Recruitment marketing agency Amsterdam
Recruiting in Greater Amsterdam calls for different choices than elsewhere in the Netherlands. Below is how we tune campaigns, channels and follow-up to this region.
Recruiting in Amsterdam means recruiting outside Amsterdam. Housing costs push candidates towards Zaanstreek, Almere, Purmerend and Haarlemmermeer, which makes your campaign radius wider than the city limits and makes commute time weigh more heavily than pay. You also compete with corporates and with Schiphol for the same logistics and hospitality pool. As an agency you win here on speed and on reaching people who are not searching: Meta and TikTok for reach, 15+ job boards for the active group, and calling on the day of the application. First campaign live within 7 days.
Last updated: 4 September 2026
Key takeaways
- Amsterdam candidates often live in Zaanstreek, Almere or Haarlemmermeer: recruit on travel radius, not on postcode.
- You compete with corporates and with the employers around Schiphol for the same logistics and hospitality pool.
- You win on speed of follow-up, not on compensation.
- Campaigns targeted on travel radius rather than city limits, live within 7 days, with a guarantee on the agreed lead volume.
The labor market in Greater Amsterdam
Amsterdam has the tightest labor market in the country and is at the same time the most expensive place to live. That creates an odd problem: candidates increasingly live outside the city and work in it, which makes your recruiting radius far wider than you think and makes commute time a heavier deciding factor than pay.
On top of that, in Amsterdam you compete for almost every role with corporates that have deeper pockets. As an agency you rarely win here on compensation; you win on speed and on reaching people who are not actively looking.
What is hardest to fill here
These are the function groups agencies in this region most often get stuck on. The channel, the message and the speed of follow-up differ per group.
- Hospitality staff for the city center
- Logistics around Schiphol and the ports
- IT and tech profiles
- Commercial roles in professional services
How we approach it
We do not build a single ad but a working system: audience, offer, ads, landing page, follow-up and reporting. The Job Acquisition Machine (JAM) fills the candidate side, the Client Acquisition System (CAS) the client side. You do not have to start with both.
After the kick-off your campaign is live within 7 days. From there we adjust weekly based on what comes in: which ad produces qualified candidates, where people drop off on the landing page, and how fast follow-up happens. The ad accounts are in your name and stay yours.
- Job Marketing Campaigns on the channels where this audience actually is.
- A landing page per function group, built for applying on mobile.
- AI Sourcing and Multi-Channel Job Distribution to 15+ job boards on top of the campaigns.
- Reporting on cost per applicant, per qualified candidate and per interview - not on impressions.
What it costs you if it does not work
We work on a monthly or annual retainer with a one-off implementation fee at the start. The agreed lead volume is guaranteed: if a campaign does not deliver the promised number, you do not pay for the shortfall. A 7-day delivery guarantee applies.
Campaigns, ad accounts, dashboards and the talent pool you build are in your name and stay yours, even if we stop working together.
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