Refugee Talent Hub

What Refugee Talent Hub does

Refugee Talent Hub (Stichting Refugee Talent Hub) is a Dutch non-profit foundation founded in 2016 and headquartered in Amsterdam at the BOOST meeting place for newcomers. The organization operates as an employer-led initiative that connects job-seeking refugees and newcomers with Dutch employers through three interconnected offerings: (1) RefugeeWork, a job board platform taken over in 2024 and being further developed through 2026 with Greenberry that directly matches candidates with vacancies; (2) a Knowledge Base providing employers with resources on recruitment, retention, diversity and inclusion, and Dutch legislation related to hiring newcomers; and (3) Activities and Events, including workshops, speed dates, mentor programs, and pre-employment training trajectories such as the Azure Academy (with Microsoft) and Finance Academy. Refugee Talent Hub also runs structured corporate training programs, notably Accenture's Talent Track (six-month program for ~25 professionals) and Shell's four-month intensive program.

The organization is governed by a board dominated by senior executives from corporate partners (Accenture, Arcadis, ISS, Signify) and led operationally by Director Wilma Roozenboom with a 32-person team. It serves two primary customer segments: refugees and newcomers seeking employment in the Netherlands, and Dutch employers seeking to fill roles and meet diversity objectives. Services are free to refugee candidates; the organization itself is funded by corporate partnership contributions (Accenture, Microsoft, NN Group, Rabobank, ABN AMRO, Shell, EY, KPMG, IKEA, and others), grants from foundations (Goldschmeding, Rabo Foundation, Instituut Gak, Anton Jurgens Fonds, Shell Impact Fonds), and direct government support (Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid; Ministerie van BZK). It holds ANBI (Algemeen Nut Beogende Instelling) public-benefit status.

Per its most recent disclosed impact figures, Refugee Talent Hub reports 1,569 newcomers placed in employment, 11,095 participants engaged in employment programs, 913 activities with employers, 77 employer partners in the community, and 11,813 employees at partner companies involved in activities — all achieved over roughly a decade of operation in the Netherlands.

Name

Refugee Talent Hub

Legal name

Stichting Refugee Talent Hub

Website

https://refugeetalenthub.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Refugee Talent Hub is a Dutch non-profit foundation founded in 2016 that connects job-seeking refugees with Dutch employers through its RefugeeWork job platform, training programs (Azure Academy, Finance Academy), and employer-engagement activities, funded by corporate partners and government grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workforce Development Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Services (5613), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Integration & Inclusion Services (Housing, Education, Employment) (BPADAHAI), Immigrant & Refugee Workforce Integration Programs (EDAAAOAJ), Refugee & Migrant Integration Enterprises (Livelihoods, Services) (BPAGALAN)

Keywords

• Refugee employment services
• Workforce inclusion programs
• Talent matching platform
• Job placement services
• Employer partnership programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Corporate Partnership Contributions: Corporate partners contribute to funding and supporting Refugee Talent Hub's programs and activities. Partners include major Dutch companies like Accenture, Microsoft, NN Group, and many others.
2. Foundation and Government Funding: Funding from foundations (Anton Jurgens Fonds, Goldschmeding Foundation, Exact Foundation, Fred Foundation, Instituut Gak, Rabo Foundation, Shell Impact Fonds, Start Foundation) and government bodies (Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Refugee Talent Hub is a Dutch non-profit foundation that connects job-seeking refugees and newcomers with Dutch employers through three integrated offerings: (1) the RefugeeWork job board platform, a self-developed matching tool that directly connects employers with refugee candidates; (2) the Knowledge Base, an extensive resource library on hiring, retaining, and integrating refugee talent; and (3) a portfolio of in-person activities including workshops, speed dates, mentor programs, employer sessions, and specialized training academies (Azure Academy for tech skills, Finance Academy for finance sector skills). Services for refugees are free; corporate partners fund programs through partnerships.

Product overview

Refugee Talent Hub operates as an employer-led initiative with three interconnected offerings: (1) RefugeeWork — the core job board platform connecting employers directly with job-seeking refugees and newcomers; (2) a Knowledge Base providing resources and guidance for employers on hiring and working with newcomers; and (3) Activities and Events — personalized meetings, workshops, and recruitment programs organized with corporate partners. Together, these services bridge the gap between employers seeking talent and refugees seeking employment opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• RefugeeWork: A job board platform that connects employers with job-seeking refugees, enabling direct matching between talent and opportunities.

