RAVE-cruitment

Amsterdam, 7th October 2010

RAVE-cruitment and The White Door have joined forces as of October 1st and reinforced their position in international ICT recruitment in Amsterdam and The Netherlands.

With Relocation Recruitment, RAVE-cruitment has an unique service for foreign ICT professionals. The White Door operates from Amsterdam and focuses on high level International environments in the Amsterdam area. During the past few years The White Door has shown a consistent autonomous growth. By combining forces our market share in the field of international ICT recruitment will double, causing RAVE-cruitment to become an even more important player in this segment.

“This is great news for International job seekers and employers in The Netherlands” says Stefan Silke, CEO & Founder of The White Door. “By joining forces we create a stronger team which benefits from RAVE-cruitments' relocation services and their partnership with the Expat Center, as well as our unrivaled knowledge and expertise at matching the best people to the right jobs."

"In the past few years The White Door has become the go to agency in high-level International IT environments for both employers and job seekers in the Amsterdam area, where we punch far above our weight and often outperform our competitors in this segment. We will continue to focus on great jobs and giving unbeatable service, but we now have more resources at hand and stronger management. I came to Amsterdam as a Java Developer over 8 years ago – intending to stay for just one year. After 5+ years of building The White Door from scratch I finally get a chance to work remotely while I travel, knowing that things will be in safe hands with Gijs Notté plus The White Door team Stefania Beati and Alistair Henry.”

Existing staff of The White Door will move to RAVE-cruitment‘s office at the WTC and will be managed by Gijs Notté. Stefan Silke will now focus on business development and other interests while he takes time out to travel the world.

The Dutch market for English-speaking ICT people is growing considerably. ICT office, the trade association, is expecting a structural shortage of well-trained ICT employees that may result in a shortage of 16.000 highly trained professionals in 2015. In the next years this shortage will rise further due to the population ageing, which will not be compensated for by an influx of new skilled people. These developments in the job market contribute to the growth perspectives for Recruitment & Selection of well-trained English-speaking ICT personnel.

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For more information please contact Gijs Notté – Tel: +31-20-7184500

RAVE-cruitment specializes in solutions in the field of ICT & Finance Recruitment and Recruiting & Selecting highly qualified personnel in these professional groups. Computable nominated them for ‘Best ICT Recruiter 2010’. With Relocation Recruitment RAVE-cruitment disposes of a unique service to get well-trained ICT personnel to the Netherlands on a permanent basis and employ them at its clients. RAVE-cruitment organizes the largest annual network party of the Netherlands and was previously responsible for the ‘Recruiter of the Year election’. In 2009 RAVE-cruitment became an official partner of the Amsterdam Expat Centre. For more information about RAVE-cruitment visit www.rave-cruitment.com

De door RAVE-cruitment, in samenwerking met de Academie voor Arbeidsmarktcommunicatie, ontwikkelde training "Recruitment van IT professionals" is nu ook Incompany beschikbaar. In een dag leert u over IT & IT Recruitment. Deze training is voor HRM, Recruiter & Intercedent die geregeld met IT vacatures te maken hebben. Hier het dagprogramma:

 Voor informatie en/of offerte kunt u contact opnemen met:

Rob van Elburg - RAVE-cruitment - vanelburg@rave-cruitment.com

Hans Rook - Academie voor Arbeidsmarktcommunicatie - hans@arbeidsmarktcommunicatie.eu

The 5th Recruitment Industry Dance took place in Hotel Arena Amsterdam d.d. Thu 24/11/’11. More than 1000 x Recruiter & Talent in a hip & trendy Nightclub. Theme was Social your Future. Sponsors included Monsterboard, Searchn, Capgemini, Compagnon & Lumesse. What a party it was! Here an overview of all Facts & Figures. Did you know for example that we’ve send more than 5000 postcards? With RIDE we reach 25.000 Recruitment/HR professionals and more then 100.000 Bachalor/Master educated people. Here’s how…

RIDE starts in June. Then we’ll fix all Sponsor deals. We need Sponsors! Without them no RIDE. We need only 5 or 6. So we choose for:

