Logically, the structural solution to the structural shortage of technical personnel in the Netherlands lies in India, beta country par excellence.
Own team in India
The labor market is so tight that there was a shortage of personnel in all occupational groups in the second quarter of 2022, according to the UWV. The tightness is most pertinent in sectors such as construction, manufacturing and ICT. To fill vacancies, companies can of course offer ever higher salaries and luxury lease cars or organize brilliant company parties, but such a structural problem requires a structural solution: an own team across the border.
Technically skilled people
In India, for example, where literally millions of technically skilled people are eager to get started for foreign companies. And I don't mean the hard-to-understand and relatively inexperienced Indians. Because let's face it, there are millions of those too. No, anyone who visits India regularly knows that the country is full of experienced, reliable and excellent English-speaking people who are good at their jobs. People on whom Dutch companies can really build.
Questions about India
The big question is of course: How do you find those Indian top players? Via LinkedIn or via Randstad? What do you pay these people and how? What other labor laws do you have to comply with? In short, how do you arrange it all, your own office in India? After all, the country is not known for its transparent, efficient government.
Success examples
Yet it is certainly not impossible; many companies have been doing it for a long time. Just think of MTA from Helmond, Metaflex from Aalten, Frames from Alphen aan de Rijn, Decos from Noordwijk, Van Boxel Engineering from Oosterhout, Roosen Industries from Eersel and Maxxton from Middelburg. All are medium-sized (manufacturing) companies that reap the benefits of their own branch in India. All companies that have found a structural solution for a structural shortage of technical staff: their own department in India to carry out machining work, calculations and drawings, software development or R&D.
Technical staff in India
IndiaConnected sees opportunities in India especially for Dutch and Flemish companies that need:
Drafters and calculators for construction, civil engineering and road building
Designers-constructors and BIM modelers
Industrial automation designer, PLC programmer, embedded software engineers
Maintenance engineers
Project leader, mechanical engineering designer-constructor, industrial designer (technical)
Production manager / industry executive
Manager Research & Development (R&D)
Programmers / developers specific languages (including Java, C#, PHP)
Developer specific applications (SharePoint, .NET, cloud, frontend/backend, app, UX)
BI specialists / data scientists (SQL, Python, R), data warehouse developer / data warehouse administrator, data managers
Test Developers
Architect ict/system developer
Security specialists