Professionals are receiving rejections en masse based on insufficient experience, while at the same time employers are struggling with staff shortages. The question is increasingly being asked: why do we still mainly look at CVs and not at talent?

For many starters who have just graduated or want to start in the profession, the sentence sounds all too familiar:“Unfortunately, we have decided to move forward with another candidate.”Not because they can't do it. Not because they lack motivation. On the contrary, they are ready, full of energy and ambition. But there is always one reason: someone else has more experience.

They have studied, done internships, taken courses or even had the courage to make a career switch and yet the real opportunity has not materialized. Talent, commitment and potential are there, but without experience the door to a first job often seems closed.

A generation full of potential, but without chance

The Netherlands has a growing group of job seekers who would like to contribute, but are stuck on the criterion “experience required”. Advertisements and vacancy texts emphasize “flexible, eager to learn and proactive”, but in practice the CV of the person who has done it before often wins.

The social consequences are visible:

• Delayed starters on the labor market
• Increase in doubt and pressure to perform
• A waste of talent that never gets a stage

You see this group of starters dropping out who are extremely motivated. Not because they can't do it, but because they never get the chance to show that they can do it.”

The change: looking at energy instead of experience

More and more organizations now recognize that diplomas and years of experience do not predict whether someone will flourish in a position.

What does that do?
👉 that gives someone energy
👉where natural talents lie
👉in which environment someone flourishes

Therefore, it is scientifically substantiatedtalent analysisincreasingly used as an alternative to classic selection processes. Instead of asking“What have you done?”the question shifts to:

• “Who are you as a professional?”
• “What drives you?”
• “Which role suits your energy profile?”

Start in the form of a Traineeship

It is an important instrument in this movementtraineeship: a form in which people without experience can start immediately, learn and work at the same time, and receive guidance.

Traineeships appear to be a key within fields such as HR, Finance and Payroll:

• they lower the threshold for entry
• they offer guidance rather than selection for perfection
• they link talent to practice

Not the question “Can you already do this?”, but “Can you become this?” is central.

“We don't look for CVs. We go for talent.”

Organizations that embrace this movement dare to redefine their hiring principles. Instead of primarily selecting based on diplomas or years of experience, they look at the energy and talent profile of the candidate. With the help of a Personal Talent Analysis (PTA), companies can search much more specifically for people who really fit a position and team.

This way, when you are looking for someone to manage a group of people, you can consciously select candidates who score high on leadership and oral communication. Not only do they have the right qualities, but they also actually get energy from them. This ensures greater job satisfaction, better performance and demonstrably more sustainable employability. Employees who are placed based on talent rather than just a CV stay in their position up to 89% longer and develop in their role faster.

This creates an important additional advantage: organizations open the door to a much larger talent pool that they previously could not reach. Candidates without a “perfect CV”, who are normally filtered out at an early stage, often turn out to be exceptionally suitable when motivation, energy and talent are taken into account.

In short: by recruiting based on talent and energy, you not only increase your reach, you also find the right person in the right place faster.

Our message within Tilstra Services:

“Your talent. Your direction. Your career.”

This sends a clear signal to the labor market: the door opens to people without experience, with motivation, curiosity and energy.

Not only for starters, also for experienced professionals

The talent analysis is not only used to admit people to a traineeship, but we also match for other vacanciesHR, FinanceandPayroll.

For a growing group of workers:

• they have a job
• they comply on paper
• but their energy is gone

By looking at talent again, professionals can sometimes perform better with another team, another sector, or another employer, without this being seen as failure, but as development. We answer the question: are you still in the right place?

Companies join in: win-win for employees and society

Employers also discover the benefits:

• lower dropout
• higher employee satisfaction
• better long-term performance

When people work from talent instead of duty, their involvement and productivity increases. That makes this movement not only personal, but also socially relevant: it increases sustainable employability.

A clear call to society

The current labor market requires a cultural change:

❌ select on check marks
✔ investing in talent

The message is clear:

👉Give young people and career switchers a chance
👉See beyond their resume
👉Question:“What gives you energy?”

And above all:

The talents you have determine what you will be successful at, not your resume.

ready for the next step?

There is a new path for those who recognize themselves in the rejections and doubts.

No longer waiting until you have “enough experience”, but start from who you are.

✔ discover your talent profile
✔ possibly start a traineeship
✔ find a place that suits you; now and in the future

Would you like to speak to us personally? Call: 085 - 8640 718 or email: info@tilstraservices.nl