The Netherlands Entrepreneurship Foundation made a great film about a successful match made by Ithaka Academy. Ithaka Academie is one of the initiatives of Platform Nieuwkomers en Werk (Newcomers and Work Platform) and guides status holders to entry-level jobs in the digital sector.
Newcomer Murad started in ICT
Where can you find a new employee for your IT company in this tight labor market? Ithaka Academy gave Optimum ICT the idea to look for IT talent among newcomers. Murad is now working to everyone's satisfaction.
“It’s not that we were necessarily looking for someone with refugee status; we were looking for a good addition to the team. We had never considered that this could be an option.”
Mark Leupen, Opticum ICT
