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Recruitment strategy: define your hiring approach

The labor market is tight, candidates are selective, and competition is everywhere. That’s why a strong recruitment strategy is more important than ever. A well-thought-out strategy helps you attract talent in a focused, efficient, and sustainable way.

A recruitment strategy is the plan your organization uses to attract, select, and retain the right people. It forms the common thread in everything you do around hiring and recruitment.

January 18, 2025

How to build a strong referral program

There’s a good chance you’ve heard it before: “The best candidates come through word of mouth.” And it’s true. In a time when the competition for talent is fierce, one recruitment strategy consistently proves to be highly important: the referral program. For HR and recruitment managers, a referral program is not only a way to hire faster, but also to find better candidates often at lower costs.

January 10, 2025

Employer branding in combination with your recruitment website

How do you make your organization stand out among all those other employers? The answer lies in the perfect combination of employer branding and your recruitment website. Show online who you are, what you stand for, and why working at your organization is truly worthwhile.

An internal recruitment website

An internal recruitment website at Floyd & Hamilton serves as the link between your colleagues and your company as an employer, ensuring they receive special treatment.The internal recruitment website is designed for the various unique candidate experiences of people who are already working at your company and wish to stay but are seeking new opportunities.

December 18, 2025

How to optimize every step in your hiring

A well-structured recruitment process is the backbone of successful hiring. From job creation to onboarding, every step matters. An efficient and well-thought-out process saves time, improves candidate quality, and strengthens your employer brand. In this blog you’ll discover how HR and recruitment managers can optimize their recruitment process.

December 7, 2025

Visibility of job vacancies in AI

In this article, you’ll learn how SEO and GEO relate to each other, how AI language models work, key insights from our webinar, and how to make your vacancies, employer stories, and content optimally discoverable. You’ll also find a practical checklist and six strategies you can apply right away.

In 5 steps a data-driven career site

A findable, relevant, and inspiring career site is essential, as it forms a crucial link between an organisation and potential talent. Only when qualified personnel can be consistently attracted through a well-structured and strategic recruitment process is it possible to realise long-term ambitions, sustainable growth, and ongoing development. A strong career site not only increases visibility and accessibility. 

November 28, 2025

Integrating an ATS with Your Recruitment Website

With rising competition for talent, efficient hiring has never been more important. That’s why many companies invest in Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to manage applications, streamline workflows and improve the candidate experience. A common mistake however, is keeping the ATS separate from the recruitment website. That’s a missed opportunity because connecting your ATS directly to your careers site, offers significant advantages.

November 7, 2025

How AI is transforming the recruitment world

Where recruiters once sifted through stacks of CVs with a cup of coffee, artificial intelligence (AI) now takes over a lot. AI is no longer science fiction, it’s here! In this article we explore what AI means for recruitment and where the opportunities are.

Winner 'Digitaal Werven' - The best recruitment site

Winning the award for best recruitment site in the Netherlands... that's something to be incredibly proud of! 🏆 Together with Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), we've put our heart and soul into werkenbijns.nl, built on HamiltonCMS. We were crowned by winning first prize for best recruitment site in the Netherlands at the Digital Recruitment event. A fantastic milestone!

October 14, 2025

Recruitment KPIs: The metrics every HR leader should track

In today’s talent-driven market, attracting the right people is only half the battle. The real question is: how do you know if your recruitment strategy is actually working? Or better yet: where is it falling short?

September 25, 2025

Basic SEO and implementation for job postings

The main goal of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is to make it clear to Google what your page is about. You can do this by using keywords, internal links and technical optimizations.

September 23, 2025

How to improve your job postings with advanced SEO

For those who already master the SEO basics — such as clear job titles, relevant keywords, and keyword integration—the next step is advanced SEO. Read this article to learn how to make your job postings truly discoverable.

About us

At Floyd & Hamilton, we believe every organization has a unique story to tell. A story that inspires, connects, and convinces talent. We help companies make this story visible and tangible with innovative recruitment websites, strong employer branding, and smart digital solutions.

