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Marcel van der Meer

Marcel van der Meer

AI & sourcing trainer; keynote speaker; AI recruitment transformation consultant

klikwork
Netherlands
Joined October 2025

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Summary

Practical AI & automation trainer for recruitment — Marcel focuses on enabling recruiters to build working AI automations (n8n, Zapier, AI orchestration) rather than selling theoretical AI hype. He runs hands-on courses and pre-conference workshops that teach recruiters to ship automations that save time and improve sourcing outcomes. airecruitmentengineer+2
Experienced global sourcing practitioner and speaker — Marcel has decades of sourcing experience and has trained thousands of recruiters, delivered keynotes and workshops at Sourcing Summit events, and presented internationally on AI in recruitment and sourcing techniques. sourcingsummit+2
Founder & operator mindset — as the founder of Klikwork he builds practical tooling, templates and playbooks (Klikwork+) and positions himself as a solo/lean operator augmented by automation to scale training and services to many clients. klikwork+1
Hands-on growth hacker / sourcing technologist — Marcel repeatedly emphasizes building automation, web scrapers, ATS integrations and growth-hacking approaches to recruitment; he blends persuasion psychology (Cialdini) with technical automation to increase response rates and sourcing velocity. klikwork+1
Community builder and educator — he founded active sourcing communities, runs public masterclasses and courses, and serves as an ambassador for vocational/skills initiatives, indicating a commitment to teaching and growing sourcing capability broadly. wizardsourcer+1

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Craft / specialty beer and kamado BBQ; enjoys food and cooking; entrepreneurship and tinkering with automation klikwork+1

Notes

MHMarc Hamelsaid
MVMarcel van der Meer
is one of the most forward-thinking HR professionals they've seen when it comes to integrating AI into HR processes.

Feb 19, 2026