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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Uber Eats bows down to union pressure and will payroll riders

Food delivery firm Uber Eats is to stop using freelancers from next year and will instead hire in its riders via a staffing agency, the Telegraaf reported on Wednesday. Uber Eats was the last meal delivery firm in the country to still use self-employed riders but has been experimenting with temp agencies Randstad and Adecco for several months, the paper …

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1 month ago

Employment firm Randstad warns of inequality regarding knowledge and use of AI

NL Times

Employment group Randstad is warning of an increasing knowledge inequality in dealing with artificial intelligence. Although three-quarters of the companies now use AI in their work, according to research conducted by Randstad, only 35 percent of staff members received AI training in the last year. Only one in five from the baby boomer generation have been offered training in AI, …

Ai Randstad Employment Firm Inequality Gap

1 month, 1 week ago

Average mortgage amount rises to record €346,572

NL Times

The average mortgage amount for the purchase of a new home rose to the highest level in the third quarter of this year, reports De Hypotheker. According to the mortgage advisor, the average mortgage amount rose 8 percent to 346,572 euros, surpassing the previous record from the first quarter of 2022 of 337,384 euros. The average mortgage amount of young …

Mortgage Home Buyers Average De Hypotheker Buyers Increased

1 month, 1 week ago

Most trains in Amsterdam, Schiphol and the surroundings will not run Wednesday morning

NL Times

Rail passengers can expect widespread disruptions in most of the Randstad on Wednesday as a result of rail strikes, national railway NS confirmed on Monday. The strike will take effect for three hours starting at 6 a.m., knocking out service in all of Noord-Holland, including Amsterdam and Alkmaar, as well as parts of the provinces of Utrecht and Flevoland. Workers …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Randstad founder Frits Goldschmeding dies at the age of 90

Dutch News

Frits Goldschmeding, the founder of staffing agency Randstad, has died at the age of 90, the company he founded nearly 65 years ago said on Monday. For years Goldschmeding was the richest man in the Netherlands and he put much of his money to good use, sponsoring a research centre at Nyenrode and funding the construction of Golden Age clipper …

Age 90 Frits Randstad Goldschmeding

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Randstad founder Frits Goldschmeding dies at the age of 90

Dutch News

Frits Goldschmeding, the founder of staffing agency Randstad, has died at the age of 90, the company he founded nearly 65 years ago said on Monday. For years Goldschmeding was the richest man in the Netherlands and he put much of his money to good use, sponsoring a research centre at Nyenrode and funding the construction of Golden Age clipper …

Age 90 Frits Randstad Goldschmeding

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Randstad Nederland is still concerned about pressure on the Dutch labor market

NL Times

Randstad Nederland CEO Jeroen Tiel is "very intrigued" about the government program that the new Cabinet is expected to present in September because he is concerned about the continuous struggle of the Dutch labor market. "It may even become a little bit harder for employers to find staff," Tiel said. Given that the Coalition agreement refers to the "most comprehensive …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Randstad India inaugurates cloth bag vending machine as part of its CSR initiative

The Hindu

Randstad India, a talent company, took a significant step towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of nature conservation and sustainability by unveiling Karnataka’s first free cloth bag vending machine, Insta Bag, at Neravu Kiosk, near Dispensary Road, Commercial Street, Bengaluru on July 26. “The Insta Bag project is designed to reduce plastic waste by providing easy access to eco-friendly cloth …

Bengaluru Cloth Bag Insta Bag Randstad India

5 months, 1 week ago

Why is Greece introducing a six-day working week?

