Samantha Schlimper, Managing Director at Randstad Enterprise: How People Really Get Jobs (It’s Not Your CV)
About this episode
Samantha Schlimper discusses how people truly find jobs beyond their CVs and the importance of self-reflection in career development.
Episode Guest Sam Schlimper is Managing Director at Randstad Enterprise, where she works with global organisations to redesign work, unlock human potential, and build future-ready talent strategies. With deep experience across recruitment, financial services, and advisory, Sam is passionate about creating meaningful work that energises people and organisations. Episode Timestamps: 0:00 Introduction 0:23 What gives you energy and what drains it at work 1:17 Sam’s duvet flip and why self-reflection matters 2:09 First job lessons and learning what you don’t want to do 3:04 Why trying things is essential early in your career 3:39 How Sam fell into recruitment and talent without a plan 4:12 Confidence, training, and learning on the job 4:46 Building confidence in a hybrid and remote world 5:47 Why job descriptions don’t reflect how work really happens 6:33 Do remote workers really miss out on promotions? 7:39 How to know who you are (and why it’s a lifelong job) 8:16 Being good at something that slowly drains you 9:10 Why fun, energy, and people keep you in a job 10:05 What makes a great recruiter today 11:40 How people really get jobs beyond their CV 12:44 Understanding human…
People in this episode
Host: Jack Parsons
Guest: Samantha Schlimper
Topics covered
- job search
- career development
- human potential
- recruitment
- work culture
Keywords
- job search
- recruitment
- career advice
- human potential
- work culture
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Randstad Enterprise
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