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Director at Talenting Career Science | championing neurodiversity in recruitment | 28 years as a recruiter in Data & Analytics | staffing Snowflake projects across the UK 🇬🇧 and NL 🇳🇱

Three reflections from the week just gone. 𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 / 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀: I've been vocal before about home much I dislike a Day for something. If it is worth doing. Do it for 365 days or all 52 weeks. That said, it is a genuine shame to also see corporate hijacking of these things, especially awareness events that have their routes in a community and then get swallowed up into corporate marketing, and lose all the authenticity and integrity they had. I feel for the original founders of these things watching all their good dissipate. Embedding the values into daily operations, feels more genuine than a once-a-year spotlight that feels more like a marketing ploy than a real commitment. 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘃𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀: Nothing fills me with dread more than a thinly carpeted exhibition hall with the overbearing background noise of too many things merging into one. Surely people don't go to these things and expect to see a room full of SaaS products they've never seen before? They're beamed into by inbox daily. And there is nothing worse than jaded stand-dwellers who "had a few" last night. Is that really the impression you want from a supplier? Give me a conference with peer-reviewed talks and presentations where the object is to learn rather than sell anyday. I'm definitely team substance over sales pitch. 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: And on a positive note, just to prove I'm not completely grumpy, we're continuing to see an uplift in demand for European contractors, especially in Nederlands and Belgium. Data Engineers, DevOps, Data Scientists - we have opportunities for you, especially if you're security cleared, or have previously been. NATO or National level especially. How's your week been? Only 4 working days until Easter break (that came quick) Have a good weekend. #Neurodiversity #DataEngineering #DevOps #Recruitment #Nederlands #ContractJobs

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