Boyden is one of the world’s leading and most renowned companies within Executive Search and Board Services. The company has a high quality global network and is represented in the world’s most important markets. Today, Boyden has 70 offices in more than 40 countries. Boyden has been active in the Nordic region for 40 years with offices in Oslo, Helsinki, Copenhagen, and Stockholm. Boyden Norway is represented by 9 partners/principals, and we are all together 17 employees.The services offered by Boyden Norway are:- Executive Search- Interim Services- Leadership Consulting - Board ServicesWe combine our structured process and focus on quality, with a tailored approach to each specific assignment and client.We always put our clients´ need first and dedicate our best resources for the specific assignment.

Volunteer work/ position

We are concerned with understanding the client's strategy and what critical competence is needed to realize just that. Through analysis and methodological mapping, we identify leading candidates in the market. We initiate dialogue, connect, motivate and assess.Team Lead Research (2021 - )ISCO Group became partner of Boyden World Corporation in 2024

Detektor Executive Search has become an established player within the industry. We help private and public, Norwegian and international clients win their war for talent. We do this through rigorous, demanding executive search processes and management audits. Our consultants have for many years assisted a great variety of clients across industries, serving their need for senior executives and key personnel. Yet, the bulk of our assignments is within energy, industry, technology, finance/insurance, professional services and public sector.Detektor aims to be one of the preferred executive search companies in the market. We observe that many assignments are solved, but with the wrong candidate. Our experience is that value based recruitment, emphasizing motivation and personal fit, provides the best long term result.

Bjørn-Olav's primeraly role is to provide clients with a full scale executive search service delivery. This includes advise on targeted competence/ role profile, provide candidate market insight, detect and engage the right candidates and make sure the client is capable of deciding on and extending a relevant offer to the right candidate.

Sourcing and recruiting experienced candidates at all levels for Accenture Norway.Additional responsibilities:- Nordic Leadership Recruitment: Sole responsibility for providing inhouse Executive Search/ recruitment deliveries at Partner/ Senior Executive/ Managing Director level across the Accenture Nordic organization.- Nordic Social Media Recruitment Advocate:Heading the Employer Branding initiative & establishing Talent Aquisition in Accenture social media channels)Recruiting/ sourcing (Management Consulting/ IT Consultancy/ ICT professionals)Coordinator & Project Manager for leadership/ senior leadership candidate recruitment cross all Nordic entitiesExpert Advisory on Accenture candidate Sourcing StrategyEmployer Branding initiativesOffshoring Recruitment Services to shared service center in Europe, China and Brazil.Speaker on several Career Planning Events/ Career Management Events at several universities (Norway)Contributed to content and lectures in Accenture CSR initiatives through Programme on Senior Professionals Career Management Building the HR Recruitment teamRunning Talent Sourcing Continously improving recruitment and talent sourcing strategy and processesBuilding recruitment capabilities within the organisation, training sessions, TA strategy initiatives, SSC capabilities in Europe/ South America.

Identifying candidates/ sourcing talents for management positions in private & public operating clients. Gained broad understanding and insight across public and private sector, covering all industries with focus on top level management positions (CXO's). Candidate screening and assessment, building network of relevant sources/ leads, value to clients through extensive candidate market insight.Knowledge Management Advocate

Nonprofit/ volunteer position for a local Econa branch with8.000 members locally and weekly activities/ forums.Econa is the Norwegian association for "siviløkonomer" and others with a master's degree in fields related to management, economics and business administration. Econa has 17.000 members, of whom 3.500 are students at Norwegian and international business schools.

Responsibel for the annual conference "Siviløkonomdagen"​ at the BI University, managing various projects, designing "the ethics initiative" and driving activities for organizational growth.

Marketing Consultant; Marketing and recruitment, create and nurture nationally spread network within the disiplines of business and administration. Educate/ coach organisational representatives (The Norwegian Association of Masters in Business and Administration - www.econa.no)LinkedIn Group: Econa

Sales consultant working new and existing accounts in the B2B and B2C market, both private and public sector. Cross domestic clients for the products BizKit and DittDistrikt (aka "Yellow Pages").

Part-time position while studying for my MSc-grade

Training and managing a platoon (30 pers.) and as Sergeant I had full responsibilty for a squad ( 8 pers.).