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WIL Groep is a Dutch company that connects skilled tradespeople and businesses by filling current personnel needs and by training and developing the tradespeople of the future. Its name spells out its own model: WIL stands for Werken, Investeren and Leren. The company stands for a durable connection between people and work, and argues that investing jointly in skilled workers builds strong businesses, future proof careers and a healthy labour market. It runs two arms. WIL Werken supports companies in filling their current personnel needs, with the emphasis on guidance, training and development so that the tradespeople it places can build a durable future. WIL Leren guides potential talent into engineering and strengthens the skills of people already working in it.

The company works in the bouw, techniek, productie and logistiek sectors, and it sets up its practical leerwerktrajecten and training programmes together with businesses so that people can keep growing in their trade throughout a career. Its published examples show what that means in practice: shortened learning routes in schilderen and elektrotechnische installaties, run with ROC Nijmegen, and mbo diplomas in elektrotechniek awarded through the Derde Leerweg, the accelerated mbo route for adults. One candidate moved from business studies into the painting trade at a glazing and painting firm, then took the Ruwbouw programme through a partnership with Bouwmensen Oss-Veghel.

WIL Groep works from Streekweg 22 in Nijmegen and can be reached on 024 7820992 or at [email protected]. It works closely with clients, branche partners and trade specialists, who help it stay sharp on what is actually asked for in practice and which skills need developing on the shop floor. Those partners feed into its training programmes and make their newest techniques available for its learning environments, which keeps the courses current and directly applicable. That close cooperation, the company says, is what lets it train, guide and deploy tradespeople who not only start well but keep developing.