Randstad NV
Randstad NV, commonly known as Randstad and stylized as randstad, is a Dutch multinational human resource consulting firm headquartered in Diemen, Netherlands. It was founded in the Netherlands in 1960 by Gerrit Daleboudt who asked Frits Goldschmeding to join him and operates in around 39 countries.[2] Randstad NV is listed as RAND on the AEX of Euronext Amsterdam. Founder Frits Goldschmeding is still (April 2023) the biggest shareholder. The company is named after the Randstad region of the Netherlands.
For the urban conurbation region in the Netherlands, see Randstad.Company type
Euronext Amsterdam: RAND
AEX component
Professional services
1960
Gerrit Daleboudt
Frits Goldschmeding
Diemen, Netherlands
4,861 branches in 39 countries
Global
Employment agencies, recruitments, human resource consulting and outsourcing
€24.635 billion (2021)[1]
€1.095 billion (2021)[1]
€768 million (2021)[1]
€11.040 billion (2021)[1]
€4.902 billion (2021)[1]
653,300 (2021[1])
Randstad
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Core activities[edit]
Randstad specializes in human resource services for temporary and permanent jobs, including contract staffing of professionals and senior managers.[3]
In most of these countries, Randstad works according to a unit structure, whereby each unit consists of two consultants who are responsible for service provision to clients and selecting candidates. Randstad promotes these activities under two brand names: Randstad and Tempo Team.
A separate division of Randstad focuses on recruiting supervisors, managers, professionals, interim specialists, and advisors. These people are deployed in temporary positions in middle and senior management, such as engineers, ICT specialists, or marketing & communication specialists.
HR Solutions also involves a number of services such as selection processes, HR consultancy, outplacement, and career support.
Randstad operates under brands, including Randstad, Randstad Care, Tempo Team, Expectra, Ausy, and Yacht.[4]
Randstad was a sponsor of the English Formula 1 team Williams F1 from 2006 until 2017. In 2019, Randstad became the sponsor of the Italian Formula 1 team Scuderia Toro Rosso, since 2020 called AlphaTauri.[5][6]
History[edit]
1960–1970: The company's launch[edit]
Randstad was founded in 1960 by Frits Goldschmeding and Gerrit Daleboudt, who were both studying economics at the time at VU University Amsterdam. When Goldschmeding was supposed to write a thesis at the VU University Amsterdam his professor advised him to write a thesis on temporary employment, about which there was hardly any literature at the time. After completion of his thesis, Goldschmeding decided to turn the subject of his thesis into a company. The first flyers for the firm were typed in Goldschmeding's attic room in the student house on Sloterkade in Amsterdam. The agency was called ‘Uitzendbureau Amstelveen’.
In the first years, Uitzendbureau Amstelveen mainly provided personnel for the insurance industry, banks and the health-care sector. The firm's first office was near the Vondelpark in Amsterdam.