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students and starters in our community
transparent terms & fair pay
of our profit goes back into equal opportunities for students, from mid-2027
You buy a candidate.
We find candidates who fit the role, the culture and the growth stage of your organisation. From working student to starter, every match personally reviewed by a recruiter.
You buy reach for one vacancy.
Put your vacancy directly in front of 4,000+ students and starters: weekly in the WhatsApp community and continuously on our job board.
You buy a place as an employer where junior talent wants to work.
Become a partner and get a permanent place in the VOIDS community: visible to talent you can't reach yourself, with advice on junior talent included.
We deliberately aim for the top: ambitious university and university-of-applied-sciences students and young professionals who stand out and are used to performing alongside their studies. You see that in high grades or a board year, but just as much in a business of your own, a side job you keep up alongside your studies, competitive sport, perseverance or in how someone has developed on their own. We reach them through our own talent pool, the community and the job board, and the network of study associations and other student organisations, and we match on skills and culture fit. A selection of the fields:
Our focus is on working-student roles: the reason VOIDS was founded.
It is the answer to bottlenecks you often run into with standard roles such as internships and starters. Below you can see why it is the best solution for most requests, and when an intern or starter fits better.
Five benefits of a working student
Scales with your hours and planning.
You pay for the hours you need, not a full-time salary.
Takes work off your core team, more independent than an intern.
Stays longer than an intern, no repeated re-onboarding.
Get to know each other first, then grow together.
of working students stay in their role for at least a year; half of them aim for 1–3 years, often hoping to move into a permanent position.
Still, not every role is a working-student role. The core difference: an intern is mainly there to learn a trade, a working student runs structurally as a full team member. Quick checklist, what fits your situation?
And how does a working student compare to a starter? The core difference: a starter has graduated and has no studies left to combine with the role, a working student is still combining the role with a degree. Quick checklist, what fits your situation?
Instead of competing for talent only after graduation, you get to know that talent earlier, guide it and let it grow. A more lasting relationship, where you invest in development instead of simply buying capacity.
That’s why we look beyond filling a vacancy. We advise on how to make a role challenging, worth learning from and future-proof. A good working student isn’t cheap labour, but a future professional.
Indicative cost to the employer per month, including employer contributions, not take-home pay. Slide the bar to compare.
From €800 gross per month full-time, pro rata for fewer hours. Equal to the central-government norm; paying more is welcome.
± €20 gross per hour incl. employer costs: minimum wage plus 10 to 20% (our salary-compass advice), plus about 20% employer costs.
± €24 gross per hour incl. employer costs. A starter normally works full-time; shown pro rata here for comparison.
An indication of total monthly wage costs for the employer (gross hourly rate plus employer costs such as holiday pay and pension contributions), so not a net salary. Not a quote: feel free to ask us for an exact calculation for your situation.
We also recruit interns, but only for an internship allowance at least equal to the standard the Dutch central government itself uses. We don't match below that amount. Paying more is something we welcome.
As of 1 July 2026, based on the statutory minimum wage (21+, source: rijksoverheid.nl). Different amounts apply for younger working students and CAO roles. Our +10–20% advice depends on the complexity of the role: the more responsibility, the higher in that range.
Our preference for working students goes beyond efficiency: it's part of our mission to make access to work experience fairer.
Read about our impact →Want to know more about working students, the right role and the cost? Read it step by step.
