Pierre Dosogne
Group Talent Acquisition Manager - John Cockerill

“Profile group, a trusted partner to fulfill our needs. In the last 4 years, the in-house Profile Group team has been able to fully understand our needs, help us face our daily challenges and exceed our ambitions in terms of talent recruitment, management and retention. ”

John Cockerill

A new recruitment strategy

  • Ensure the recruitment of the best talent that is available on the market in order to enable John Cockerill to develop complex and high added value technological solutions in the area of sustainable development and renewables.
  • Manage the recruitment process at group level.
  • Organise the management of the contingent workforce (consultants working for the group) via an MSP service.
  • Increase the mobility between and within each company sector
  • Improve our Employer Branding

RPO, Recruitment Process Outsourcing

Profile Group supports us by providing a team of 4 senior recruiters who are on-site at John Cockerill. These recruiters are highly skilled in the area of candidate sourcing and able to deal with the very specialised profiles we need. They are here to attract new talents but also to constantly manage our own candidate database. They are in charge of improving our recruitment process and advising us specially during the delicate selection process. 

In this role, they are true ‘sparring partners’ for our managers as they help in the definition of the roles, bring their knowledge of the candidate market and support at each step including the negociation for the final offer that they create in collaboration with our HR team.

Today...

  • A team of 4 active recruiters who are fully integrated in the 5 business units within our group (Industry, Defense, Energy, Environment, Services) and who manage all the national and international recruitments. Whatever the market (Belgium, France or the US), they fully manage all the recruitment missions for the group. In 2021, 27% of the recruitments managed by Profile Group were for the talent sourcing for our entities in France and the US.
  • The qualitative recruitment of no less than 380 talents since the beginning of our collaboration. 70% of these recruitments were due to the development of projects related to the energy and environmental transition. We have been able to attract talent coming from large international groups which enabled us to position outside our traditional markets. 

What our clients say

Daniela Godinho Lourenco
- CCRE/CEMR

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Our challenge is we had an insufficient number of candidates answering to the job offer; additionally, those responding did not have the adequate profile matching with the position.

Profile Group revised the job ad and suggested changes, which resulted in a higher and more qualified number of applicants, and, consequently, in finding the right person.

Profile Group has a solid knowledge of the work market in Brussels, and a strong understanding of the clients’ needs; the CV screening is, therefore, a successful exercise, and the result is positive for all the involved parties.

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Alain Stubbe
HR Manager - Traxio

“Talentboost is a complete service combined with an effective tool that has enabled me to recruit several candidates, saving me both time and money.”
Cynthia Prosdocimi
Talent Acquisition Manager - John Cockerill

“A real partner who is constantly looking for ways to improve.”
Gjulijeta Berisha
Publisher Secondary Education - OFFICE PLANTYN

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We are now 1 week on and I wanted to give you some feedback about this new challenge at Plantyn. Working for Plantyn is interesting & fascinating. For me, it is a totally different sector yet I feel like I have been doing this for years. There are an awful lot of similarities with what I did at Akzo and I realise more and more what my added value will be. So thank you for that! Last but not least, I have been in contact with several recruitment agencies over the past year but Profile Group is, in my opinion, the most human and friendly I have come across.

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Marine Dock
HR Admin - SKECHERS

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I’m currently working with Alexandre on various recruitment assignments for Skechers EDC, and I’d like to emphasise his ability to bring a lot of positivity and a real human dimension to our discussions. Alexandre is also a great listener and a quick thinker. He doesn’t hesitate to use his sense of humour and his creativity, which are undoubtedly important assets that enhance his persuasiveness.

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Sandrine Manchon
HR - JOHN COCKERILL

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Benjamin has been my partner for 3 years now in the recruitment of my entities. A high-performing, serious and rigorous individual, you can count on his professionalism and his human approach (rare in this field). Thank you for your pugnacity and responsiveness, we still have some great challenges ahead of us.

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