Products and services

• RefugeeWork Job Board Platform Self-developed job board platform that directly connects Dutch employers seeking talent with job-seeking refugees and newcomers. Serves as the central matching platform where talent finds jobs and teams find colleagues.
• Knowledge Base

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,569 newcomers found employment through the organization's programs
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

41 partnerships are on record, tiered supporting, core and flagship.

• Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)supportingStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024NS is there for everyone as transport provider and employer. Since 2024, working with Refugee Talent Hub to support refugees through speed dates, guidance, and training.
• NN GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Financial services provider partner since 2021. Offers IT mentoring programmes and participates in Finance Academy since 2022. Supports 40+ refugee professionals through their programs.
• MicrosoftcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnership since 2019. From 2025, contributing to Microsoft's AI National Skilling Initiative. Azure Academy trained 25 talents, with partners from Microsoft ecosystem hiring Azure talents.
• ABN AMROcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Active partner since 2018, committed to 'Banking for better, for generations to come'. Strives for inclusive culture and commits to hiring 50 professionals with refugee background annually.
• AchmeacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Cooperative insurer committed to Sustainable Living Together. Through activities, connects people with refugee background to hiring managers. Offers 2 mentor programs per year.
• AccentureflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Founding partner of Refugee Talent Hub. Offers Talent Track - an intensive 6-month learning programme for around 25 professionals with refugee background. Also provides mentoring programmes.
• ArcadisflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding partner, large international organization dedicated to improving quality of life. Through the Talent Academy, seeks talent in infrastructure, water, environment, and buildings.
• TenneTcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOffers paid work experience placements (with view to permanent contract) to technicians and engineers with refugee background. 30 talents hired, 11 activities organized since 2016.
• RabobankcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommitted to 'Growing a better world together'. Has hired 100+ professionals with refugee background. Focus on growth and retention of all employees with refugee background.
• ShellcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOffers intensive 4-month learning programme focused on hard and soft skills. 50 participants moved to become new colleagues in past 18 months, embedding DE&I within the organization.
• EYcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal leader in assurance, tax, and advisory services. Offers training sessions, advisory hours, mentoring programmes, and is a permanent partner of the Finance Academy.
• KPMGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides high-quality services in Assurance and Advisory. Since 2019, working with Refugee Talent Hub through IT workshops and Finance Academy.
• ManpowerGroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner since 2020, creates opportunities for refugee talent through IT track with Experis IT. Colleagues support status holders as mentors.
• IKEAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner since 2021. Through Skills for Employment programme (language courses, coaching, mentoring), welcomes newcomers at every location each year.
• ISS Facility ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommitted to refugee talent across Europe and Netherlands, investing in training, upskilling, and development. Believes in offering support and creating opportunities for people who have been forced to flee.
• LinkedInsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerCommitted to economic opportunities for refugees since 2016 through coaching, upskilling, and mentoring. Ad Grants support Refugee Talent Hub in reaching more employers.
• EnexissupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnables sustainable energy supply in Netherlands and creates opportunities in Dutch labour market for people who were forced to leave their home country.
• EquanssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerTechnical company with 95,000+ employees in 17 countries, specializing in sustainable energy solutions. Creates lasting jobs including through work-and-learn programme for electrical engineers.
• SwecosupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEurope's leading architecture and engineering consultancy with 21,000 employees. Hires 10 candidates per year and provides mentors for professionals with refugee background.
• PepsiCosupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerWelcoming refugee talent at factories in Noord-Holland and head office since 2022. Colleagues support through women's mentoring programmes.
• SAPsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerBelieves diverse teams are more effective. Actively looking for client-focused and innovative professionals for work experience placements through Refugee Talent Hub.
• Ministerie van BZKsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinistry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations works on societal and political challenges and national security. Has welcomed several refugee talents within IT departments.
• EssentsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnergy supplier partner since 2020. Supports talents with refugee background towards paid employment through regular mentoring programmes.
• TriodossupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommitted to society where human dignity and quality of life are central. Works towards social inclusion by breaking down barriers to employment.
• StedinsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerBuilding the energy network of tomorrow and sees diverse talent as natural part of that ambition. Works to expand opportunities for people with refugee background.
• Roland BergersupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner since 2022. Working on educational and employment opportunities for students with refugee background, strategy trainees, and staff positions.
• HaskoningsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerBelieves in equal opportunities and power of diversity. Creates opportunities for talent in engineering consultancy.
• OMRONsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeader in medical devices, partner since 2024. Driven by social impact, improves employment opportunities for refugees through recruitment, awareness, and retention.
• TAUWsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerShapes vital living environment with 900 professionals from open and inclusive culture. Collaboration enriches organization with unique talents and diverse perspectives.
• TBIsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst major technology, construction, and infrastructure group to partner. Consists of 21 companies building sustainable living environments and smart infrastructure.
• TwynstraGuddesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdvises government and business on sustainable change. Through House of Impact, works to strengthen labour market position of status holders via mentoring programmes.
• CollierssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAims for social impact by organizing 2 mentoring programmes per year, application workshops, and hiring 2 talents per year. Frontrunner in real estate advisory sector.
• DDB AmsterdamsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerContinues partnership from 180 Amsterdam. Supports Refugee Talent Hub pro bono with creative campaigns.
• BunchmarksupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerInnovative HR bureau focused on development of people and organizations. Helps Refugee Talent Hub (gratis) to get the best from employees and teams.
• OchtendMensensupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPart of TwynstraGudde, develops leaders of the future with social entrepreneurship at core. Advisors work to strengthen labour market position of status holders.
• Netbeheer NederlandsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration within Scaling Plan 2030: ambition to fill 5,000 jobs in energy transition by 2030, including 1,000 positions for refugees with residence permits.
• WijTechnieksupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupports collaboration with Construction, Energy and Technology Action Plan through 'Refugees with Residence Permits in Technology' initiative.
• BOOST AmsterdamsupportingOthersMeeting place for newcomers and residents in Amsterdam. Contributes to creating an inclusive society.
• NewBeessupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivil society partner providing language and culture training support for refugee integration programs.
• VluchtelingenWerk NederlandsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivil society partner supporting refugee integration in the Netherlands.
• UAFsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCivil society partner supporting educational and professional integration of refugees.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Upwardly Global: US-based nonprofit connecting immigrant and refugee professionals with skilled employment, including employer partnerships, training, and a job-matching platform. Closely mirrors RTH's employer-led, professionally-targeted model in the US context.
• Welcome.US: US nonprofit mobilizing private-sector support for refugee resettlement and integration, including a Refugee Employers Portal. Comparable in mobilizing corporate partners to welcome and hire newcomers, but operating at US national scale.
• Breaking Barriers: UK charity helping refugees into meaningful employment through employer partnerships, mentoring, and skills training. Closest European peer outside the Netherlands with an analogous refugee-to-employment thesis.
• Talent Beyond Boundaries: International nonprofit matching skilled refugees with employer opportunities globally. Operates a talent directory and employer-matching platform very similar to RefugeeWork, but at international scale rather than Netherlands-specific.
• Tent Partnership for Refugees: Global nonprofit mobilizing businesses to integrate refugees through employment, with a model highly analogous to Refugee Talent Hub's employer-led approach. Operates across multiple countries, making it a broader-geography peer with the same core thesis.

Emerging players

• Hire Heroes USA: US nonprofit offering employment readiness and employer-matching services, originally for veterans and now expanding to spouses and refugees. Comparable employer-matching services and training cohorts but distinct beneficiary population.

Others

• ISS Facility Services: Global facility services employer and active RTH partner committed to refugee hiring across Europe. Acts as a customer/employer partner rather than a direct competitor, but represents the type of large employer RTH depends on for placements.
• UAF: Dutch foundation supporting highly educated refugees through study and employment — a current RTH civil society partner. Operates in an overlapping refugee-employment niche but focuses more on the education-to-work transition.

Broad incumbents

• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing and workforce solutions firm with a dedicated refugee hiring program (Experis IT track with RTH). Provides the same employment-matching capability as RTH but at global scale and as part of a much broader portfolio.

Regional players

• TRIEC (Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council): Canadian multi-stakeholder council connecting skilled immigrants with employers through mentorship and employer engagement programs. Comparable model and stakeholder mix, but Canada-focused rather than Netherlands-focused.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/refugee-talent-hub

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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