Career Result

Name

Career Result

Legal name

Career Result Group

Website

https://careerresult.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialized Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Management & Workforce Planning Consulting (BPAHAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Workforce Strategy & Strategic Workforce Planning (BPACAJAC), Employer-Led Workforce Partnerships & Sector Strategies (EDAAAOAB), Career Services & Career Readiness (EDALABAB)

Keywords

• Energy sector recruitment
• IT talent acquisition
• Utility industry staffing
• Executive search services
• Data professional hiring

Headquarters

HQ city

's-hertogenbosch

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Talent Scouting: Career Result publishes client vacancies on their website and incorporates them into ongoing candidate outreach. No dedicated search is conducted, meaning vacancy filling may take longer. No upfront campaign fee is charged. Success-based pricing at 25% of gross annual salary (no cure no pay).
2. Dedicated Search: Exclusive recruitment service including website and social media publication, email and WhatsApp campaigns to database, vacancy videos, targeted sourcing, and exclusive Career Result involvement. Candidates are introduced within a short timeframe. Requires upfront campaign fee. Pricing at 25% of gross annual salary (retained model).
3. Partnership (Subscription): Career Result serves as the permanent recruitment partner for client's energy/utility team. Includes strategic workforce planning, vacancy filling before positions become open, continuous candidate pipeline, and ongoing team coaching. Priced at 15% of gross annual salary as a subscription model.
4. Interim/Contract Staffing: Career Result maintains a large network of available interim data and software professionals within the energy and utility sector. Hourly rates depend on role and required experience level. Provides quick deployment of immediately deployable expertise.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Career Result is a recruitment and selection agency that places IT, Data, and Business Consultancy professionals into Dutch Energy & Utilities sector companies. The company offers three employer-facing service tiers (Talent Scouting, Dedicated Search, Partnership) plus candidate services (Career Call, interim placement) and recruitment strategy advisory, with pricing at 25% of gross annual salary for transactional searches and 15% for subscription partnerships.

Product overview

Career Result is a recruitment and selection agency (werving- en selectiebureau) specializing in the Energy & Utilities sector for over 25 years. The company offers a portfolio of recruitment services rather than a unified software product. Core services include: (1) Talent Scouting — opportunistic candidate sourcing with vacancy publication; (2) Dedicated Search — exclusive targeted recruitment with upfront campaign fee; (3) Partnership (Abonnement) — permanent recruitment partnership with strategic workforce planning; (4) Career Call — free 30-minute career consultation for candidates; (5) Interim Professional Placement — temporary staffing for data and software professionals; and (6) Recruitment Strategy Advisory — consulting on hiring strategies and market trends. The company places candidates across partner organizations including Energy Essentials (using its Vertex platform), Edmij, The Optimiser Company, and EnergyZero, primarily in IT, Data, and Business Consultancy roles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Talent Scouting A passive recruitment service where Career Result assigns a fixed recruiter to the employer, publishes vacancies on the website, and sources candidates opportunistically during regular candidate conversations. No upfront campaign fee is charged; pricing is 25% of gross annual salary on a success basis (no cure no pay).
• Dedicated Search An exclusive active recruitment service featuring website and social media publication, targeted email and WhatsApp campaigns to the candidate database, dedicated candidate sourcing, vacancy videos, and regular progress updates. Requires an upfront campaign fee with retained pricing at 25% of gross annual salary.
• Partnership (Abonnement) A subscription-based permanent recruitment partnership where Career Result acts as the client's ongoing recruitment partner for energy or utility teams, including strategic workforce planning, pre-emptive vacancy filling before positions open, and continuous candidate pipeline management. Priced at 15% of gross annual salary.
• Career Call (Gratis Adviesgesprek) A free 30-minute career consultation in which Career Result advisors guide candidates on logical next career steps within the Energy & Utilities sector, covering orientation through onboarding.
• Interim Professional Placement Access to a large network of interim data and software professionals within the energy and utility sector for temporary staffing needs. Hourly rates depend on role and required experience level.
• Recruitment Strategy Advisory Strategic advisory where Career Result advises employers on recruitment strategies and market trends to prepare for future hiring challenges in the Energy & Utilities sector.

