Team HeadFirst Group
Team HeadFirst Group
Dare to win
At HeadFirst Group, we consider our work a top sport. We build a winning work environment. We embrace the power of Connecting People by supporting each other, sharing knowledge and celebrating successes. This is how we create an environment where everyone can perform their best!
Just like in the world of (elite) sports, where athletes push their limits every day and learn from each other, we apply these lessons in our approach. Our core value of Learn Every Day means that we want to improve ourselves every day. This mentality strengthens not only us as individuals, but also our team.
Topsport Community
Part of Team HeadFirst Group is the collaboration with Topsport Community, a foundation of Pieter van den Hoogenband (triple Olympic champion and chef de mission of TeamNL). Together with Topsport Community we want to bridge sports, science and business to achieve the best results. Whether it is about improving our working environment or stimulating personal growth, at HeadFirst Group we believe that together we get further.
Work & Top Sports
In conversation with Matthijs Jesse (HR) and Dennis Vesters (Recruitment) about the challenge of combining top sports and working at HeadFirst Group. They discuss how the mentality and discipline from sports are applied in daily work and how we create a culture where work and sporting ambitions go hand in hand.
In addition, there is plenty of room for flexible working hours so that our employees can coordinate their work with training schedules, competitions and recovery times. This is how we make it possible to perform at top level, both at work and in sports.
Best of Champions
At HeadFirst Group, we believe sports is more than just exercise. It connects people, inspires growth and shows what you can achieve together. These same values are reflected in how we work. That's why we go beyond just joining sports initiatives: we take the lead.
A great example? The very first edition of the HeadFirst Group - Best of Champions, which we brought to life together with The Dutch Masters and Olympic champion Jeroen Dubbeldam. During this unique event we brought back the iconic horse swap format, with top international riders riding each other's horses, an unprecedented spectacle!
"Team HeadFirst Group symbolizes our shared ambition to grow together, learn from each other and strengthen each other. We create a culture where talent can develop to its maximum potential both in the workplace and in sports."
Coen Specken | Employer Branding Specialist
Fit at work
We think vitality and an active lifestyle are important. Because those who feel good about themselves perform better and enjoy their work more. That is why we give you a vitality budget on top of your salary. We encourage you to take good care of yourself in a way that suits you.
We also have our own gym at the office, where you can exercise before, during or after work hours. Alone or with colleagues, whatever you prefer. Whether you go for strength training, cardio or just to clear your head: with us you don't have to leave the house to keep moving. Everything for a fit mindset and healthy balance!
Performing together
At Team HeadFirst Group, Connecting People takes center stage. We believe it is important not only to work together, but also to experience sports together. Whether it's achieving top results or enjoying a padel tournament with colleagues, we believe in the power of cooperation, both at work and outside. Watch the video of the second edition of the 'HeadFirst Open' and see how we sport, win and have fun together.
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News and activities
Stay up to date with the latest sporting developments within Team HeadFirst Group. Here you will find all the stories about our sporting milestones, tournaments and events. And how we perform together as a team, both at work and in sports. Follow our successes and see how we keep raising the bar together!
Top-level Sports Community Playground
Topsport Community Playground: out of your routine, into your playing field!
HYROX Utrecht
Team HeadFirst Group took on the challenge together at HYROX Utrecht. With support from the sidelines and plenty of energy, this clearly leaves them wanting more.
Recruitment & Selection
Recruitment & Selection
Through our commitment and experience in IT is Recruitment & Selection part of the recruitment strategy of clients
At Recruitment & Selection (Perm) we work with (international) clients in the Netherlands. We advise and support on recruitment issues across the full breadth of IT. What makes this such fun is that you get a look behind the scenes at every conceivable sector. One day you are in a lab and the next day you are in the fresh produce department at a wholesaler.
IT occurs in every conceivable sector, which makes the work fun and varied. No recruitment process is the same, so we learn a little more every day. With a lot of knowledge and experience, we support our clients in the most difficult cases. We are a close-knit team in which everyone contributes: we really do it together.
The core of our approach
Sterksen is part of HeadFirst Group: the market-leading, innovative and international service provider of HRtech solutions. Our goal is to create a fair, open labor market where talents and companies come together. Every day, together with over 450 colleagues, we facilitate tens of thousands of professionals working at over 500 of our clients in Europe. The core of our approach is tech enables touch. We combine technology with human insight. Because we believe that the power of technology creates space for real personal contact.
Meet the team
Team Recruitment & Selection is a close team consisting of ten recruitment experts. We usually work from our office in Breda, but can also be found at Hoofddorp. We know each other well and know where to find each other privately. We are intrinsically driven to our specialism continuously improve and take it to the next level. We like to score and put our heads together for the strategy and vision of our business unit. We learn from each other every day and have gained a lot of experience over the years gained over the years. We like to share this with the other colleagues! We celebrate successes during social drinks and (for a healthy balance) we regularly participate in sports activities.
