The FODcast

🧲 Want to become a talent magnet in 2023? 🧲

Join your hosts James Hodges and Jessica Semrau as they give out advice on how to recruit the best e-commerce talent and answer any questions you may have on the topic. 

They’ll deep-dive into: 

• The current state of the e-commerce recruitment market
• How to ensure your employer brand is as good as it can be
• The best ways to attract the top performers in the industry

Simply Commerce is the leading supplier of talent into digital commerce across technology, digital marketing, product, sales, and leadership.

Find our more about our approach and our services within digital commerce recruitment here: https://simply-commerce.co.uk/

From search to onboarding - recruiters do more than simply fill a role 

Join James Hodges and Jessica Semrau on 26th January at 13:00 GMT as they discuss the unexpected ways recruiters can step in and assist. This LinkedIn Live is for both candidates and hirers and will offer expert advice, interesting views, and helpful tips. 

Don’t miss out on this exciting exchange of ideas, register now at the link below! 

#LinkedInLive #Recruitment #Search #Hiring #Candidates #Hirers 

Simply Commerce is the leading supplier of talent into digital commerce across technology, digital marketing, product, sales, and leadership.

Find our more about our approach and our services within digital commerce recruitment here: https://simply-commerce.co.uk/

Navigating the #1 resignation pitfall 

Join us as James Hodges & Jessica Semrau unpack:
- Why it can either be really bad or really great for career development
- What motivates counter-offers, and what to look out for
- How you can prioritise your professional development 
- The things that keep people in their current jobs

Simply Commerce is the leading supplier of talent into digital commerce across technology, digital marketing, product, sales, and leadership.

Find our more about our approach and our services within digital commerce recruitment here: https://simply-commerce.co.uk/

Our #1 piece of advice: Don’t be afraid to take the leap even if it's not the start of the year. Great opportunities don’t follow a calendar. 

James Hodges & Jessica Semrau cover the steps you can take to: 
-  Interview when the competition is at its lowest 
-  Make the adjustment period pain free
-  Prioritise your next career steps
- How to stand out and attract the right attention
- What to prioritise in your job search 

Simply Commerce is the leading supplier of talent into digital commerce across technology, digital marketing, product, sales, and leadership.

Find our more about our approach and our services within digital commerce recruitment here: https://simply-commerce.co.uk/

James Hodges & Jessica Semrau share amazing examples of profiles that have been headhunted, deep-dive into LinkedIn’s CV function, and share the simple steps you can take to build a personal brand that your dream employers will create a role for.

Simply Commerce is the leading supplier of talent into digital commerce across technology, digital marketing, product, sales, and leadership.

Find our more about our approach and our services within digital commerce recruitment here: https://simply-commerce.co.uk/

With our ‘Planting for Placements’ scheme planned later in the year, sustainability is close to the heart of Simply Commerce. Tim Roedel chats to Jurryt as he talks us through the ever-growing need for sustainable shopping, his unexpected career path, and his plans for expanding the business.

Any parent will know that owning a quality stroller is essential for the smooth-running of everyday life with a young child. JOOLZ quickly recognised that need and have built a range of high-quality pushchairs and buggies for “real parents getting shit done.'' In this episode of The FODcast, we talk to their Head of Global eCommerce, Jurryt van Arend. 

Based in the Netherlands, JOOLZ is an online-only store that specialises in premium pushchairs and buggies innovatively designed to make things easier for parents. As sustainability has “always been in their DNA”, the brand’s other focus is re-commerce; they create strollers with durability, sustainability, and innovation in mind to extend the lifetime of a pushchair so that it can be loved for longer. 

Go on, give it a listen - you won’t regret it. 

Simply Commerce is the leading supplier of talent into digital commerce across technology, digital marketing, product, sales, and leadership.

