Noorderlink is a network organization in the northern Netherlands with over 30 member organizations and 75,000 employees. It was founded in 1986 to facilitate knowledge sharing and professional development opportunities between nonprofit organizations in the region. Noorderlink offers services like job postings, training programs, seminars, and networking events to connect HR professionals, promote regional employment, and increase members' organizational capacity. Its goals are to exchange expertise, improve staff employability, and positively promote the northern Netherlands as an attractive place to work and live.

1. Noorderlink

2. NOORDERLINK …
 Is a unique network organization in the North
of Holland with distinctive products
 For participants
 And by participants

3. HISTORY, 25 years in business
 Founded in the early spring of 1986, called
“Het Instellingsoverleg” as a taskforce of
the local government / town council, the
university and Hanze-academy and the
university hospital; all non-profit organizations.
 Professionalized at the end of 2002 and
institutionalized in 2005
 2011: Foundation Bestuursbureau Noorderlink

4. ORGANIZATION
Currently:
 More than 30 Co-creators, in business
 75.000 Employees
 General Board consists of all HRM directors;
they set the direction (decisionmakers),
goalsetting
 Daily Board > 5 members
 Accomplishment: 1 Central Office for Support

5. CO-CREATORS / MEMBERS
Akzo Nobel Noorderpoort
Alfa-college N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie
AVEBE Openbaar Onderwijs Groep Groningen
Belastingdienst Noord Provincie Drenthe
Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs Provincie Groningen
GasTerra Provincie Fryslân
Gemeente Assen Rabobank
Gemeente Groningen Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Grontmij Nederland SCA / UcM Hoogezand
Hanzehogeschool Groningen SNN
Koninklijke Wagenborg SWNN
Lentis TSN / Thuiszorg Groningen
Martini Ziekenhuis TKP Pensioen
Ministerie van Economische Zaken UMC Groningen
Menzis UWV district Noord
NAM Waterbedrijf Groningen
Nationale Politie Yacht-Randstad
NOM

6. CO-CREATORS / MEMBERS

7. STATEGIC GOALS
 Exchange of knowledge, expertise and best
practices
 Put in motion and increase the employability
of staff of the organizations collaborating in
Noorderlink
 Positively profiling the North as an attractive
place to work and live
 To be involved in regional social events

8. NOORDERLINK LINKS!
 HRM Professionals
 Organizations
 Directors
 Managers
 Coaches
 Youngsters
 Projectmanagers
 Employees

9. CORE BUSINESS
‘The Fundamentals’
Jobs on the
Website/ vacancies
Training Tryouts
Courses
Master Classes
Noorderlinkdays
Younglink

10. & MORE BUSINESS
 Coachlink
 Mediationlink
 Projectlink
 Seminars
 Task forces
 Internships
 Learning jobs

11. JOBS ON THE WEBSITE
 Noorderlink.nl: the labourmarketportal
 Living in the North of Holland: we use our
employees as ambassadors: their experience,
their work, their home etc.

12. NOORDERLINK.NL:
Labourmarketportal

13. NOORDERLINK.NL:
Living in the North of Holland

14. TRAINING TRYOUT
 To inspire and determine whether you can use
a training or a workshop in your organization
 For managers, HR consultants and
professionals

15. COURSES
Proven effectiveness individual and organizational level
Starting leadership
Leadership
(Policy) advisors and -consultants
Novice projectleaders
Expert projectleaders

16. MASTER CLASSES
Succesfull change
 Diagnosis en change strategy
 Part 1 – inspiring speakers
 Part 2 – Interactive: co-creator provides
case and best practice

17. NOORDERLINKDAYS
 2004 @ UMC Groningen
 2006 @ Gasunie
 2008 @ Hanze Academy
 2010 @ Municipality and Province of
Groningen
 2012 @ Noorderpoort: Euroborg (11 Oct. )

18. ... In portrait 2010 @ Martinikerk

19. ... and for example 2008 @ Hanzehogeschool

20.  Younglink offers an active network that adds
value to young professionals and graduates
working for one of the Noorderlink co-creators
 Bachelor / master < 35 years

21. Events 2011
 “My company, a great place to meet” :
Discover other companies
 Networking party/drinks
 Volunteering
 “Uproar at the table” :
Diner with CEO ’s from different companies

22. Visit our website (Dutch)
 Events calender
 Pictures
 Reports
Find us on:

23. COACHLINK
 Exchange of Noorderlink-coaches of different
Noorderlink-organizations
 Development of the coaches; experience
 Cost effective / savings

24. PROJECTLINK
 Sharing knowledge, seminars, encounter
events & a forum on the internet
 Education, project management, in
collaboration with others
 HRM market places: matching supply and
demand; matching project Managers with
projects etc.
 Development and cost effective / saving

25. SEMINARS about
 Labour market
 Communication
 Mobility
 Education and labour market
 Flex working
 Diversity

26. PLATFORMS
 Labor law & Labor conditions
 Mobility
 Professionalisation

27. INTERNSHIP – “bank”
(as part of formal education)

28. LEARNING JOBS
(to obtain work experience)
 Initiated July 2009
 First Job experience in 2010

29. INITIATIVES 2011
 Collaboration with:
 AIESEC, EBF-congres, SIB, Seniors
Academy and Emplooi
 Noorderlef
 Welcome Centre North-Netherlands

30. NUMBERS
3 seminars each year
13 task forces gathering
5 General Board of Directors and 10 Daily Board
meetings
160 trained participants management
80% fulfilled vacancies
1.200.000 visits each year
1.000 visitors Noorderlinkdays

31. Noorderlink