Headhunters in Amsterdam

abhandari · March 17th, 2003, 3:39 am

Hi,does anyone know of good headhunters in amsterdam. Or any prop trading firms who are willing to recruit overseas candidates.Thanks

baghead · March 17th, 2003, 8:23 am

Van der Moolen. www.vandermoolen.comforth or fifth biggest specialist at the NYSE. headquartered in Amsterdam. subs in Chicago, Phily, NYC, London and Cologne. approx. 500 employees. focused on trading (and market making) in bonds, equities and options.They suffered a bit during the last couple of months and last month ten traders in Amsterdam quited....... (YES!!! THEY quited..) but maybe you give'em a try

montecarlo · March 17th, 2003, 5:15 pm

A good one based in London is Orgtel, which have a lot of positions across Europe, incl Amsterdam: OrgtelThere are a couple around I have come across: not necessarily in Amsterdam though, as I had a bit of touch with general dutch recruitment agencies:AlteraUnifirst sometimes doesn't have any openings, but worth a look.ESP RecruitmentThis link is quite useful too

FloorTrader · March 17th, 2003, 8:35 pm

Large number of Dutch prop firms, most with overseas offices and recruitment:Optiver, IMC, AOT, Curvalue, not to mention the banks: ABN AMRO, ING, Fortis etc.

HeadHunter · March 19th, 2003, 3:47 am

Depends on your background etc. I have a firm in NYC that recruits for the buyside.What do you do?

abhandari · March 19th, 2003, 3:59 am

I am a buyside quantitative analyst running a long only equities fund on Pan European basis. Do you look at candidates who require work authorisation for the US.

J · March 19th, 2003, 5:59 am

HeadHunter,I PM you. Did you get my message?

baghead · May 11th, 2003, 11:28 am

Van der Moolen is looking for a junior prop trader again.........http://www.vandermoolen.com/index.php?sid=5&jid=1sorry, it's in german......