1. Agency – Compagnon
2. Company – Capgemini
3. Jobboard – Monsterboard
4. Solution – Searchn
5. ATS – Lumesse

This way we can give the Sponsor exclusivity. In every area of Recruitment they get something unique. We can easily get 3 agencies or jobboards as Sponsor. Not what we want. Without the Sponsors no RIDE. We keep that in mind from the start already. We offer the Sponsor free tickets, VIP cards, unique content, RIDE, and ofcourse a big campagne before and after RIDE. This starts in september. Offline & online:

September:

• Website Live
• Facebook up to date
• LinkedIn Events

Oktober:

• Announcement in HR, IT & Recruitment newsletters
• Direct mail to 5000 Recruiters
• Blogpost Recruitment & HR blogs
• Online agenda IT, HR, Recruitment & Online communities
• Postcard campagne. 500 Agencies – 1500 Companies
• Social Network Campagne IT, HR, Recruitment & Online communities
• Flyer Campagne. Clubs, Restaurants, Pubs, Offices Area – 5000 pieces
• Poster Campagne. Clubs, Restaurants, Pubs, Offices Area – 1000 pieces

November:

• Press message ANP
• Press message Papers
• Press message Radiostations
• Pressmessage Life style communities
• Banners Recruitment / HRM / IT / Expat / Online communities
• Advertisement Recruitment Magazine
• Google & Facebook ads
• Social Networking. Let’s RIDE. #RIDE etc etc. Cause we can offer free tickets, RIDE is great stuff for alle kinds of blogs & communities. Recruitment, HR, Online, Expat, Lifestyle (Tourist, DJ, Hip & Trendy, Fashion etc). etc etc.

December

• Tagging all Pics via the Facebook community
• Blog Facts & Figures
• Spreading the video. Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Website etc.

As said. We reach 25.000 pro’s & 100.000 talent. In total we spread 1100 tickets. We can do more, but what if everybody shows up? Too busy than. So we stop with 1100 tickets. And ofcourse the VIP guests of the sponsor.

Then the RIDE. Hotel Arena is an excellent place. Hotel, Restaurant, Club with 3 floors, and.. Amsterdam! We only want A-level. In everything! Only then you can organise an Event with these numbers. Cause we have 3 floors, we can also make a Recruitment Lounge. For the sponsors & for networking. Low music level here. This year we had upstairs an Avatar artist. Unique at a Social Event. He shoot 1300 avatars! How sweet the after taste? RIDE avatars all over Social Media. Beside that we give the visitors something extra. And not only Avatars. Free Champagne & Oysters as well. That breaks the ice! Also we use buttons! Great to show what your want and also good on pics. That’s why we have 2 Fotographers. Excellent for Facebook! We post them all in the Recruitment Industry Dance Event. Also we tag. Only happy & smiling faces around. Social your Future, Let’s RIDE! That’s what we want. Spreading the RIDE word via Social Media in a feel good way. That’s not talking about Social…….that’s doing it! An enormous Brand Awareness. we are very happy with that.

And there’s more. Lot’s of candy & sweeties. Eat whatever you want. Also over 3000 gadgets. Visitors take them home. They give them to their kids or put them on an office desk. When they see the gadgets, they’ll get a smile, and they’ll think about RIDE. Also the gadgets are excellent on pics & video. Shining lights. Talking about video…. Every year we shoot a video. Off course the sponsors will be in it with an interview. Exposure for them. Beside that we show an impression of RIDE. Great for Youtube, Facebook & own site. Unique content. This travels worldwide via Social Media. Only in Amsterdam! The top Recruiters of the Top Dutch companies were at RIDE: ING, Essent, Nationale Nederlanden, VUmc, Randstad, YER, T-Mobile, Rabobank , ABNAMRO, Philips, ASML, TMG & many more. More Inhouse then Agency.

Beside the sponsors we’ve got a lot support. Off course all visitors! They make the RIDE. Every year! So that’s why we work with an annual theme and new acts etc. The RIDE format is quite strong. So the theme makes the difference. Always something new. Visitors promote RIDE as well. We saw video’s, pics, tweets, plogs, postings, etc etc etc. Social Media & RIDE are great friends that shows. Here’s an overview of our partners.

