{"id":27342,"date":"2025-03-13T21:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vandegroep.nl\/medewerker\/karin-bakker\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T21:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:06:10","slug":"karin-bakker","status":"publish","type":"medewerker","link":"https:\/\/www.vandegroep.nl\/en\/employees\/karin-bakker\/","title":{"rendered":"Karin Bakker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Karin Bakker, and I work as an Executive Research Consultant at Van de Groep &amp; Olsthoorn. I entered this field in 2007, after having lived in France for several years. It turned out to be an excellent career switch \u2013 ever since, I\u2019ve experienced my work in the spirit of Confucius: <em>\u201cChoose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.\u201d<\/em>  <\/p>\n<p>I joined Van de Groep &amp; Olsthoorn in 2014 and focus on connecting candidates and clients at management and executive level. What makes this work so varied and rewarding is the mix of industry research, networking, direct search, engaging conversations and \u2013 of course \u2013 finding the perfect match. With Canadian roots through my mother, I feel right at home in the international waters of technology: engineering, oil &amp; gas, on- and offshore, chemical and mechanical industries, maritime and shipbuilding.  <\/p>\n<p>When I graduated with a degree in Classical Archaeology from the University of Amsterdam in 1989, I never imagined I\u2019d find myself in this field. Yet there are parallels. Trained to dig into people\u2019s pasts, I now find myself in the unique position of helping bridge past and future through executive search.   <\/p>\n<p>As my husband is also an archaeologist, my first academic love remains very much a part of my personal life. Our children, Joris and Larissa, are now off to university in Delft and Leiden, which gives us more time to plan archaeological trips. These often involve long treks through remote landscapes, in search of ancient sites where time seems to stand still. One day, we may invest in a small home nestled among the olive groves of Greece. But for now, we\u2019re alive &amp; kicking in Amsterdam \u2013 and enjoying everything this vibrant city has to offer.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26952,"template":"","class_list":["post-27342","medewerker","type-medewerker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Karin Bakker - Van de Groep &amp; Olsthoorn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karin Bakker is Executive Research Consultant at Van de Groep &amp; Olsthoorn, specialising in connecting management and executive candidates with leading organisations in the technical sector. 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