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Inge Geerdens
Inge Geerdens, c. June 2012 (by Dieter Dedecker)
Born
Inge Geerdens

(1970-09-15) 15 September 1970 (age 54)[1]
Occupation(s)Founder and CEO of CVWarehouse
Years active1993–present

Inge Geerdens (born 15 September 1970) is a Flemish businesswoman, entrepreneur and founder and CEO of CVWarehouse.

Education

She has a MA in Applied Linguistics, Interpreting and Translation (1992, Lessius Hogeschool), a Master in International Politics (1993, University of Antwerp) and received a degree in KMO Excellence (2007, Vlerick Management School)[1]

Career

In 1993, Geerdens started her career in Brussels at the accounting department of Peek & Cloppenburg. In 1994, Geerders became a researcher at Milar. In 1996, Geerdens left to become an independent researcher, helping international headhunters identify the right people to approach. In 1998, Geerdens founded Inge Geerdens sprl..

In 2003, Geerdens created her first company Executive Research. This recruitment company charges a price per day rather than a percentage of a yearly salary. In November of 2008, Executive Research was sold to Acerta, a major Belgian HR Service Provider.[2]

In 2004, Geerdens created CVWarehouse, a spin-off of Executive Research. It is an e-recruitment web-based product that combines a jobsite, CV database and an Applicant Tracking System, and is designed to be used by HR professionals. In 2006, CVWarehouse was created as a separate company and was launched on the Belgian market. [2][3]

In 2007, Geerdens (alongside of Jan Callewaert and Gabriël Fehervari) founded Your Next Move, company which promotes entrepreneurship through chess in primary schools with the support of chess legend Garry Kasparov.[4][5][6]

Other work

Geerdens has also been involved in other companies, most notably:

  • Presenter at E-unlimited (2006 – 2007)
  • Ambassadress at Bryo (January 2006 - present)
  • Director at VKW (2009 – August 2011)
  • Member of the Board at Bizidee (September 2009 – August 2012)
  • Member of the Advisory Board at PNV Elektrotechniek (2010 – June 2011)
  • Member of the Advisory Board at Autoglass Clinic (January 2010 - present)
  • Co-founder of Your Job Expo (March 2010 – May 2010)
  • Member of the Board at La Bottega (March 2012 - present)
  • Advisor at Econopolis (January 2013 - present)

Publications

Geerdens has contributed to several published works such as the non-fiction book Wake up Belgians![7][8] to which also Belgian liberal politician Herman De Croo and Belgian economist and politician Mark Eyskens contributed[9]

Furthermore, Geerdens is also an active columnist for:

  • the Flemish newspaper De Tijd and its French counterpart L'Echo
  • the KMO/PME magazine which is a business magazine for small businesses
  • the Z.O. magazine which is published by Unizo
  • the Trends magazine which is an financial economic magazine published by Knack

Honors and awards

References

  1. ^ a b "Inge Geerdens' Profile on Express.be" (in Dutch). Express.be. 31 January 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. ^ a b "Inge Geerdens' Profile at Fail Conference". Iminds, Creative Media Days. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. ^ "The vision of Inge Geerdens CVWarehouse "Let teachers gain experience in companies, either before or during their educational career"". Manager Magazines. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Duel of chess legends Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short". ChessBase.com. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  5. ^ Inge Geerdens, Founder of CVWarehouse, Belgium: Play Like the Boys for Venture Success The Next Women
  6. ^ "Bankiers zijn slechte schakers". Express.be. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  7. ^ ""Wake up Belgians! ": un manifeste pour le maintien de la Belgique". RTBF. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  8. ^ "De Croo, Crombez en Eyskens: "Wake up Belgians"". Het Laatste Nieuws. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  9. ^ "De Croo, Crombez en Eyskens: "Wake up Belgians"" (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  10. ^ "Inge Geerdens receives Womed Award 2005". Het Belang van Limburg. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  11. ^ "Overzicht Womed Award" (in Dutch). Unizo. 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  12. ^ "Winnares Womed Award 2005" (in Dutch). Markant. Retrieved 30 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  13. ^ "Inge Geerdens is onderneemster van het jaar" (in Dutch). De Standaard. 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  14. ^ "This award puts myself again on the grid". De Standaard. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  15. ^ "WORKSHOP: SUCCESSFUL PITCHING WITH INGE GEERDENS". Startups.be. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  16. ^ "The European Venture Contest 2006". E-Unlimited. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  17. ^ "The Elevator Pitch: 45 seconds to cash" (in Dutch). Express.be. Retrieved 30 January 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  18. ^ "Mentoring event 12/3, Brussels: an interview with Inge Geerdens, Belgian thought leader and entrepreneur". Whiteboardmag.com. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

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