Greenstaff

Greenstaff is a Dutch recruitment company for the groensector, founded on the idea that the green sector needed renewal in the way it finds and keeps staff. Its stated aim is to help growing green businesses build a stable workforce by recruiting people for the long term rather than filling short gaps. The company works with hoveniers, groenvoorzieners, machine operators and greenkeepers, as well as people making a career switch into the sector, and it also supports employers with what it describes as a broad network of qualified staff and its own recruitment methods.

The company organises its work around named expertises: openbare ruimte, bedrijfstuinen, particuliere tuinen, boomverzorging, golf courses, holiday parks, country and heritage estates, and bos- en natuurbeheer. Greenstaff looks for what it calls natuurtalent, meaning people who not only know green work but who can bridge the gap between what a client wants and practical knowledge of these settings. It points to the pace of change in the green sector and the growing importance of sustainability as the reason this expertise matters.

Greenstaff operates from Veerkade 5E in Rotterdam and states its values as gedreven, groei, kennis and nuchter, meaning driven, growth, knowledge and level headed. References published on the site describe fast and clear contact, consultants who visit the workplace, and candidates being treated as people rather than as a number, with one reviewer noting the difference from the average uitzendbureau in the level of interest taken in what they did and did not want from a role. The company says it turns observations into knowledge so that it keeps learning and developing alongside the organisations it serves.