Vincent G.A. Zeylmans van Emmichoven

Career Coach, Outplacement-Consultant, Resume Writer, Job-Search Strategist, Author

Emmerich am Rhein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

Vincent G.A. Zeylmans van Emmichoven is Outplacement-Consultant, Job-Coach and author of 4 books about Job-Hunting. Besides, he coaches students from severals universities, MBA and EMBA. He was columnist for the Süddeutsche Zeitung during 2012 - 2019. His expertise: How to find the vacancies that cannot be seen? He turns the application process upside down. Not the reaction on published job-offers is central in his process. He coaches, how candidates can be found by Employers and Recruiters. His working method: * Defining the search-profile of candidates (What are they best at? What do they love most?) * Making this profile visible in a CV - with competences and achievements - which convinces within 2 minutes (average time, a HR-Manager takes time for the résumé) * Elaborate the successful strategy for this candidate to disclose the hidden labor-market Vincent grew up in the Hague/Netherlands, moved for 3 years to Belgium, to start afterwards with Yves Rocher Austria (Salzburg) his career in the interface of cosmetics and supply chain management. He built up a Distribution-Center in Luxemburg and then moved to Stuttgart/Germany. After 10 years cosmetics experience, he founded 1989 with his partner Paul Donders the commercial branch of xpand in Dortmund, a consulting firm, still existing today. Parallel to this business he moved as member of the Management Team to the Gillette Cosmetics Division Jafra Cosmetics in Munich, thus entering the world of Direct Selling. After the Management Buy Out of Jafra Cosmetics, he took over the General Management of the Dutch subsidiary. 2009 - 2014, he lived a mix of a 2 days engagement as Managing Director of the BUTTING Academy in Lower Saxony, and being at the same time Co-Owner of the Dutch Persolog Company, distributing personnel development and learning tools. Besides, he worked as independant Consultant, Trainer and Coach. His passion is supporting people into a new employment and he considers it as privilege, that he could coach 1.350 candidates during the last 24 years. Contact: info(at)zeylmans.de

Experience

  • xpand International (37 yrs 7 mos)
    • Career Coach, Trainer, Consultant, Author
      Jan 1989 - Present · 37 yrs 7 mos

      Senior-Consultancy, Top-Management Training, Executive Coaching. Job-Hunting Support. Author for Career Development (various publications & books), bi-monthly column in the German Süddeutsche Zeitung.

    • Co-Owner, General Manager
      Jun 1989 - Sep 1994 · 5 yrs 4 mos

      Power Management Consulting predecessor of xpand Germany GmbH. Training, Consulting, Coaching. Strategy, Organizational and Personnel Development

  • General Manager at Persolog Nederland
    Nov 2001 - Present · 24 yrs 9 mos

    Persolog Nederland offers learning instruments which describe behaviour after motivational dominant, initiative, stable and conscient tendencies. These tools are being applied for leadership, sales, conflict, team, partnership, educational, customer-orientation and self-reflection training. The materials are based upon the 3rd. generation personality profile developed by Dr. John Geier.

  • Project-Manager (40%) at BUTTING Akademie, Knesebeck, Germany
    May 2013 - Apr 2014 · 1 yr

    The BUTTING Akademie offers wholistic and individual solutions for personnel development needs to third parties and the BUTTING Group as well.

  • General Manager at BUTTING Akademie
    Aug 2009 - Apr 2013 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    The BUTTING Akademie offers wholistic and individual solutions for personnel development needs to third parties and the BUTTING Group as well.

  • Director Operations & Services at Cardinal Health
    Aug 2001 - Aug 2004 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    - Procurement - Warehousing - International Customer Service - Member of German and Dutch Management Team - Department responsibility for 60 employees