02.2018 - 03.2023
  • Greystone is a young recruitment firm specialized in the construction, financial and engineering sector
  • I was end-responsible for the revenue of multiple sales teams (FTE 35)
  • My main responsibilities included: training new starters, motivating the sales teams on a daily basis, evaluation of employees, business development of new markets and sectors, strategic growth of headcount and revenue.

Sales Team Manager

Progressive Recruitment
08.2014 - 02.2018
  • Progressive Recruitment is a brand of SThree Plc, a leading international specialist staffing company, providing permanent and contract staff to a diverse client base
  • With construction and real estate as a vertical market and a clear focus on permanent placements, I gained my first experiences within recruitment and sales
  • My responsibilities included: daily follow-up of salespipe, business development, client and candidate meetings, sourcing new candidates via headhunting, social media and advertising.

Inside-sales

TOPdesk
02.2014 - 07.2014
  • TOPdesk is a top-5 IT-provider within the field of service management software
  • My responsibilities included: contacting prospective buyers over the telephone to sell the company’s products, sourcing my own new leads, using online social media sites to profile organisations and develop new business opportunities, speaking to decision makers, namely IT-managers.

Callcenter-associate

Protel
01.2013 - 07.2013
  • Protel is a company specialized in outbound telemarketing
  • My responsibilities included: dealing with calls in a professional manner, handling complaints in a diplomatic way, quickly processing information, quickly understanding a caller's point of view and empathizing with them.

Education

Master in educational sciences - Educational psychology

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
01.2014

Professional Bachelor in Socio-educational Caring -

Karel-de-Grote Hogeschool Antwerp
01.2011

Skills

  • Salesforce (CRM)
  • Bullhorn (CRM)
  • MS Office (including excel)
  • SPSS Statistics

Driving License

B

Personal Information

  • Hobbies: Vinyl Record Collector, Sports: basketball (active), Cycling
  • Interests: Ancient Greek Mythology, Physics, Traveling
  • Date of Birth: 05/25/88
  • Nationality: Belgian

Awards

  • Multiple incentives: Lisbon, Milan, Ibiza and Las Vegas
  • Brussels Top Rookie Performer 2015 (SThree level)
  • Progressive Perm BeneluxFra Top Rookie 2015
  • Brussels Perm Top Performer 2016 (SThree level)
  • Top 3 Progressive Perm Beneluxfra 2016 (over the entire region)

Timeline

Sabbatical Period

Traveling
12.2023 - Current

Business Manager

Gravitas Recruitment
04.2023 - 11.2023

Head of Sales

Greystone Recruitment
02.2018 - 03.2023

Sales Team Manager

Progressive Recruitment
08.2014 - 02.2018

Inside-sales

TOPdesk
02.2014 - 07.2014

Callcenter-associate

Protel
01.2013 - 07.2013

Master in educational sciences - Educational psychology

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Professional Bachelor in Socio-educational Caring -

Karel-de-Grote Hogeschool Antwerp

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