The share of external professionals at Dutch provinces and municipalities has nearly halved since 2022. The latest Talent Monitor reveals how government organisations are reshaping their workforce and responding to changing regulations.
HeadFirst has been reselected to provide IT professionals to VWS and SZW. The new framework agreement builds on a longstanding partnership.
The share of external professionals in logistics, transport and production rises to twelve percent. At the same time, organisations issue around sixty percent fewer assignments.
Provinces, municipalities and central government are changing how they use external professionals. The share of flexible workers is declining as the balance between permanent and flexible capacity shifts.
WMD Drinkwater selects HeadFirst as its external workforce partner. A centralised process gives WMD greater insight into the deployment and costs of external professionals, reduces administrative workload and enhances control over external hiring.
Enforcement against false self-employment has led to 138,000 fewer self-employed professionals. Yet this has barely resulted in more permanent jobs. Research by ZiPconomy, HeadFirst and ONL voor Ondernemers shows how flexibility is shifting across the labour market.
