Blog & News
Blog posts and the latest news from BuildingCareers
Pouya Mahjoubi (30 j. from Iran) and Francesco Lucca (34 j. from Italy) have been working through BuildingCareers as bearing engineers at JTEKT in Almere for a year. Read how they came to the Netherlands, about their experience at JTEKT and about how satisfied their manager is.
On Tuesday afternoon, June 25, we were present at our client Tata Steel to hand over the first copy of the photo book of the renovation and preservation of Hoogoven 6 to Bram Nugteren, Hoogovens company manager, Tata Steel environment manager.
Robert Bok (66) is on the eve of retirement, but he is far from ready to stop working. Read what drives him and how his career was always full of challenge. Something that typifies him and that he has always consciously chosen.
The time has come! Martin Hamelink (67 y.) is retired 😊 For the past few years, he worked through BuildingCareers as a work planner at our client Tata Steel. We looked back on his career with him and asked him some questions.
You spend much of your time at work, so make sure it’s a job that suits you and energizes you. But how do you make sure you get that job? One of the things you can do is prepare well for your job interview by following the following tips.
From January 12 to 28, 2024, the 86th Tata Steel Chess Tournament will take place. We have been sponsoring the chess tournament for many years, and are pleased to provide support for this fine event again this year.
Today we celebrate our staff’s one year of accident-free work and receive the VPIJ Safety Award! Together with our partner VPIJ, we work to ensure a safe working environment by providing education and training to our staff, among other things.
Michel Molenaar (50) is a maintenance engineer E&I at Evos Oost in Amsterdam responsible for all E&I maintenance. Read why he went back to school at 35 and how it has boosted his career.
Tobias van Sabben (25) is the global sustainability program manager responsible for accelerating Forbo Flooring Systems’ global sustainability efforts. Read how he dared to make (sustainable) choices as a young professional.
Piet van Riemsdijk (58) has been running in the fields of engineering and construction for many years. As construction manager, he recently completed a wonderful green project: a manure processing plant at Twence in Zenderen.
In January, the Tata Steel Chess Tournament will take place again. We have sponsored this event for many years and are pleased to provide support for this fine tournament again this year.
Tension in the labor market has rarely been this high. For example, in the second quarter of 2021, for every 100 unemployed, there were 112 job openings. And in Utrecht, there were as many as 130. CBS figures show that.
DecomMissionBlue was recently launched, the region’s partnership that will work for sustainable decommisioning and thus a clean North Sea. Today, BuildingCareers is in the spotlight with the presentation of our partner vlog.
On Tuesday, Oct. 26 and Wednesday, Oct. 27, Offshore Energy will take place at the RAI in Amsterdam. During this conference, the new initiative DecomMissionBlue, a collaboration of several members of AYOP, will be launched.
Last week, iMaintain Techport took place at Tata Steel in IJmuiden, with the theme of Smart Transition. In addition to energy transition, the conversations revealed that the labor market could use a transition as well!
Automation is not only the order of the day with our clients…. That’s why we recently started using Recruit Robin. This is a sourcing tool that works with artificial intelligence, which allows us to find and approach available candidates much faster.
The cooperation between SAB Secondment and BuildingCareers Recruitment & Selection has been very close for years. Although we are two different companies on paper, we work under the same parent company, in the same office and for the same people: engineers and industrial clients.
Within Techport, more than 50 companies and schools work together on new innovations, updating training, developing continuing education programs and recruiting young (engineering) talent. The focus is on digitization of the industry.
The intelligent lockdown is almost starting to get used. After a few weeks, we pretty much found our feet in “the new normal. Working from home has become the norm and online meetings everywhere are running more and more smoothly.
Currently, the Dutch government’s advice is to work from home as much as possible, stay home when suffering from colds or flu, and avoid large groups. For this reason, we have taken several measures in recent days.
It’s only March, but our minds are already on summer…. Not because of vacations, but because of downtime that occurs during the summer months and the large, complex CAPEX projects that will be implemented during that period.
Thursday, Feb. 13, the Water Vision 2020 conference was held at Tata Steel. As a member of the Industrielinqs platform, we received some tickets to this congress. We learned a lot about innovations and sustainability in industry and water.
The 82 ͤ Tata Steel Chess Tournament is about to start. The tournament officially opens today, Friday, Jan. 10, and lasts until Sunday, Jan. 26. As a relationship of Tata Steel, SAB Detachering has been a sponsor of this tournament for many years.
In 2019, our Good For Each Other program totaled more than 10,000 hours worked! We would therefore like to thank everyone who helped. For more information, visit our Good For Each Other page.
In these times of automation and impersonal portals, we take a personal approach instead. With that in mind, a group of professionals recently came to our office for a workshop for more continuity in assignments followed by a networking session.
It’s summer vacation time again, for many companies the time for major maintenance and CAPEX projects. These projects are complex and require additional oversight capacity – often 24/7. BuildingCareers helps with project staffing and workforce planning.
The only major Dutch company that has successfully resisted the Anglo-Saxon business model and developed its own customized model is Tata Steel Netherlands. And with success!
On Tuesday, Oct. 25 and Wednesday, Oct. 26, Offshore Energy 2016 will take place in Amsterdam. Offshore Energy focuses on the international offshore, oil & gas and energy markets. SAB 1950 will be present at the AYOP Pavilion / booth 1.008.
Good news for home-based self-employed workers: they may retroactively deduct the cost of their rental property. The Supreme Court ruled that on appeal. The ruling follows a claim by a construction contractor who reported his rental expenses as a deduction.
Adecco surveyed 9,572 young adults between the ages of 18 and 30 what they expect from their future in the job market. As many as 8 out of 10 respondents said they expect to have a job within a year of graduation.
SAB1950 offers freelancers the opportunity to complete technical assignments at various industrial companies. We can advise and brief you on the developments regarding the “DBA Act. Feel free to send us an email and we’ll help you out.
SAB 1950 invites you to its annual networking event, the Haringparty on Thursday, June 23, in IJmuiden. This event is organized by OV IJmond. Would you also like to eat a herring on June 23 in IJmuiden?
Wednesday, May 11, SAB1950 visited the Eemshaven in Groningen. ‘Amsterdam IJmuiden Offshore Port’ organized a day at the port as part of ‘peeking at the neighbors’ that included many offshore wind activities.
Monday, April 25, SAB 1950 hosted a meeting for ZZP’ers in the context of the new DBA law. Maarten Tanja of “Köster advocaten” provided information on the use and review of the new model agreements.
A meeting on the IJmond Safety Platform (VPIJ) was held at Telstar Stadium in Velsen-Zuid on Wednesday, April 13. SAB1950 is one of 100 firms working at Tata Steel’s IJmuiden site and was present to work together to improve safety.
Do you work as a freelancer or Zzp’er for clients? Then you know what a VAR statement is. And also that some things are going to change in 2016. But what, that is still unclear. We don’t like that, which is why we are happy to help answer your questions.
After 65 years, with Tata Steel as its director, SAB 1950 reached an agreement with the steelmaker on Sept. 30 on the independent continuation of the foundation. SAB continues independently as the job placement specialist for engineers in the regional industry.