Our weekly web mingle is designed to give you some insight into the puzzling world of HR technology, discuss news from around the world that we find interesting, talk about upcoming events in our industry, and provide insightful interviews with people of our industry – who they are, what they do and why you should care. The WebMingle has become the most popular live Internet show in the HR technology industry!
The 50-minute WebMingle on May 22nd, the 22nd in our WebMingle series, featured Jerome Ternynck, CEO and Co-Founder of MrTed. It was another fascinating WebMingle and Jerome has great insight and passion for Talent Acqusition Systems. We touched on a number of issues related to those topics including:
- Where the name MrTed came from
- How MrTed is doing in our current economy
- Trends in the recruiting industry
- What the future of talent acquisition holds
- Complexities of global recruiting
- The success of SmartRecruiters – the free ATS
- …and more
About MrTed
MrTed is a leading provider of on-demand talent acquisition solutions designed to help companies of all sizes optimize the process of acquiring local talent on a global scale. Through innovation, passion and focus, MrTed provides the world’s most effective recruitment solutions, ranging from MrTedTalentLink, an enterprise-class global talent acquisition solution, to SmartRecruiters, a free and easy applicant tracking system. MrTed was founded in London in 1999 and supports over 1000 clients in more than 100 countries find and acquire the most coveted talent in the world.
About Jerome Ternynck, CEO and Co-Founder of MrTed
Jerome Ternynck is the founder and CEO of MrTed Limited, a leading provider of on-demand Talent Management Solutions. A Frenchman who never worked in France, Jérôme has pursued an entrepreneurial path throughout his career, with an earnest and passionate dedication to the Talent Management Industry. He started his first recruitment company at age 24 in Prague (Czech Republic), effectively pioneering recruitment services (Executive Search, Selection, Recruitment Outsourcing, job fairs…) throughout Central and Eastern Europe.
In 1999, recognizing that technology was about to bring a real paradigm change in the recruitment industry, Jerome assembled $30m of venture capital and launched MrTed in London. Today, MrTed is one of the world’s leading providers of Talent Management solutions with offices throughout Europe, Asia and America. Its flagship solution, MrTedTalentLink, is used by some of the world’s largest enterprises and HRO/RPO vendors to attract, hire and retain top talent on a global scale.
Prior to this, Jerome went to Saint Cyr (French equivalent to WestPoint) where he graduated top of his year and later served as a lieutenant in the elite corps of the French Paratroops. Jerome holds a Masters Degree from Paris Dauphine University, France.
If you missed this past week’s WebMingle, or any of our past WebMingles, please visit our web site at www.HRWebMingle.com. You will see a complete list of upcoming guests and will be able to listen to past shows.
Our next WebMingle will take place on May 29 with Sybll Romley, President and CEO of HRIS Vendor, Spectrum HR. We look forward to welcoming Sybll to the HRchitect WebMingle.
We hope to have you join us!
Matt Lafata, HRchitect
