Kapitein & Personeel

Kapitein & Personeel is a bemiddelingsbureau that connects qualified uitzendkrachten with companies that need staff, and equally helps jobseekers find work. The company sets out its method plainly. It begins with an application interview, decided on the basis of the CV, followed by a screening in which relevant work experience and personal qualities are examined and, in some cases, former employers are contacted for a reference. Only candidates who come through that process are put forward. When a placement is made, the company weighs the wishes of both the client and the worker so that the match holds on both sides. Temporary staff are briefed thoroughly before they start so that they know the rules and the expectations of the workplace they are entering.

The company's people work across a spread of sectors: voedsel, or food, bouw, meaning construction, the maritime sector, technical trades and the agricultural sector. Maritime work is significant enough to carry its own pages for employees and employers, and the company operates a separate Kapitein Crewing arm with its own terms and conditions. Supporting documents on the site include a personeelshandboek and a verzuimprotocol for absence, which indicates a settled, ongoing workforce rather than one off placements.

Kapitein & Personeel is based on Urk and serves a wide surrounding area that takes in the Noordoostpolder, Urk itself, Lemmer, Kampen, Dronten and many other places. Its argument to clients rests on reliability: it works to the principle afspraak is afspraak, so employers can count on the agreed number of uitzendkrachten being present at the agreed time, and if someone drops out the company undertakes to supply a suitable replacement within two hours so that continuity is preserved. For workers, it commits to fair pay, safe housing, properly arranged transport and personal attention, and it will even organise dentist or doctor appointments for its staff. The company holds the SNF-keurmerk, the Dutch certification covering the proper housing of migrant workers, including fire safe accommodation and adequate sanitary facilities. It can be reached at Marsdiep 16a on Urk, on +31 (0) 527308013 or at [email protected].