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Deta-Vast
Deta-Vast
An efficient way to quickly integrate professionals
In facilitating talent influx in the tight IT labor market, we focus on the personal development of IT Support professionals in addition to recruitment & selection. In doing so, we navigate professionals through the crucial first steps in their careers and help them develop into subject matter experts who add value to the organization.
What are the benefits of deta fixed?
We select talent, ensure an optimal match with the organization, and provide development support. In our approach, the professional is employed by Sterksen during the secondment period. During these months, we facilitate any necessary education, training and certification relevant to the assignment. Upon mutual satisfaction between the organization and the professional, the professional then joins the client on a permanent basis.
The Sterksen Deta-vast trajectory
Sterksen Deta-vast offers both MBO and HBO professionals, with or without IT experience, the opportunity to work within IT Support at a client. Sterksen offers a fast and customized training program with certification and personal coaching.
Sterksen offers clients a flexible way to fill vacancies, whereby the professionals are trained, certified and supervised by Sterksen and meanwhile develop on the job at the client itself.
Working with Deta-vast
Deta-vast is Sterksen's newest expertise. We have been offering this opportunity since 2024, so this is still in development. Do you like a challenge and would you like to help us expand this service? There are plenty of opportunities to use your creativity!
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Executive Search
Executive Search
We find the right talent for key positions
You don't look for a new CEO or CIO every day, but when you need one you'd rather have the very best right away. With Executive Search, we identify, approach and select the best talent for this crucial positions. We initiate the search for the right candidates and move them to a new challenge.
What makes working in Executive Search so much fun?
In this role you will interact with senior management or C-level executives. This is a cool challenge, because you are a sparring partner for this target group looking for the best match. As a consultant, the contact is intensive and personal, also with the client.
What work is involved in Executive Search?
You start looking for someone who will set the course and direction in an organization. How cool is that? To do that, of course, you first have to get all the relevant information from the client. You analyse in detail What exactly the client is looking for in a candidate.
You process the information gathered into a "position profile. A four-page document that, compared to a job profile, goes much deeper into culture, expectations, personality and terms of employment. This position profile is the guide to start the search. Both inside and outside your network, you approach potential candidates. Oh, not to forget: with Executive Search you work on the basis of complete exclusivity, allowing you to fully focus on quality.
How to reach the right candidates?
Although theseprofessionals rarely actively seek are for a new position, they are approachable. Geinterested candidates include You shortlist them and discuss with client. After sharing the shortlist you provide intensive counseling for both client and candidate.
What is the Executive Search team like?
Executive Search falls under Recruitment & Selection at Sterksen. Within this expertise you work together with a team of about ten Recruitment Consultants. In addition you regularly with colleagues from other teams. For example, when there is an Executive Search request via the services of Recruitment Process Outsourcing. In this way you are involved in the entire Sterksen organization.
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Anja Antoni
A behind-the-scenes look at the multifaceted role of Office Assistant
Anja Antoni: a jack-of-all-trades employed by HeadFirst Group
Service was in Anja Antoni (60) from an early age. Even as a child she was energized by helping people around her and making them happy. Eventually she made it her job. Since two years Anja works as Office Assistant at HeadFirst Group. In this interview you can read her experiences and perspectives as receptionist, office manager, relationship manager, organizer and coordinator all in one.
Every day is different
Because, as it turns out, it is not so easy to describe her duties succinctly. "My daily tasks include an incredibly wide range of activities! Ranging from receiving visitors and giving tours to new colleagues, assisting at events, maintaining contact with surrounding companies and suppliers such as cleaning and catering, arranging hotel stays, managing goodies, making sure Christmas gifts are distributed and so on. Every day is different, and that's what makes the job so fascinating!"
Collaboration in the team and across locations
Anja sees several opportunities for the (near) future: "Currently I work with a great team, consisting of myself, our manager, an external colleague and two working students. That sounds like a lot, but I am convinced that despite the current effectiveness, we can achieve even more in fulfilling our various responsibilities."
Anja continues: "Where I also see growth opportunities is in the area of cooperation between our various locations. We are growing fast as a company and you notice that in the number of colleagues in the office. But because we have even more locations, working is not limited to one location. I think we can discuss with all office managers how we can collaborate even more between locations. For example, optimizing meeting rooms and sharing resources could be a step in the right direction."
Fantastic facilities at HeadFirst Group
Naturally, we are curious about what makes working at HeadFirst Group so special for Anja. "Working here means much more than just performing tasks. It's great to be involved in the growth of the company and to actively contribute to events and initiatives. It's nice how much space and freedom there is for everyone to think along. Ideas and initiatives are appreciated." Anja also calls the facilities in the building fantastic, from the gym to the theater with events. "But above all: the people are very approachable. There is an atmosphere of equality."
Space and freedom to contribute ideas
Full of pride, Anja explains the nice feeling she gets when she walks through the Hoofddorp office and looks at the facilities and the people who work there. "Every day is a new opportunity to make someone happy, whether it's a colleague stopping by with a question or arranging things for a visitor. It is this diversity that makes my job so fascinating."
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