Search and selection are the common thread in Connie Blaauw's professional life. As HR manager at RTL Nederland, she laid the foundation for the HR policy of this first and new commercial television station. At the employment agency Content, she first worked as regional director and later as director of a new specialized search agency under the flag of this organization. In 2000, she laid the foundation for Blaauw Sombeek & partners. From 2017, she continued this as Bureau Blaauw.