I’ve worked in international recruitment since 2003. The first ten years was spent in the UK, focusing on hiring across England, Scotland, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, and the Netherlands, before moving back to Norway.

When I returned to Oslo in 2014, I started my own company providing outplacement services to organizations going through restructuring. I had the privilege of assisting senior leaders and engineers as they transitioned into new roles. During this period, I had several aha moments about recruitment and the recruitment industry.

For the first time, I was able to see the recruitment process from the candidate’s perspective — and it wasn’t as good as I had imagined.

It became clear to me that the headhunting industry in Norway had changed very little over the years. I saw a real need to modernise recruitment processes, update the tools we use, and most importantly; treat candidates with greater care and transparency.

This is how Rede People started (previously AvantGarde Search). From day one, our mission was simple: to drive a more modern and agile approach to recruitment, with the human at the centre.

That remains my mission today. I’ll continue to challenge the status quo and make sure that every candidate leaves a recruitment process with a positive impression of my clients. Employer brand is everything, and I see it as my responsibility to help my clients protect, and ideally strengthen their reputation through every executive search or recruitment process.

As many know, I’m also deeply passionate about promoting mental health awareness and the challenges it presents in modern working life.

Interesting facts – Passionate Leeds United supporter. Previous Norwegian Poker Champion. Love to work and love to meet new people. My dog is called Scampi.

Some of my clients both in Norway and abroad

Below you you can see examples of some of the 600+ hires carried out since the start of Rede in 2019.

And from my time in the UK pre-Rede I was so fortunate to recruit for some of these awesome companies.

Get in touch

There is nothing I like more than meeting technology companies, tech-focused investors and strong leaders. Please reach out if you would like to set up a meeting.

erik@redepeople.com | + 47 40 43 54 93
Mesh Youngstorget, Møllergata 6-8

Pssst, you can read more about me and my background here

Who am I?

Erik`s story

From Norway to the UK and back

Some of my clients both in Norway and abroad

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