In this episode of the EMEA Recruitment podcast, we spoke to Sandrine van den Oudenhoven, a career coach based in Switzerland.

“The only thing you can and should focus on is being fully present.”

Sandrine has a mathematical background, having started her professional life as an engineer. After only a short period of time, she realised that she wanted to get closer to where things were really happening, so moved into a more commercial sales job. After growing into leadership functions, Sandrine found that this didn’t fit into her life or the person she had become, so she re-invented her career.

Sandrine speaks to our Founder, Paul Toms, about taking this risk and meeting the person that aligned everything in her life.

It’s something that she takes into her role as a career coach. Sandrine supports partners of those that have moved to Switzerland for work, ensuring that different people’s aspirations are considered. After a chance encounter in Rome, Sandrine is passionate about entering a room full of people you don’t know, as you never know who you might meet.

It’s strong personal relationships that not only led Sandrine into her current career, but shape her business today. Her one piece of advice that she would give to everyone at the start of their career is worth listening to!

If you’re looking for guidance in your career, use the timestamps below to hear from Sandrine:

01:20 – Life before Sandrine became a career coach
03:50 – When everything aligns
07:40 – Different types of challenges
09:55 – Who Sandrine supports in their careers
13:13 – Creating a network in a different culture
17:25 – Seeing the impact of what she does
21:05 – 10-year anniversary of the business
24:14 – Integrating some tech/focus on personal connections
30:15 – How Sandrine’s childhood shaped her professional path
36:31 – The 1 piece of advice everyone needs
41:16 – How to connect with Sandrine

The full episode is below:

Or you can listen at: https://emearecruitment.libsyn.com/emea-recruitment-podcast-episode-61-sandrine-van-den-oudenhoven

The EMEA Recruitment podcast is brought to you in partnership with Operation Smile.

This careers episode was hosted by the Founder of EMEA Recruitment, Paul Toms, and Senior Consultant, Jenny Callum.

You can find out more about us here: https://www.emearecruitment.com/

Or follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/emea-recruitment-limited/

If you’d like to connect with Paul, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paultoms/

Or Jenny: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennycallumemea

If there are any topics you’d like covered in the EMEA Recruitment podcast, please contact us on LinkedIn and we will look to help.