Taking everything we know about Talent Acquisition, removing what doesn’t hold up, and making it better.

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Oreea Labs is where true work around talent acquisition happens. Ideas, real problem-solving and hard conversations. Testing what works and what doesn’t. Through consulting, learning, and community, we focus on giving people the clarity, tools, and structure to work better.

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Actively innovating, learning and growing together.

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Working with companies, professionals, and leaders.

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Across global teams at different stages of growth and scale.

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With professionals, leaders and companies across the EU.

The Lab.

Consulting

Hands-on, direct consulting that challenges assumptions, sharpens decision-making, and rebuilds how talent acquisition functions. It’s honest, sometimes uncomfortable, but always transformational.

Learning

Workshops and courses designed to sharpen how you think, how you decide, and how you operate. Practical, applied, and immediately usable.

Conversations

A place for thoughts, experiences, learnings, vents, insights, and a whole lot more. A space to question ideas, explore different perspectives, challenge assumptions, and learn through honest conversation.

Community

Through content, discussions, and community-led moments, we bring people together to challenge the status quo and move talent acquisition forward, together.

Talent Crunch brings together 6,000+ professionals across DACH in a space focused on practical, honest discussion and on becoming better.

Upcoming Event

Berlin

10.04.26

Upcoming Event

Berlin

10.04.26

Endorsements

As a startup preparing to hire our first engineer, we lacked structure, reusable assets, and experience in running an e2e recruitment process. We needed someone who could bring operational clarity and set up a foundation that we could scale with …

Jacob & Felix Harz

Founders, Viivi GmbH

Andreea and I worked together at Zalando and Wayfair for >5 years. She is an incredible Principal Talent Partner who is able to lead demanding and highly complex hiring initiatives to success. She effectively moderates group sessions (up to SVP+ executive level) to identify core problems and gets the group to commit to concrete plans to get to strong hiring cultures, plans, processes and solutions that lead to long-lasting success. She delivers effectively against these plans and achieves outstanding success. If you need a true Principal Talent Partner who created scalable talent solutions and hiring cultures while delivering against the most ambitious hiring plans, then Andreea is the right person to work with.

Sören Winter

VP Talent, Parity Technologies

Working with Andreea on our courses and live training has been nothing short of a game changer for Purpl.

Firstly, expertise. Andreea’s work as a principal level recruiter combined with her commitment to operational excellence positions her as a true subject matter expert.

Secondly, mentoring and coaching. Andreea is able to take industry-wide best practice or complex topics and help recruiters break them down into actionable steps, leaving them with real tangible takeaways. This helps people she works with achieve not only better recruiting outcomes, but truly helps with their career progression.

And lastly Andreea is an empathetic and kind person who is a pleasure to work with. I’d highly recommend her services to anyone!

Joe Atkinson

Founder and CEO, PURPL

I had the pleasure of working with Andreea to address some of our recruiting challenges. She was quick to respond, proactive in addressing our concerns, and provided insightful advice that helped refine our hiring strategy. Her practical approach and deep understanding of recruitment made a noticeable difference. I highly recommend Andreea for anyone looking for strong, actionable recruiting advice.

Till Schmidt

Founder and CEO, PURPL

Andreea thank you for an invaluable guiding presence in my life. Your expertise has had a great impact on my career thank you for sharing your knowledge and providing critical feedback. I am grateful for the mentorship you provide, which continues to inspire and motivate me to reach new heights. Thank you for constantly teaching me new ways of working.

Tesia Bopape

Talent Acquisition & Brand Manager

Working with Andreea was wonderful, she is one of kind on her field! Always available, flexible and creative. Without her support I would never been able to hire many high performing Engineers at Zalando. She really care about understanding all our requirements, find a good balance based on market demand and offering and as well assuring the best candidate experience. It was a pleasure working with her! Thanks Andreea to be so awesome!

Ruben Barilani

Engineering Leader @ Spotify

I stumbled upon Andreea’s blog while looking for some career advice and once I started reading, I was completely hooked! Her posts are not only filled with thoughtful details and very well-researched insights but are also embedding her personal experiences narrated in a very funny, witty way. It’s one of the best TA blogs I’ve come across and it became my go-to place for shaping my career journey. Thank you, Andreea, for generously sharing your knowledge with the community— the talent acquisition world truly needs more people like you!

