Elissa Krajcer: After working for traditional recruiters, I’m finally with people who get that digital has changed how agencies run
Krajcer and Jawien tuck into the $100 Veuve
Digital recruiter Elissa Krajcer has quit FBI recruitment three months after the company declared she was the right person for the job following a worldwide hunt.
Krajcer’s new role is as director at digital, advertising and media recruitment firm talent Transfer. She said in an announcement from the company: “It’s great to be working with people who get it.”
Her three months with FBI Recruitment was preceded with seven months as head of digital at ICUR. Before that, she worked at Everjoy Consulting in the same role.
She said: “It’s difficult being a digital recruiter in a traditional firm. Digital has fundamentally altered the way ad agencies and creative businesses operate. Recruiters need to understand this to be able to introduce the best talent in this challenging environment.”
Some champagne, yesterday
Transfer group owner Bart Jawien said that the appointment of Krajcer would see him focus on developing other areas of the business including opening offices in Hong Kong and London before the end of the year.
He said the pair had been friends for a decade. He added: “Ten years ago we were talking about the problems with the way recruitment was handled in the digital and creative space — now we’re working together providing an alternative.”
The pair pointed out in their announcement that they had marked the occasion with a $100+ bottle of vintage Veuve Cliquot champagne.
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.
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I don’t even know where to start.
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congrats Elissa!
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Seems she’s making the most of all those job vacancies.
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will the lovely Elissa be advising her candidates to move jobs as frequently as she has herself?
Seven months at one place, three months at the next…. just what I’d be looking for on the CV of my next hire….
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My advice would be sober up from the champagne, take a cold shower and then look at the decision you’ve just made.
She seems incapable of holding down a job for an extended period of time – what makes you think she’s going to stick it with you?
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And recruiters have the hide to suggest that moving jobs every 2 years is too often ….. (yes, I’ve been told this – after being at one agency for 4 years, 3 contracts and then 2 years at the next place). Recruiters, seriously – why do agency’s bother? Just recruit directly.
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Experienced and glamourous!
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Congrats on the new gig! 10 years in the making – wow – happy days! Hope you continue to give the most awesome professional and personal advise as always.
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Is she still there? This story is over 12 hours old now…
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Will the recruitment firm FBI used to conduct the “worldwide search” to unearth this candidate in its own backyard have to refund the 20% recruitment fee as she’s left after only 3 months? Just a thought….
Second thought Tim, is this area of the industry worth an expose as ruthless as the media freebie market?
Happy to provide my thoughts on the record.
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People who “get it” … Oh no not that line.
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Congratulations Elissa!! Well deserved. I am blown away by the bitchy comments…I would have thought people would have better things to say….
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agree paddy – an expose into media recruiters would be pretty compelling reading. for every good ethical recruiter there’s 10 money hungry idiots who bring nothing to the table.
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the champagne, the jacket – the eighties are back.
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How is this actually a story? Recruiter changes jobs – wooooo!
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Woah………. “Ten years ago we were talking about the problems with the way recruitment was handled in the digital and creative space”
These guys really are ahead of their time..
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Is this an advertisement for Veuve?
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A true asset, a charming and delightful person.
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disappointing article Mumbrella, why is there a link to Dan Murphys and a pic of the Champagne bottle?
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Not blown away by any of this frankly. Exceptional people can make it work wherever they go. All sounds a bit precious for mine.
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I like her, non-vintage makes me sick too.
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Wow this lady has had more jobs than hot dinners – She cant stay in a job for longer than a few months maybe recruiting is not for her as she has worked at every agency in town!
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Embarrassing. As someone who works in the same industry and sector, seeing such cliched old tripe being bandied about under the guise of an “alternative” is truly a shame.
Recruiters – do your job, work hard, be honest, be ethical and don’t pretend to be something your not. Jeezus – it’s not bloody rocket science
Comments 4 & 5 – bang on the money. Fact she can’t sit still for longer than 5 minutes is a clear indication of a problem in itself. Wonder how long this new game-changing venture will last
Deep breath…
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Has she left yet?