• www.fotografiejackaarts.nl for the pics
• http://www.raulneijhorst.nl/ for the avatars
• www.vormvreters.nl for the look & feel
• www.hotelarena.nl for location
• www.pulsemusic.nl for all DJ’s & Acts
• www.expatbuddy.nl for tickets etc
• www.ilovework.nl for the video
• www.oestermeisje.nl for Champagne & Oysters

Next RIDE is Thu 29 November 2011. Theme will be “International”. Together with TRU we’ll organise some Masterclasses & presentations by Global Leaders in the Industry during the day in Hotel Arena as well. Also we’ll invite international HR/IT/Recruitment/Expat Communities to enjoy the RIDE. 90% of all Dutch Recruiters know about his network event and get informed many times. International the name of RIDE is growing. 42.000.000 IT people worldwide want to work in the Netherlands. Let’s show how we roll here. Enough to talk & party about at the 6th Recruitment Industry Dance Event. This year we had 22 nationalities at RIDE . Time to make this a theme. Champagne is French anyway…

Please contact me if you want to join. Always interested in good ideas, sponsoring or other RIDE matters. I really enjoyed this RIDE. Back to work now. It’s nice to organise an event like this, but at the end…… i’m just an IT Recruiter!

Following criticism, a decision to not go forward with proposed amendments to the 30% tax regulation was announced by State Secretary for Finance, Frans Weekers, on 17 November 2011.

By a majority request in Parliament, Weekers now proposes keeping the basic income requirement for the 30% ruling at 50,000 euros, rather than the proposed increase of 70,000 euros. This amount is consistent with the Immigration and Naturalisation Service's (IND) current highly skilled migrant ruling.
Amsterdam Expatcenter

The decision stemmed from criticism from both the corporate sector and the municipal government. Supported by the Amsterdam Expatcenter and amsterdam inbusiness, mayors of the Netherlands’ major economic hubs publically lobbied against the proposed changes, organising a petition together with international schools and companies in the region. A formal letter of objection outlining the consequences of the proposed changes for the international community and international companies in the Netherlands was sent to the Ministry of Finance.

The 30% tax ruling is primarily intended for foreign employees who have specialised knowledge. Dutch people who have lived and worked abroad for long periods of time may also apply for the ruling.

The new decision is of particular importance to highly skilled migrants working in the Netherlands, as amendments would have seen the salary level requirements increase from 50,000 euros to 70,000 euros. The decision also positively affects scientific researchers and workers under 30 years of age with a master’s degree as the proposed changes would have meant that they were no longer eligible for the ruling. A reduction in the basic requirements also means that teachers at international schools will be eligible for the ruling.

There is one negative consequence of the new ruling: expats under 30 who do not hold a Masters degree and whose salary is lower than 50,000 euros are no longer eligible. The ‘regular’ tax procedure to reclaim extraterritorial costs, however, will remain an option for these and other groups.

After complaint that the proposed changes would exclude young academics and other highly skilled migrant employees, Parliament agreed to lessen the restrictions:

- Masters under 30: The minimum salary required for employees with a master’s degree under the age of 30 will remain at 38,000 euros per annum with the ruling.
- Scientific researchers: There will be no minimum required salary for scientific researchers employed by universities and government subsidised research institutions.
- General salary requirement: A general minimum salary of approximately 50,000 euros will continue to be required for employees.

The aforementioned salary requirements are in line with the current requirements for the highly skilled migrant ruling.

Bron: ExpatCenter Amsterdam

In 2007 we organised the Recruitment Industry Dance Event (RIDE) for
the 1st time. Held in a trendy Amsterdam nightclub, we had 1000
Recruiters, HRM & highly skilled people showed up for a great evening of
networking.

Some people in the industry didn’t think there was a need for a career
party. How can you talk in a noisy club? All competitors in one room?
At that time social networking was already building momentum with
LinkedIn, Facebook, Hyves, Xing & Plaxo. Many recruitment people were
connecting via these sites. However, there’s always curiosity to meet
each other in real life to put a face to a name. RIDE was just the way
to make that happen. RIDE, as a party, is just the pay-off. Social
media made this happen!

RIDE is a feel-good initiative for the recruitment industry. It has
received press on TV, radio, in newspapers and blogs. Now, 90% of all
Dutch Recruiters know about it and 45% of the top 100 companies in
Holland attend. ING, Randstad, Philips, KLM, T-Mobile, Accenture. All at RIDE!
Sponsors include: Lumesse, Compagnon, Searchn, Capgemini & Monsterboard.