Raluca Idor

Talent Acquisition Lead @ Amazon

Talent Crunch is an amazing community where you can truly feel the heart and soul behind everything they do: from organization and content to
distribution and community engagement.

Talent Crunch is an amazing community where you can truly feel the heart and soul behind everything they do: from organization and content to distribution and community engagement.

This year (2025), Talent Crunch organized a meetup in Berlin that we sponsored and brought their Talent Clinics to the WeAreDevelopers World Congress, where their talent experts provided one-on-one coaching sessions for our developer attendees. They also hosted three workshops at the Congress, all of which were fully booked within minutes.

We Are Developers & HR Leaders Summit

Talent Crunch is innovative, creative and paves the way for Talent communities across EMEA.

It was an absolute pleasure partnering with Andreea and Talent Crunch from start to finish.

The 2024 Flagship Talent Summit left no stone unturned and covered every detail to perfection!

Talent Crunch is innovative, creative and paves the way for Talent communities across EMEA. Greenhouse is excited to strengthen the bond with
Talent Crunch for 2025 and beyond.

Greenhouse Software

Talent Crunch is the perfect platform for this kind of work: a community built on genuine connection and knowledge-sharing. They’re moments that move the industry forward.

It was a real pleasure to host the Talent Crunch community at our Mister Spex HQ. The
event was thoughtfully curated, engaging, and full of practical insights we could take back to our teams …

Mister Spex

The Talent Crunch community is one of the most engaged and high quality groups.

We love partnering with Andreea & Talent Crunch! The Talent Crunch community is one of the most engaged and high quality groups we’ve
collaborated with. In terms of event production, Andreea takes care of every little detail from end-to-end and puts a lot of care into executing something great. I always have full faith that she will deliver a brilliant event that’s aligned
with our goals.

Metaview AI

The Talent Crunch community is by far the best German-based partner I work with.

The Talent Crunch community is by far the best German-based partner I work
with. The events are always fully booked with great people, as Andreea has an
excellent network. What I love most is that it’s an actual TA practitioner running
these events instead of an events company.

I was excited about working together in 2024 and even more excited about our
partnership continuing in 2025.

Ashby

The Hiring Intelligence event organized by Talent Crunch Berlin was exceptionally well-organized and among the best I’ve attended.

The ticketing system and communication were seamless, and pre-event preparation ensured smooth execution. The content provided valuable insights for all attendees, including my team.
The event generated significant LinkedIn engagement and allowed me to network with TA professionals.

For MOIA, we successfully showcased our brand to nearly 100 people in Berlin, and benefited from an additional sponsor, Ashby, secured through Andreea of Talent Crunch Berlin.

MOIA

It’s not often you get to meet someone that can balance a professional approach as a partner, but with the warmth and excitement of a friend… Talent Crunch does this perfectly.

Despite being a London based organisation, our partner base (and heart!) is firmly in Berlin, so we wanted to host an exclusive event, highlighting the rec hub, and our solution, to new faces and existing partners… however, we wanted this event to be special and not your ‘standard’ networking event!

The RecHub

Every detail, from the venue and supplier arrangements to the audience mix and engagement, was clearly thought through.

Sponsoring the Talent Crunch – Berlin community was a great experience from start to finish. The June 2024 event, focused on candidate and hiring manager experience, was exceptionally well-organized. Every detail, from the venue and supplier arrangements to the audience mix and engagement, was clearly thought through. Andreea was professional, warm, and proactive, making it easy for us at Starred to achieve our goals, build meaningful connections, and showcase our brand. We look forward to collaborating again.

Starred

High Quality.

It was the first time in years that I didn’t feel that I wasted my time by attending an event. Thank you so much for bringing high-quality instead of just selling something and bringing up basics that everyone knows who is already working in the space.

Anonymus Survey

Solid Panels.

I really liked the dynamic you created with different perspectives. It’s rare to find that dynamic on a panel. Panelists were well chosen, smart and informed.

Anonymus Survey

Relevant Topics.

It was great! Also the topics chosen by the speakers were really on point given the current struggles. Very much looking forward to the next meetup!

Anonymus Survey

Relevant Topics.

Thank you for this community and having me as a moderator. It was an awesome experience and I would be happy to collaborate again, also as a pannelist if the topic fits! Otherwise I wish we had more time but AI is such a big and new topic that can never be completed. Looking forward to the next events.