Name: Anne Sloot

Birthplace: Nordhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany

Joined Meltwater: 2007, Sales Consultant, Meltwater News, Munich, Germany

Current Role: 2011, Client Relations Managing Director, Meltwater News, CR Paris, France

Who inspires you: Christian Finstad, Area Director, Meltwater News, Sweden

My three words to describe Meltwater: Challenging, Creative, Amicable

Anne Sloot was puzzled when a monitoring service she had set up for a new client returned no results. But even more puzzling was – the client’s happy response.

“It was a really odd situation,” Anne explains. “A new client had invented a patent for geothermal energy. I set up a monitoring service as per their request, but it came back…

Last week we posted Part I of our two part series on “selling yourself to potential employers.”  Below is the second installment.  Again, if you have any questions, please post them in the comments section below.

The Prep – Before Meeting the Recruiter

When being invited to meet with a recruiter, it is important that you prepare yourself – both in terms of the company research, but also taking time to think about your skills and how you are a good match for the position and company as a whole.

• Look at the company website and ask yourself:
  • What does this company do…

We originally published this post in March this year, but in a much longer form.  Since insight on “selling yourself to potential employers” is always relevant, we wanted to highlight a two-part bite-sized series.  If you have any questions, please post them in the comments section below.

As a recruiter for Meltwater Group, I spend most of my time screening CVs, deciding which candidates to call and conducting both phone and face-to-face interviews. My time is limited and we receive thousands of applications. So, you might ask, how can you appeal to the likes of me, to ensure your application stands out…

Shortly after graduating with a degree in Business Administration, I joined a Dutch start-up.  There are numerous blogs and articles written about the value of having experience in a start-up so, in my case, I decided to join a new innovative design agency.  The message from my new employers was simple: “make us profitable.”  While most of my fellow classmates were starting their careers plugging numbers at high profile consulting agencies, financial or accounting firms, I was making decisions on whether we invest in new product development or spend scarce resources attending a fair to showcase our products.  Looking back,…

Two weeks ago I wrote a blog post asking Movers & Shapers readers what they would want to ask a Meltwater Sales Consultant.  Rather than hearing solely from our more professionally matured employees (i.e. our Managing Directors and Area Directors) we thought it might be more relevant, and perhaps more interesting, for you to hear directly from those who just started their careers at Meltwater and what their experiences are really like – instead of just what the bosses say they’re like.

I was able to talk to two of our Sales Consultants from complete opposite sides of the world.  I first spoke with John…