Al Jazeera

Greece is adopting a controversial new policy that bucks the trend worldwide of moving towards fewer working days. But as several countries and companies globally mull the idea of adopting four-day working weeks to improve employees’ quality of life, why is Greece instead adding an additional day? The Greek leader said both the country’s ageing population – an issue he …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Third of businesses struggle with staff shortages: Randstad

Dutch News

Almost a third of employers in the Netherlands are being hampered in their business activities by staff shortages, a labour market update from staffing agency Randstad Groep Nederland has shown. The number of businesses struggling with a lack of staff has increased compared to the previous quarter for the first time in two years, Randstad said. The tight labour market …

Work Randstad

6 months, 1 week ago

Third of businesses struggle with staff shortages: Randstad

Dutch News

Almost a third of employers in the Netherlands are being hampered in their business activities by staff shortages, a labour market update from staffing agency Randstad Groep Nederland has shown. The number of businesses struggling with a lack of staff has increased compared to the previous quarter for the first time in two years, Randstad said. The tight labour market …

Work Randstad

1 year ago

Ethnically diverse immigrants often live in Randstad, Europeans in border areas

NL Times

Netherlands residents from outside Europe relatively often live in the Randstad - immigrants often in the city, and the second generation who were born in the Netherlands most often just outside the big cities. Outside the Randstad, Eindhoven has the most ethnically diverse immigrants at 19 percent. Second-generation ethnically diverse immigrants - people born in the Netherlands to parents who …

Netherlands Immigrants Group Residents European Born Outside

1 year ago

New parliament has fewer bicultural MPs, more manual workers

Dutch News

The new look lower house of parliament will have more MPs from the regions and more manual workers but will be less culturally diverse than the current one which bows out later on Tuesday, according to research by Trouw. New MPs include a supermarket manager, a poffertjes stand owner and a metal worker, and the number of MPs with trade …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Dutch residents will have to ditch their cars for sustainable transport system

NL Times

To build a fully climate-neutral transport system in the Netherlands, many citizens will have to give up their cars, Jan Willem Eirsman, the government’s new chief climate adviser as chairman of the Scientific Climate Council, told the AD. According to Erisman, it is questionable whether it will even be possible in the long term to just replace petrol and diesel …

Climate Car Possible Electric

1 year, 8 months ago

Almost 80% of Early-Stage Startups Looking To Increase Workforce In 2023: FICCI-Randstad Survey

News 18

A significant proportion of early-stage startups, those with a current workforce of fewer than 20 employees, are actively seeking to expand their workforce in 2023 despite the current trend of layoffs, according to a joint survey by FICCI and HR services company Randstad India. “While startups are planning to expand their workforce, a substantial portion, 31.92 per cent anticipate an …

India Startup Startups Hiring Survey Cent Ficci

1 year, 9 months ago

Climate groups see potential to work with BBB; Farmers want flags right side up again

NL Times

Several nature preservation groups and environmental activists said they are optimistic they can find a way to work with BoerBurgerBeweging after the party’s apparent big election win on Wednesday. The nature conservation foundation was commenting on the big election win by new right-wing farming and agriculture political party BoerBurgerBeweging “It is very important to involve everyone in finding a solution,” …

Nature Organization Dutch Netherlands Farmers Right Plans

1 year, 9 months ago

New housing construction way below Cabinet targets; Plans for 130K homes in Brabant

NL Times

Eight of the 12 Dutch provinces are hopelessly behind in achieving their targets for housing construction, according to research by the Economic Institute for Construction. Noord-Holland managed around 17,000 new homes in 2021, also well below the Cabinet’s 22,000 target for the province. The national government wants 100,000 new homes built yearly to solve the housing shortage. 130,600 homes in …

Homes Housing Construction Cabinet Target Province Brabant

1 year, 10 months ago

Plans for 1-hour train between Amsterdam, Groningen enters new phase

NL Times

The government entered a new phase in its plans for the Lelylijn, a railway connection between the north and the Randstad that could mean a 1-hour train between Amsterdam and Groningen. This includes how many stops should be on the line, how many trains per hour, and how fast the fastest train should run between Groningen and Amsterdam. The northern …