RIDE 2011’s theme is “Social your Future”. An avatar artist will be on
hand to make attendees a customised avatar for their Twitter, LinkedIn
and Facebook profiles. Highlights from past RIDE events include the
Dutch kids TV superstar clown Bassie at RIDE 2009. The theme was
“Let’s cure the recession depression” and clown Bassie did his job.
Pictures of the event were posted on Twitter and Facebook and it was
evident from all the smiles, this event was a massive successes.

From hosting an industry network event for five years, RAVE-cruitment
has gone from being anonymous to becoming a global brand. Thanks to
Social Media as well. Pics & video’s are doing great & the rumour
around the brand is excellent.

More info & tickets via www.recruitmentdance.com

So ready for an extraordinary, state of the art, Recruitment trip to
The Netherlands? To make it even more special, during the day there
will be Bill Boorman's TRU Amsterdam as well. So great network, great
sharing, great fun! I hope to meet you 24 November 2011.

Grtz,

Rob van Elburg

IT-vacatures zijn voor een recruiter, P&O-er en/of intercedent vaak lastig in te vullen. Dit komt onder andere door de ingewikkelde termen en begrippen. Technische IT-professionals verwachten van hun toekomstige werkgever dat deze toch minimaal dezelfde taal spreekt. Informatietechnologie wordt in alle organisaties steeds belangrijker en dat gaat gepaard met een toename in het aantal vacatures. Een goede recruiter is in staat om ook in een krappe arbeidsmarkt toch tijdig de juiste kandidaten aan te stellen!

Tijdens deze expertclass krijgt u een compleet inzicht in de hedendaagse IT-infrastructuur. U raakt vertrouwd met de begrippen en u krijgt inzicht in de ontwikkelingen, kansen en bedreigingen op deze specifieke arbeidsmarkt. U gaat actief aan de slag met het analyseren en evalueren van een technisch functieprofiel en leert de juiste IT- vragen te stellen. Aan de hand van praktische voorbeelden oefent u met het schrijven van doelgroepgerichte en wervende vacatureteksten. Vervolgens ontdekt u hoe u het internet effectief kunt inzetten bij het searchen naar de juiste IT-professionals. Hierdoor bent u in staat sneller en kwalitatief betere kandidaten aan te stellen.

Deze expertclass vindt plaats op dinsdag 8 mei 2012 in het Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam

Programma

Het programma begint om 12.30 uur. Van 12.00 tot 12.30 uur kunt u gebruik maken van de inlooplunch. Om 17.00 uur wordt de expertclass afgesloten.

12:00 uur Inlooplunch
12:30 uur Welkom en kennismaking

IT-terminologie
Wat is IT precies en wat is het verschil met ICT? Wat zijn de verschillen tussen SAP en Oracle? Hoe is IT in een organisatie georganiseerd? In een beknopt overzicht passeren de belangrijkste termen binnen de IT de revue, zodat u als recruiter of P&O’er weet waarover u praat en schrijft.

De IT-arbeidsmarkt in cijfers & trends
Wat speelt zich de komende jaren af in de arbeidsmarkt in de IT? Welke kansen en bedreigingen komen er op de korte en lange termijn op uw pad? En hoe bereikt en beweegt u verschillende IT-doelgroepen?

Break

Het schrijven van een goede IT vacaturetekst
Hoe schrijft u een goede vacaturetekst voor IT’ers? Op basis van de vacature-intake en het functieprofiel krijgt u concrete tips & tricks om een doelgroepgerichte en wervende vacaturetekst te schrijven. U werkt met een eigen meegenomen vacaturetekst en krijgt feedback van de docenten en deelnemers.

Searchen van IT’ers
Hoe vindt u goede IT-professionals online? U leert hoe u effectief en efficiënt kunt searchen naar IT-profielen binnen LinkedIn, Facebook en Google. Onder meer leert u via boolean search essentiële informatie naar boven te halen, zodat u de beste kandidaten kunt vinden en benaderen.

16.45 uur Vragen en afronding
Laatste vragenronde waarin vragen kunnen worden voorgelegd aan de docenten en collega-deelnemers.

