company profile
Randstad is the world’s second largest provider of HR services.
Our services
We match people with companies that will develop their potential, and match companies with people who will take their business to the next level.
In addition to our regular temporary and permanent placement
staffing services, the provision of temporary and seconded
professionals and the
search & selection of middle and senior managers, we offer specialized
HR Solutions and provide dedicated on-site workforce management with
inhouse services.
Randstad believes in offering a comprehensive range of HR services to our clients. The balance in our service portfolio between general staffing and specialized professionals, and between temporary and permanent placement, is unique in our industry. In short, we play a pivotal role in shaping the world of work, leveraging the true value of human capital for the benefit of our clients, candidates, employees and investors.
Our mission
Shaping the world of work
In the first 50 years of our industry, the value of the global markets for HR services has grown to over € 200 billion. Yet they are still in their infancy in many major economies. As in other young and growing industries, its global leaders must actively develop these markets. They must take responsibility for stimulating growth, introducing innovations, and developing their structures and regulatory environment. In doing so, they can ensure that strong long-term worldwide growth rates will continue for many decades to come.
In Randstad today, many of the industry’s pioneers have come together to form such a global leader, providing work for about 670,000 people around the world every day since the merger. We will continue to shape the markets of tomorrow and develop growth opportunities wherever they present themselves. Our goal is to be the largest, most highly valued and most profitable company in our industry. By giving employees the work they are best suited for, and by finding candidates for employers that make the best fit with their organization. And by doing so, providing true value to society as a whole.
In short, our mission is to take the lead in
shaping the world of work.
Our global presence
Randstad was founded in the Netherlands in 1960 and has grown and expanded steadily ever since. Following this year’s merger with Vedior, Randstad is ranked number two in the world in terms of revenue and operates in over 50 countries, representing more than 90% of the global HR services market. Randstad has number 1 or 2 positions in Belgium, Canada, Germany, India, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, Portugal, and the south-eastern part of the United States.
Our culture
‘Good to know you’
At Randstad, we believe that creating the best solutions in HR services means always doing more, going further. This starts with continuously deepening our understanding of the environment and marketplace in which we operate. We need to understand the present and future needs of our clients, candidates, shareholders and other stakeholders. Many companies say that their people are their most important asset. As we are in the people business and one of the world’s biggest employers, we could not agree more. As success depends largely on the people you employ, it also depends on the people you employ to find them. The better we know our clients and candidates and the better our rapport with them is, the better we are at matching their needs and exceeding their expectations. They experience us as friendly and open as well as professional and driven.
Our receptive ‘good to know you’ culture helped ensure the success of the first phase of the integration. In the months leading up to and following the completion of the merger in July, ‘get to know you’ sessions were held around the world with employees from Randstad and Vedior. Both sets of employees soon discovered that their new colleagues were just as friendly, open, professional and driven as their existing ones. ‘Good to know you’ still represents the culture of the ‘new’ Randstad. We mean it, it is at the heart of everything we do, and it is certainly how we want to be known.
Our core values
Randstad is known for continuing to adhere to and live by the core values established by our founder Frits Goldschmeding: to know, serve and trust, striving for perfection and simultaneous promotion of all interests.
To know,
We are experts. We know our clients, their companies, our candidates and our business. In our business it’s often the details that count the most.
to serve,
We succeed through a spirit of excellent service, exceeding the core requirements of our industry.
and to trust
We are respectful. We value our relationships and treat people well.
Striving for perfection
We always seek to improve and innovate. We are here to delight our clients and candidates in everything we do, right down to the smallest detail. This gives us the edge.
Simultaneous promotion of all interests
We see the bigger picture, and take our social responsibility seriously. Our business must always benefit society as a whole.
The unit structure we deploy in most countries in the staffing segment is one of the features that distinguish Randstad. Each unit addresses a geographic area or segment and consists of two consultants who are responsible for both client service and candidate selection. They work as a team, ensuring one is always available to their clients and candidates, and are often dedicated to specific specialties. The client’s consultants are the same people who recruit candidates for them and make the match. They are experts in the local labor market, and become experts in their clients’ businesses, understanding their needs and the candidate profiles that will best meet them.
Our strategic approach
Randstad’s strategy is based on four building blocks: strong concepts, best people, excellent execution and superior brands.
Strong concepts
We offer five strong service concepts to our clients and candidates: staffing, professionals, search & selection, HR Solutions and inhouse services.
Best people
All our corporate employees benefit from the focus on their development and the opportunities we provide to achieve their potential.
Excellent execution
We have blueprints for the many best practice-based processes we execute each day. Perfection is often in the details, so we take pride in getting them right.
Superior brands
Our focus on recognizable and superior brands ensures that clients and candidates know who we are and that our people act in the knowledge that they represent a world leader in HR services.