Groningen Lelylijn

1 year, 10 months ago

Student orgs. want temporary, not permanent limit on international students

NL Times

Student organizations want a temporary brake on the influx of international students, and not a permanent one, as Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf of Education argued for in parliament on Wednesday. “Not every lecturer can deliver the same quality lectures in English as in Dutch,” said LSVb chairman Joram van Velzen.” A shortage in student housing is another problem. The Randstad and …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Regions outside the Randstad want foreign students to stay: Trouw

Dutch News

Areas outside the central Randstad part of the Netherlands are afraid they will lose out if universities and hbo colleges are stopped from actively recruiting international students abroad, Trouw reported on Tuesday. Education minister Robbert Dijkgraaf is currently preparing draft legislation to make the influx of foreign students more manageable, following a motion backed by MPs some months ago. We …

Students Foreign Students Trouw Zeeland

1 year, 10 months ago

Regions outside the Randstad want foreign students to stay: Trouw

Dutch News

Areas outside the central Randstad part of the Netherlands are afraid they will lose out if universities and hbo colleges are stopped from actively recruiting international students abroad, Trouw reported on Tuesday. Education minister Robbert Dijkgraaf is currently preparing draft legislation to make the influx of foreign students more manageable, following a motion backed by MPs some months ago. We …

Students Foreign Students Trouw Zeeland

1 year, 10 months ago

Regions outside Randstad against limiting international students

NL Times

Regions outside the Randstad are very worried about plans to limit the number of international students. Educational institutions and businesses in Limburg, Zeeland, Twente, Groningen, and Friesland benefit greatly from international students and experience much less of the problems that occur in the Randstad, Trouw reports. Under increasing pressure from parliament, Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf is working on a bill to …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Four-day work week could help avoid burnout and boost productivity

Live Mint

Boosting flexibility at work through changes such as a four-day week may both raise productivity and reverse the growing trend toward burnout, according to a panel of experts at the World Economic Forum in Davos. A four-day workweek for everyone may also help to make women, who often work two or three days, more financially independent and lead men to …

Work

2 years ago

Red Cross: Hundreds of host families needed to take care of Ukrainian refugees

NL Times

More host families are urgently needed to receive refugees from Ukraine. At least 1,500 families are needed in the Randstad region alone, the Dutch Red Cross reports on behalf of RefugeeHomeNL. Host families willing to take in Ukrainians work with the organization on behalf of the government. The group is a collaboration between the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, the …

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Uber Eats bows down to union pressure and will payroll riders

Employment firm Randstad warns of inequality regarding knowledge and use of AI

Average mortgage amount rises to record €346,572

Most trains in Amsterdam, Schiphol and the surroundings will not run Wednesday morning

Randstad founder Frits Goldschmeding dies at the age of 90

Randstad founder Frits Goldschmeding dies at the age of 90

Randstad Nederland is still concerned about pressure on the Dutch labor market

Randstad India inaugurates cloth bag vending machine as part of its CSR initiative

Why is Greece introducing a six-day working week?

Third of businesses struggle with staff shortages: Randstad

Third of businesses struggle with staff shortages: Randstad

Ethnically diverse immigrants often live in Randstad, Europeans in border areas

New parliament has fewer bicultural MPs, more manual workers

Dutch residents will have to ditch their cars for sustainable transport system

Almost 80% of Early-Stage Startups Looking To Increase Workforce In 2023: FICCI-Randstad Survey

Climate groups see potential to work with BBB; Farmers want flags right side up again

New housing construction way below Cabinet targets; Plans for 130K homes in Brabant

Plans for 1-hour train between Amsterdam, Groningen enters new phase

Student orgs. want temporary, not permanent limit on international students

Regions outside the Randstad want foreign students to stay: Trouw

Regions outside the Randstad want foreign students to stay: Trouw

Regions outside Randstad against limiting international students

Four-day work week could help avoid burnout and boost productivity

Red Cross: Hundreds of host families needed to take care of Ukrainian refugees