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Specialized, structured and high-quality recruitment and selection for permanent roles
Direct recruitment, also known as Werving and Selectie, is the service for organizations seeking permanent or long-term additions to their team through a structured recruitment and selection process. Undutchables acts as your dedicated partner: we source, assess and introduce fully vetted candidates, while you remain the legal employer.
Our approach is consultative, confidential and tailored to your sector, hiring needs and seniority level. We handle the entire recruitment and selection process from initial briefing to offer acceptance, ensuring a smooth and well-supported experience for both client and candidate.
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What Is Direct Recruitment?
Direct recruitment is a recruitment and selection service in which Undutchables identifies, screens and presents candidates for a permanent position within your organization. Unlike temporary employment, we do not employ the candidate. Instead, we run a complete search and selection process on your behalf and support you until the offer is accepted.
This service is ideal for organizations that want a structured, market-led search, professional candidate assessments and expert support throughout the full recruitment process. It is often used alongside our recruitment process.
In HR and human resource management, recruitment refers to attracting and sourcing suitable candidates, while selection focuses on assessing, interviewing and choosing the best fit for the role. Direct recruitment combines both phases into one structured recruitment and selection process, ensuring quality and consistency from first contact to final offer.
Who Is Direct Recruitment For?
Direct recruitment is suitable for companies that need:
- Permanent hires or long term team members
- A partner to run a structured recruitment and selection process
- Professionally vetted and well documented candidate profiles
- Support with interviews, feedback cycles and offer negotiations
- A confidential, consultative approach for specialist or senior roles
If you want high-quality international talent without managing the entire search internally, this service is a strong fit. It also supports your HR and HRM processes by taking over the complete recruitment and selection cycle, from sourcing to structured assessments and final offer support.
For leadership or C-level roles, this service can also be combined with executive recruitment..
How Our Direct Recruitment Process Works
Our recruitment and selection process (Werving and Selectie) follows six clear stages designed to deliver strong candidates and a seamless hiring experience.
1. Discovery and Commercial Agreement
We begin with a detailed intake to define the role and success criteria, including:
- Role purpose and team dynamics
- Required competencies, hard skills and experience
- Salary band and proposed benefits
- Timeline and desired start date
Commercial terms are confirmed in a fee letter or engagement letter. Direct recruitment fees typically consist of a finder’s fee expressed as a percentage of the full-time gross annual salary, including holiday allowance and fixed bonuses.
Direct recruitment engagements follow direct hire terms and do not use the contractual articles related to secondment or temporary models.
2. Search Strategy and Sourcing
We create a tailored search strategy that may include:
- Targeted sourcing and headhunting
- Market mapping and competitor research
- Database search and advertising
This market-led approach ensures that salary expectations, availability and candidate quality are aligned with real-time market conditions.
3. Screening and Assessment
Every candidate goes through a structured evaluation process:
- In depth interviews assessing skills, experience and cultural fit
- Reference checks and employment history verification
- Additional assessments on request, such as language tests or competency based evaluations
Candidates are presented with a clear summary of findings and a professional profile to inform your interview decisions.
4. Presentation and Interview Coordination
We present a shortlist of recommended candidates and handle:
- Interview scheduling
- Candidate preparation and briefing
- Collection and coordination of feedback
Our team ensures confidentiality, clarity and momentum throughout the recruitment process.
5. Offer and Negotiation
When you have selected your preferred candidate, we support the offer stage by:
- Drafting or communicating the offer
- Negotiating terms when requested
- Confirming relocation arrangements, notice periods and start dates
- Documenting all agreed conditions
We act as an intermediary to ensure a smooth and transparent final stage.
6. Onboarding and Guarantee
After the offer is accepted, we assist with onboarding where needed. Direct recruitment agreements may include a short guarantee period with rebates if a placement ends very early. A commonly used structure includes decreasing rebates over the first four weeks, with no rebate after one month.
Undutchables typically works on a no cure, no pay basis for Werving and Selectie engagements, depending on the agreed terms.
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What You Receive From Undutchables
You receive a clear and consistent set of deliverables, including:
- A tailored search plan and optional market map
- A shortlist of fully vetted candidates with structured interview summaries
- Coordinated interview schedules and candidate briefing materials
- Support throughout the offer and negotiation phase
- A fee letter outlining the finder’s fee, guarantee and validity period
Our goal is to provide a complete recruitment and selection process that saves you time, reduces risk and delivers strong international talent, fully aligned with current labour market rules and the new CLA for temporary workers where applicable.
Commercial Terms (Examples)
Direct recruitment agreements commonly include:
- Finder’s fee: a percentage of the full time gross annual salary, including holiday allowance and fixed 13th month where applicable
- Validity: fee letters generally remain valid for 12 months
- Guarantee: rebate structures for early termination, such as 100 percent in week one, decreasing to 25 percent in week four
- No cure, no pay: often applied, depending on the engagement letter
All terms are confirmed in writing before the search begins.
Why Clients Choose Undutchables for Direct Recruitment
Clients partner with Undutchables because we offer:
- Strong market knowledge and sourcing capability, combining targeted headhunting with an established international candidate network
- A structured, predictable recruitment and selection process from briefing to onboarding
- Transparent commercial terms with competitive fees and clear guarantee structures
- Experience with multilingual and international candidates, unique to the Dutch market
Our approach ensures quality, speed and a positive experience for both clients and candidates.
Next Steps
Share your final role profile, salary band, expected start date and any special requirements. We will prepare your fee letter and search plan for approval. Once confirmed, we begin the market approach and provide a shortlist aligned with your hiring timeline.
