Local Connect

Local Connect is a recruitment agency that describes itself as the local recruitment partner of Twente. It works in the area around Enschede and Wierden and is based in Hengelo. The business is made up of Mascha Kroeze and Lianne ten Dolle, who together report more than 10 years of experience in specialist recruitment. Mascha Kroeze has worked in recruitment since 2008, including in transport and technical specialisations.

The agency focuses mainly on small and medium-sized businesses in the construction, technical and logistics sectors. It specialises in professionals with MBO level 4, HBO and university (WO) qualifications. For employers it offers recruitment and selection, secondment, and interim work as an HR adviser or recruiter.

It says personal attention for both candidates and employers is central to its approach. It also says that the two founders' many years of living and working in the region have given it a network that keeps growing.