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How do we trust a recruiter who moves every few months to another job ?
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Just spotted the jacket … can she kick and mark? We’ve got a few injuries.
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Recruiter decides to conduct a ‘worldwide search’ before hiring his mate of a decade? Interesting… or should I say, not interesting.
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Wow, she is class. Bagging out her former employer in a public forum.. nice. Also 3 roles in18 months, surely the sign of a star performer.
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nice advertorial, but $100 champers is a bit cheap to be getting excited about?
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Re-read the article JB… her previous company conducted the “worldwide search” to find her…
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Stephen,
LOL haha, fing awesome bro.
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Oops, I get it. Got mixed up with all the different employers 🙂
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looks like they both had the fish…
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Jason and Em – pretty sure mUmBRELLA’s use of the champagne is meant to be ironic.
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Stay tuned for her next position announcement! Makes me wonder if it is her way or the highway after rotating through all those jobs. Gen Y syndrome??
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I personally avoid recruiters who constantly float agency to agency. Good call Paddy
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I think you mUmbrella boys are rather mischevious!
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and another one bites the dust! good show mumbrella and bad move digital transfer. you have just proven to us all you choose on personal connection, not skill, talent, credability and market reputation. did you call her previous employers? investigate the detail of her CV? did you speak to people that have worked with her? I think not. lost my interest and my business.
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@Andy A
This concerns people moves in media specific recruitment. This will definitely be of interest to many Mumbrella readers.
Secondly, it is quite a statement made by Elissa Krajcer: “After working for traditional recruiters, I’m finally with people who get that digital has changed how agencies run.” A good pick up by Tim and the crew there.
If the article covered a recruiter to the finance industry, then yes, why feature info about it on Mumbrella. However this is relevant(.)
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Give her a break- Good companies are hard to find, I can imagine, especially in the area of recruitment. Good luck Elissa!
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For few good recruiters, there are a huge handful of not so good recruiters and a smaller handful of down right rubbish recruiters.
This applies to all industries, all sectors, all level of staff.
Regardless of your role and industry, you know good people, not so good people and down right rubbish people. Right?
Good for her if she is trying to improve the digital recruitment process, bring new, overseas talent to the market and show the rest of us how to “get it”.
“It” presumably being providing exemplary customer service to candidate and client, working towards the best interest of both parties, choosing talent that add value to the client and clients that can help develop the candidates career??
I assume so, that’s what we are supposed to be paid for.
If “it” becomes a new trend, this is really good for us all.
If every digital recruiter got “it” … well you can you can only imagine…..
If however this is a press release from Krajcer to cover the fact she has bunny hopped two jobs – I am disappointed to see she had the hide to flip it back on her own industry and declare she has a better method… hop hop!
Everyone should be given a chance so all the best to her. I for one look forward to industry wide changes in digital recruitment, customer service and a talent retention vs immediate win models in recruitment agencies. I hope Elissa is the one to direct the industry in the right direction.
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It’s pretty easy to blame the recruiter when you don’t get a job isn’t it.
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I burst out laughing when I read this article I have to admit. But the comments now are borderline abusive. Let’s cut her a break. And Bart. They would have learned a lot from this episode about the art of writing a press release and what a PR shot should not contain.
Let’s move on now.
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They say no publicity is bad publicity.
Except maybe in this case.
Who would bother engaging with this company now if they have staff with such poor backgrounds working for them?
And yes, that jacket is appalling.
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For a quality digital recruitment service visit http://www.clubdigital.com.au
That is all..
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I agree this is getting personal and quite abusive. Tim I’d rather you show integrity by shutting down this drivel than tell me how many cup cakes you got.
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Hi Anonymous,
I tend to agree. I’ve been interstate and not watching this one as closely as I usually would.
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Cheers,
Tim – Mumbrella