About this event
Join us for “The Talent Blueprint: Attract, Hire, and Keep the Best,” a live panel discussion with industry experts from Bluebird Recruitment, Teamtailor, and HoorayHR.
Building a strong, scalable talent strategy means excelling across the full journey — from attraction and hiring to onboarding and retention. In this expert-led panel discussion, you’ll gain practical insights on how to connect each stage into one seamless experience that supports long-term success.
We’ll explore key questions, including:
– What strategies are working now to attract top talent?
– How can you streamline hiring without sacrificing quality?
– What drives lasting engagement and retention?
You’ll hear perspectives from:
👤 Machiel Kunst (Founder & CEO at Bluebird) – on sourcing in a competitive market, balancing speed with quality, and managing candidate experience from the agency side.
👤 Gabrielle Bäckman (Head of Partnerships at Teamtailor) – on how ATS tools enable collaboration, prevent drop-off in high-volume pipelines, and improve candidate selection.
👤 Theo Schroen (CEO & Co-Founder at HoorayHR) – on how HR systems support structured onboarding, early-stage retention, and ongoing employee development.
🎤 The session will be hosted by Joel Fornes and moderated by Guy Timmers, who will guide the conversation and ensure key takeaways for HR leaders, Talent Acquisition professionals, and People Ops teams alike.
Whether you’re in HR leadership, talent acquisition, or people ops, this session will equip you with concrete ideas to improve how you attract, hire, and keep the best people.
Join us on June 17th, at 11:00 CEST
Hosted by
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Team member
Gabrielle Bäckman Head of Partnerships @ TeamtailorT
Gabrielle leads Partnerships at Teamtailor, where she oversees the global partner strategy and team—driving 20% of new business revenue through partnerships. With a background in SaaS and GTM strategy, she specializes in scaling partner programs that fuel sustainable growth.
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External speaker
Machiel Kunst Founder & CEO @ BluebirdE
Machiel led EMEA sales at N-able, driving growth from $6M to $250M ARR and through a successful IPO. At FastSpring, he built EMEA from $0 to $3M ARR in a year. Now, he’s Founder & CEO of Bluebird, a 25-person global team of SaaS operators turned recruiters, specializing in GTM and tech hiring for high-growth companies.
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External speaker
Guy Timmers Fractional Sales leaderE
Guy is the founder of LeapLogic and co-founder of RevTeQ Consulting, where he helps founders and sales teams accelerate growth through GTM strategy and AI-powered sales technology. A certified Revenue Architect with 20+ years in commercial leadership, he builds global teams and drives change with a strong focus on adoption and lasting impact.
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Team member
Joel Fornes Senior Partnerships Manager @ TeamtailorT
Over the past 9 years, Joel helped startups and multinationals expand into EMEA, achieving double-digit sales growth. He specializes in GTM strategy and partnerships in SaaS and tech, with a global outlook shaped by the languages he speaks, and where he’s worked and lived.
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External speaker
Theo Schroen CEO & Co-founder @ HoorayHRE
Theo is co-founder of HoorayHR, an all-in-one HR tool for SME’s. His team grew from 1 employee to 20 employees in 4 years. Together with his team he helps streamline HR matters; from onboarding till leave management and from expense claims till talent development. With over 10+ years experience as an entrepreneur and building teams to drive growth.
Teamtailor
Teamtailor is the all-in-one recruitment software loved by over 10,000 top companies and 200,000+ users around the world. Easy-to-use and candidate-focused, it offers automated triggers, analytics, anonymous hiring, an AI assistant, customizable workflows, a powerful career site, and much more.
