Recruitment and selection - Agri Food

Selected people in food & agri

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Job Marketing
Data Driven Search
Employer Branding

Ceres recruitment and selection agency

Are you looking for a good professional for your vacancy? As a recruitment agency, Ceres has extensive experience with recruitment and selection for as well the food as the agribusiness. Our team specializes in doing online and offline recruitment campaigns, with which they recruit the best candidates and select the right candidate for your company.

Recruitment of candidates

Recruiting candidates can be very time-consuming. We are happy to take this work off your hands. We work with online and offline campaigns to attract suitable candidates. We also actively search for the best professionals. Our extensive network within the food and agri sector helps us with this.

Selecting the right professionals

After the recruitment process, we start selecting candidates. The professionals are invited for an interview with one of our consultants to determine whether they fit your company and vacancy. We introduce to you the candidates who best fit your vacancy.

Why recruit through CeresRecruitment?

In addition to our extensive experience and in-depth knowledge of the food & agri business, there are even more advantages to outsourcing the recruitment and selection process to Ceres, namely:

Extensive database: We have an extensive database that we have carefully built up after years of recruitment and selection, in accordance with the GDPR rules.
Thorough screening: Interviews and assessments are used to test whether a candidate actually fits your vacancy.
Recruitment outside The Netherlands: Are you looking for an international candidate or a candidate for a position abroad? This is also possible at Ceres, more information can be found on the page: working abroad.
Always the right candidate: Thanks to our extensive database and thorough screening, we find the most suitable candidate.

Market areas and sectors

If you choose CeresRecruitment as your recruitment partner, the recruitment and selection process will be taken care of by our experienced consultants from start to finish. We will find you the perfect candidates with extensive experience in the food & agri business. You can contact us for the recruitment and selection of higher level students and academics for both permanent and interim positions.

The market areas in which we are active in are: Agri, Arable farming, Horticulture, Livestock farming, Biotechnology, Animal Health, Agrotechnology, Food, Retail / Foodservice, Biobased Economy, Industry, Foodprocessing, Nutrition / Health, Wholesale, Environment, Advice & Research and Sustainability.

The functional areas include positions from the entire agribusiness sector and food sector in the areas of: Sales & Marketing, Operations & Engineering, Quality & R&D, Interim, Supply Chain, Finance & HR and Executive.

Management and directorships

Are you looking for an employee in a senior management or executive position? Ceres also specialises in finding top-level candidates. More information can be found on our executive search page.

Ceres will help you further

Are you looking for a recruitment agency in the field of agri recruitment and/or food recruitment? Then you're in the right place with us. Contact us to discuss all possibilities.

The process of Ceres

You can see our transparent working method below.

Analysis

Job Marketing

Selection

Guidance

Company and vacancy analysis

The first step is to make a company- and vacancy analysis. For the business analysis we look at the company, the corporate culture and Employer Branding. Ceres can help you to strengthen your Employer Brand by positioning you as a strong employer in the market.
In addition the vacancy requirements, such as the organizational goals, the specific job requirements and the desired competencies of the candidate are discussed. Based on this the desired job profile will be made by us.

Job Marketing

By using an optimal on-and offline media campaign we draw the attention of both active and latent candidates. We always offer media campaigns that are tailor-made, tailored to the potential target group, so that we are sure that every marketing-euro is spent correctly. Within the job marketing campaign we work result oriented. By doing so we ensure that your job placement always gets the best result.

Data Driven Search

Our search team consists of professionals who know how to find the right candidates in the market. They use modern search techniques and algorithms for this. Through years of experience we have built an intensive network, where are in contact with 40% of the highly skilled candidates working in the Food & Agri sector. Of course, our search team knows how to achieve other highly skilled candidates in the Food & Agri sector by means of direct search.

Selection

The candidates come partly from the Job Marketing campaign and partly from our own search. The most suitable candidates form the talent pool for the specific vacancy. After the first search some candidates are invited to an interview with one of our consultants. Prior to this conversation, we ask the candidate to complete an online assessment. Only the perfectly fitting candidates for this vacancy will be proposed to the client.

Guidance

To ensure continuity and quality through the entire selection process we will guide de process professionally at all times. Our strength lies in the personal approach. Even after hiring and the start of a candidate in his new position Ceres will keep in touch and evaluate.

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”

Jan Borgers, Managing Partner

Job Levels

Young Professionals

Specialists

Management

Senior Management

Young Professionals

We mediate in talents (0-4 years of experience) that are making a (re)start in de agri or food business. Well educated and talented young professionals who are willing to make the switch to a new employer or step in into the agri or food sector.

Specialists and Professionals

We mediate in specialists and professionals in the agri and food sector. We look at personality, ambition, knowledge and skills, aspects that are crucial for the next step forward in their career.

Management

When positions on management level are concerned the focus is not only on the competences from the job profile but also on the so-called ‘soft’ competences of the manager. In the field we see that these ‘soft’ competences of managers are as important for the success as the gained knowledge or experience. Therefore the behavioural skills and personal qualities will be included in the selection procedure.

Senior Management & Supervision

We offer expertise in order to fulfil management, board and supervision positions. The searches differ from other procedures because our senior consultants are used to work on high level positions and corporate governance. Our daily contact with board members and supervisors in the agri and food business provides Ceres with a quality network to find the perfect Executive candidate.