Rank Me If You Can: Inside SEO Hiring

Join us on October 7th from 6:00pm at Decathlon for the next Amsterdam SEO Meetup — an in-person only event.

🔍 What really gets someone hired in SEO today?
Is it keyword wins? A strong portfolio? Your personal brand? Or something else entirely?

This session goes behind the scenes of how SEO hiring decisions are really made — what matters, what doesn’t, and why.

🎤 What to Expect
We’re hosting a straight-talking panel featuring:

• Corwin In den Eng, founder of Decent, an Online Marketing focused recruiter
• Yannick Colastica-Petrucco, CMO at Floryn, a hiring manager who’s recently hired in SEO
• Ihor Bankovskyi, Senior Manager Global SEO at Adidas, a recently hired SEO pro

After the panel, we’ll run a live Hiring Simulation:
Our experts will review 3 fictional candidate profiles and share their unfiltered reactions: who they’d hire, why, and what actually tips the scales.

✅ Why Attend

• A front-row seat to real hiring logic — see how decisions actually get made, unfiltered
• Actionable advice to help you stand out as a candidate or hire smarter as a manager
• Straight insight into what hiring managers truly value (and what they don’t)
• A rare chance to watch live as experts evaluate SEO talent in real time

👥 Who Should Join

• SEO professionals looking for their next role
• Hiring managers and team leads recruiting SEO talent
• Recruiters working in digital marketing
• Anyone curious about what actually drives SEO hiring

💡 The Takeaway
Whether you’re hiring or getting hired, you’ll leave with:

• Honest insights
• Practical takeaways
• A clearer sense of what matters most in today’s SEO job market

Real experiences. Real decisions. From people who’ve been there.

⚠️ Important: This is an in-person only event. There will be no recording. The value is in being there, connecting, sharing, and learning together.

Spread the word and bring your colleagues. Let’s connect, exchange ideas, and sharpen our SEO game.