A leading digital healthcare marketplace in the Netherlands, Zorgwerk will strengthen Randstad’s specialised offering in the healthcare and care sector, according to a company statement.

Zorgwerk is a healthcare and care talent provider serving the healthcare, social assistance and childcare sectors. Its business model is underpinned by a digital marketplace that matches healthcare and care professionals to the current demand but also prepares its 75,000 healthcare and care professionals for the future through skilling and development.

Demand for specialised healthcare and care talent continues to grow in the Netherlands, with one in seven people currently working in the ecosystem, a figure which is estimated to grow to one in four by 2040. Healthcare and care providers use Zorgwerk to meet their talent demands, which span from emergency and temporary replacements to long-term positions. Its healthcare and care professionals have real-time access to the digital platform so they can choose when and where they work.

The transaction is subject to consultation with employee representative bodies, and its completion is subject to clearance by the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM). Parties aim to complete the transaction in the coming period.

Headquartered in the Netherlands, Randstad operates in 39 markets and has around 40,000 employees, and focuses within four specialisations: Operational, Professional, Digital and Enterprise.

Zorgwerk specialises in mediating talents for the healthcare and care industry. Operating from a single office in Rotterdam, Zorgwerk serves multiple sectors, including homecare, elderly care, disability care, mental health care, childcare, social welfare and hospitals.

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