17:00 uur Einde

Inschrijven: http://www.arbeidsmarktcommunicatie.eu/werving/recruitment-van-it-professionals/

PERSBERICHT:

The 5th Recruitment Industry Dance Event

Let's RIDE, Social your Future!

Op donderdag 24 november 2011 wordt in Hotel Arena te Amsterdam “The 5th Recruitment Industry Dance Event” georganiseerd. Dit leukste netwerk feest van Nederland was de afgelopen jaren volledig uitverkocht en belooft ook in 2011 een waar spektakel te worden.

Een topavond waar je netwerk daadwerkelijk tot leven komt en waar je mensen leert kennen die een verschil kunnen maken in jouw carrière.

Achtergrond
Laat je stropdas of mantelpak maar thuis. Dit is een uniek avondje stappen met als thema werk. Alle aanwezigen kunnen naar hartelust netwerken. Aan een aantal goede “chillzones” is natuurlijk gedacht. Zo kan je dansen op de beats van de DJ’s maar ook rustig met elkaar praten in de "recruitment" lounge.

Waarom?
Werken & netwerk gaan hand in hand. Met name hoogopgeleiden gebruiken steeds vaker hun netwerk bij het vinden van een nieuwe baan. Juist voor hen is dit event een uniek platform. Mede dankzij allerlei online netwerken staat iedereen continu in contact met collega's, met oud collega's, met studie vrienden etc. Ook voor hen is het Recruitment Industry Dance Event een prima feest om elkaar weer eens in het echt te ontmoeten. RIDE biedt hiervoor alle mogelijkheden.

Social you Future:
Elke RIDE kent een thema. Dit jaar is gekozen voor Social your Future. Social is niet meer weg te denken in het huidige Recruitment. Een nieuwe baan wordt steeds vaker via deze platforms geregeld. Ook kennismaking geschiedt steeds meer via internet. Op deze avond kan je talent & recruiters ontmoeten en opnemen in je sociale netwerk. Dit alles in een enorm Feel Good sfeer. Let's RIDE. Social your Future!

Programma
Headliner is Casper Grey, een Nederlandse top DJ, bekend van Deep FM. Pulsemusic's "Even Dansen" zal de avond verder inkleden met DJ's, Acts, een liveband en nog veel meer. Ook dit jaar natuurlijk weer de Recruitment Lounge area. Gratis oesters & champagne en lounge DJ’s zullen iedereen hier snel in de goede sfeer krijgen. Ook kan iedereen zich hier laten informeren over de huidige stand van zaken op de arbeidsmarkt en nieuwe contacten leggen. Verwacht ook allerlei Social gadgets & verrassingen. Ooit een Avatar Artist gezien?

Organisatie & Sponsors
Organisatie is in handen van RAVE-cruitment, full-service ICT recruitment. Sponsoren zijn Capgemini, Compagnon, SearchN, Lumesse en Monsterboard.nl

Recruiters
Recruiters van de allerbeste organisaties zullen aanwezig zijn. Ook het toptalent van de Nederlandse arbeidsmarkt weet RIDE te vinden. Netwerken XXL dus. Een enorme Feel Good avond! De moeilijke interviews komen dan later wel.

Toegangskaarten
De kaartverkoop is deze week gestart. Tickets kunnen besteld worden via www.recruitmentdance.com en via de Free Record Shop. Kosten p.p. EUR 12,50 in de voorverkoop en EUR 15,= aan de deur.

Einde persbericht.

Voor meer informatie Gijs Notté – Tel: +31-20-7184500

RAVE-cruitment, gevestigd in het WTC in Amsterdam, is een full-service ICT Recruitment Agency. Computable nomineerde hen voor “Beste ICT Recruiter & Beste ICT Contractor". RAVE-cruitment kent met haar services Relocation Recruitment een unieke dienstverlening om hooggeschoold ICT personeel permanent naar Nederland te halen en bij haar opdrachtgevers te werk te stellen. RAVE-cruitment organiseert jaarlijks het grootste netwerkfeest van Nederland en was eerder verantwoordelijk voor de “Recruiter van het Jaar verkiezing”. Sinds 2009 is RAVE-cruitment official partner van het Amsterdam Expat Center. www.rave-cruitment.com