Find our more about our approach and our services within digital commerce recruitment here: https://simply-commerce.co.uk/

What does it take to succeed at the top of your game as a woman in tech? For Shimona Mehta, Managing Director, EMEA at Shopify, it’s been a 10-year journey of figuring that out. 

In the latest instalment of The FODcast, Shimona shares her story and covers ground from the early days of her career, the risks she took to get to where she is today, and her thoughts on future digital trends.

Shopify is a leading global commerce company, providing trusted tools that enable businesses to start, grow, market and manage a retail venture of any size. As the company’s Managing Director, Shimona adds a whole host of value to this episode of The FODcast. Learn about her non-negotiables when hiring new talent and her take on being a woman in a male-dominated industry. 

Listen to the full episode today. 

Simply Commerce is the leading supplier of talent into digital commerce across technology, digital marketing, product, sales, and leadership.

Find our more about our approach and our services within digital commerce recruitment here: https://simply-commerce.co.uk/

We’ve just launched the first FODcast episode of 2022 - and it’s a cracker. After a little (a lot) of coaxing from Tim, our guest kicking the New Year off is none other than John Williams, CTO at Amplience.

Adding some flair to this installment of the podcast, John shares the details of his impressive 25-year long career in tech, spending just over 17 of those years in a C-Suite position. 

John tells us that not only did he set up Amplience - an API-first, headless content management platform - in 2010, but he’s also an accredited member of the technology counsel in the MACH Alliance.

Throughout the episode, John states how he believes in a ‘remote-first’ approach, and that when living in an uncertain world, having a multi-pronged, flexible perspective is what will make you thrive. Don’t get stuck in the “old world” and lag behind your competitors; John says keeping up with the changing digital landscape is what will set you apart and keep your business up-to-date.

His lengthy repertoire deserves a worthy explanation, so John takes us right back to the very beginning and talks us through how he became so successful in the world of tech. 

Simply Commerce is the leading supplier of talent into digital commerce across technology, digital marketing, product, sales, and leadership.

Find our more about our approach and our services within digital commerce recruitment here: https://simply-commerce.co.uk/

For this month’s instalment of The FODcast, we were joined by none other than Seb Robert, CEO and Founder at Gophr. 

In case you haven’t heard, Gophr is making waves in the eCommerce space through their ​​last-mile delivery solutions. They have used cutting-edge technology to reinvent the way courier services work, resulting in quick, convenient and reliable solutions for all kinds of businesses across London and the UK.

Seb talked us through how his business idea came into existence, how he made his dreams a reality, and how the pandemic actually aided business growth. We also discussed the increasing popularity of cryptocurrency and how the changing face of retail is going to affect the way courier services work long-term. 

An episode filled to the brim with expert advice, this one is not to be missed. 

Simply Commerce is the leading supplier of talent into digital commerce across technology, digital marketing, product, sales, and leadership.

Find our more about our approach and our services within digital commerce recruitment here: https://simply-commerce.co.uk/

Welcome to the latest episode of The FODcast, and a brand new season of insightful and inspiring conversations with industry experts and eCommerce leaders. Alongside an impressive guestlist, regular host Tim Roedel, Director of Simply Commerce, discusses the latest market trends, innovations, and challenges affecting our industry. 

This time round, we welcome Thomas Stegelmann, former Head of eCommerce at Bugaboo. As an innovative transformation leader, Thomas strives to ‘make the impossible possible’, and with a wealth of experience across several demanding sectors and internationally-recognised organisations, he’s certainly cultivated an impressive career. 

With topics ranging from customer journeys to augmented reality, Tim and Thomas explore current market conditions, their predictions for the future, and the impact all of this is having on recruiting top talent within digital commerce. 

Listen now and follow us on Linkedin for upcoming episodes and regular updates. 

Simply Commerce is the leading supplier of talent into digital commerce across technology, digital marketing, product, sales, and leadership.

Find our more about our approach and our services within digital commerce recruitment here: https://simply-commerce.co.uk/