Quantifiable outcome

• Most Dedicated Search vacancies filled within 3 months
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Energy EssentialscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergy Essentials is a key recruitment partner where Career Result fills multiple positions including C#/.NET Developers, QA Automation Engineers, Business Analysts, and Quant Business Analysts. Energy Essentials develops the Vertex proprietary software platform for energy market processes.
• EnergyZerocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergyZero is a partner company in Rotterdam where Career Result recruits for positions including Product Owner. Career Result has produced a workplace video showcasing the company.
• UniperminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniper is listed as a partner company for recruitment services within the Energy & Utilities sector.
• EdmijcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEdmij is an innovative Dutch energy company (founded 2013) that trades energy on the European market (EPEX) and manages customer energy consumption. Career Result recruits C# Software Engineers for Edmij's development team.
• The Optimiser CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Optimiser Company (TOC) is a Rotterdam-based company optimizing energy assets through algorithms. Career Result recruits for Quant Power Forecaster and Quantitative/Algo Trader positions. Career Result has produced a workplace video showcasing the company.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Hays: Global specialist recruitment firm with established Energy, Oil & Gas and IT/Data practices. Comparable on the specialist-recruitment model and the combination of energy + IT/Data mandates, though at vastly larger scale across multiple geographies.
• Michael Page (PageGroup): Specialist professional recruitment firm with strong IT/Data and Energy/Engineering practices. Comparable fee-based placement model serving similar professional-and-technical candidate base, though operating across multiple sectors and geographies rather than a single vertical.
• TMC Group: Dutch technical consultancy and secondment firm placing engineers, IT, and data professionals across energy, high-tech, and other sectors. Comparable business model (specialist technical talent placement) with similar Dutch roots and overlap in IT/Data/energy clients.
• Brunel International: Global specialist staffing firm with a strong Energy sector practice placing engineers, project professionals, and technical specialists. Comparable to Career Result on the energy-sector specialization axis but operating at vastly larger international scale with both permanent and contract models.
• Yacht (Randstad): Dutch technical-professional staffing firm within the Randstad network with dedicated Energy & Utilities practices. Yacht is the most direct Dutch competitor to Career Result, offering similar specialist IT/data placement into Dutch energy firms but at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Emerging players

• Energy Job Search (EnergyJobsearch.com): Specialist online job board dedicated to energy-sector roles. Comparable vertical specialization on the Energy sector recruitment demand but operates as a marketplace/advertising model rather than the curated, relationship-led placement service Career Result provides.

Broad incumbents

• ManpowerGroup: Largest global staffing firm with broad workforce solutions across permanent, temporary, and RPO. Overlaps with Career Result on IT/Energy recruitment but as one small slice of a much larger diversified portfolio rather than a focused niche offering.
• Robert Half: Large global staffing and recruiting firm with broad professional-services coverage including finance, technology, and administrative placements. Broader incumbent offering overlapping capability rather than the niche Energy & Utilities focus that defines Career Result's positioning.

Regional players

• HeadFirst Executive Search: Dutch executive search firm placing senior professionals across multiple sectors including energy and technology. Comparable high-touch, relationship-driven recruitment model in the Dutch market but focused on executive-level placements rather than the IT/Data mid-market Career Result serves.

Others

• StepStone (StepStone Energy): Major European job board platform with dedicated Energy sector verticals. Comparable in serving Dutch Energy & Utilities recruitment demand but as an enabling marketplace infrastructure rather than a direct placement competitor to Career Result's curated service.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/career-result
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCxGtcYzC3XlYDCFmBuN0jMA
• Xx.com/careerresult
• Facebookfacebook.com/100067501112503

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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