Bas Westland

Bas Westland is a trainer, speaker and event host who helps people and organisations explore recruitment, social media and LinkedIn, entrepreneurship, and endurance running. Drawing on practical experience and lessons learned from others, he brings subject knowledge together with an energetic, engaging storytelling style. His work includes training for large and small groups, as well as one-to-one coaching. Topics range from social selling and LinkedIn for executives or recruiters to tailored social media workshops and using LinkedIn to find a job.

As a day chair and keynote speaker, Westland contributes to events, conferences and seminars by helping shape their content, guide the programme and engage audiences. He has served as a regular host at Emerce eRecruitment since 2011 and has also worked as an MC or track leader at events including TruAmsterdam, HR Tech World, the eHRM Conference and Sourcing Summit Europe. His talks cover recruitment innovation, social media, entrepreneurship and endurance running, using practical examples and humour.