July 25, 2025

The 7 features of an effective recruitment website

The job market is changing at lightning speed, and candidates expect more and more from a recruitment website. If you want to attract and retain talent, your site needs to provide an inspiring and user-friendly experience. In this blog, we outline the 7 key features that truly make a recruitment website stand out.

March 20, 2025

NS wins Total Talent Management Awards 2025 🏆

During the Total Talent Summit by Werf& in Breda, this year’s awards were presented to the winners. The awards were created to inspire and drive innovation and professionalism within the field of Total Talent Management (Workforce/Acquisition). We’re incredibly proud to have been part of this initiative!

March 1, 2025

Floyd & Hamilton turns 15!!! 🍾 🥂

Exactly 15 years ago today, Floyd & Hamilton was founded by Ramses Serno and Karlien Donders. Today, we celebrated with the entire team over an extended lunch — and this marks the beginning of a year full of celebrations (and of course, continued growth)!

February 25, 2025

Our Applicant Tracking Module in Hamilton CMS is a reality!

An effective careers website should not only attract high-quality applicants but also provide a seamless experience for candidates, even after they apply.
The Applicant Tracking Module is also a smart solution that bridges the gap between AFAS and a data-driven recruitment site, ensuring the process remains user-friendly for everyone.

June 1, 2024

Partnership Recrubo.ai official

With Recrubo's innovative chat AI, you can automate communication with candidates through popular channels like WhatsApp, Messenger, and Telegram.

Coming soon to Hamilton CMS!

April 24, 2024

Welcome to Amsterdam, Jobylon!

Great to welcome Elina Bergström, Aref Abedi and Stefano Verkooij of Jobylon (Stockholm) yesterday to Amsterdam and to our brand new headquarters. Good to toast on our new partnership in person (live) and to celebrate the first joint and successful project www.werkenbijtergooi.nl.

April 23, 2024

Career site Feadship live

Another fantastic recruitment site has gone live, namely that of Feadship. We are very proud of this enjoyable and successful collaboration, and of course, the beautiful end result!

April 17, 2024

Career site Newtone live

HLB Witlox Van den Boomen, PKF Wallast, and Koenen en Co are moving forward under a single new name: Newtone! For the launch of this new brand, a brand-new and appealing recruitment website had to be developed in just 12 weeks. We are proud of the result and of the pleasant and successful collaboration between the Newtone and Floyd & Hamilton teams!

April 3, 2024

MrWork and Floyd & Hamilton

MrWork and Floyd & Hamilton are entering into a close partnership. The goal is to jointly develop a candidate journey "that works from start to finish and keeps a candidate engaged until they apply."

October 12, 2023

Digitaal Werven

Together with Achmea, we're presenting our past and future Candidate Experiences projects. We've also been nominated for the Working at NS award!

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NS site is live!

NS not only wants to offer travelers a good experience, but also wants to impact the experience of visitors to the NS website.

Update

Score 8.3!

Digitaal Werven recently conducted another survey on customer satisfaction among clients of recruitment website builders, and obtained the same scores from our clients. Great marks for us!

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Floyd & Hamilton goes Marrakesh!

We like to celebrate with our team that things are going well and we're making great progress. That's why we traveled to Marrakech with the entire team in May.

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5 inspiring examples

When it comes to recruitment sites, developments are moving fast. What can you still do to stand out? Karlien Donders and Ramses Serno (Floyd & Hamilton) offer these five inspiring examples.

12,5 year Floyd & Hamilton in 3 minutes!

Digitaal Werven recently conducted another survey on customer satisfaction among clients of recruitment website builders, and obtained the same scores from our clients. Great marks for us!

Floyd & Hamilton goes Toscany!

To celebrate the copper anniversary, almost the entire Floyd & Hamilton team traveled to Tuscany for three days.
We create brand-customized recruitment websites using our developed Hamilton CMS 👋🏼.
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