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HR services needed? Let Octagon handle it. Octagon Professionals is an HR services company with an extensive track record in the Dutch market of over 30 years.

We understand what it takes for international businesses to expand, restructure and set-up in the Netherlands. We support global companies of every size with perfectly tailored HR solutions on any strategic level. We are the employer of a large community of international, talented professionals who dedicate their experience, knowledge and time to our clients in order to expand, or operate, in the Dutch market. Our extensive experience and knowledge of the Dutch market enables us to add value to your business – no matter which stage of growth you’re in. Our dedicated and passionate team of expats, partners, and support from the community, enables us to understand your business well enough to implement the right HR solution for your growing business. No matter what your goals are in the Netherlands – We are in it with you for the long term. Long lasting partnerships enable us to provide quality services in an efficient, timely, and competitive manner, always working in a transparent and open communication style.

09/10/2026

3,435

That is how many companies in the Netherlands were under ultimate American control in 2024. Germany, in second place, has 2,440.

The United States has held first place every year since 2008, and the gap has more than quadrupled, with 225 companies then, 995 now.

All of those companies had to become employers here. Dutch employment law does not arrive gradually, it applies from the first day. Sick pay, works councils with consultation rights before decisions.

If you have taken a business through that: what did you underestimate?

05/10/2026

Europe can build 10 rockets a year.
By 2031, it will need 14.

World Space Week runs until Saturday under the theme Rocket Revolution: reusable boosters, commercial providers, cheaper access to orbit. Europe's version of that story has a different shape.

Ariane 6 is targeting six to eight flights this year against a ceiling of about ten. ESA - European Space Agency is now studying what 12, 15 or 20 would take. And last month in Brussels, European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius said European institutional missions alone will need 14 Ariane 6 launches a year by 2031.

The distance between those numbers is not a technology gap. It is an industrial one. Booster production, carbon-fibre winding capacity, propellant facilities and the transport that moves hardware between countries. Which makes it, in the end, a people problem.

Every one of those constraints is relieved by someone: Production engineers, AIT specialists, Quality and compliance staff, Supply chain managers.

Europe decided it wanted independent access to space. That decision is now a hiring question.

We recruit and employ specialists across Europe, from The Hague. If you're hiring into this, [email protected].

29/09/2026

Your non-EU specialist could be legally working in the Netherlands about two weeks from now.

The Highly Skilled Migrant permit is the Netherlands' fastest work-and-residence route, no labour-market test, salary-based eligibility, and decisions for recognised sponsors inside the IND's service standard.

The catch: only an IND Recognised Sponsor can file. Becoming one, is not as straight forward,

Octagon already holds recognised sponsor status. Your hire comes in under our sponsorship as their employer of record, no Dutch entity, no sponsor application. Eligible hires can also access other Dutch workforce benefits, such as the expat ruling, assessed per hire.

Swipe for the full route →

Hiring a specialist into the Netherlands? Tell us who, we'll tell you how.

25/09/2026

95+ nationalities placed.

Not because of where they are from. Because they fit the role, the qualifications and the culture.

But when a skill is hard to find, the shortlist stops being local. And hiring across borders means reading CVs, salary expectations and interview styles that all work differently from market to market.

We have been learning that since 1987. Entities across Europe and the UK.

Hiring for something hard to find? [email protected]

24/09/2026

"Hej, jak się masz?"

At Octagon, we know that building the right team takes more than understanding the local market. It takes genuine sector expertise, strong networks, and access to highly specialised talent.

Our focus on niche recruitment across sectors where the right expertise matters, from defence and space to engineering, has been proven over 39 years in the market.

Whether you're expanding into Poland or building an international team, our local knowledge and specialist recruitment expertise help you connect with the people who can make a difference.

Because the right talent isn't always easy to find. We know where to look.

23/09/2026

Niche recruitment isn't a smaller version of normal recruitment. It's a different job.

Three things change when the talent pool is measured in hundreds, not thousands:

1️⃣ Sourcing becomes research. You can't post an ad and wait, you map the market, person by person.

2️⃣ The best candidates aren't looking. They're heads-down on a programme. Networks and sector credibility do the work a job board never will.

3️⃣ There are extra layers: security clearances, export-control awareness, cross-border employment rules.

This is exactly why "post and pray" fails in space & defence.

Reach out to us, to discuss further: https://bit.ly/4yKxVR8

18/09/2026

"Is an employer of record worth it?"

Honest answer: usually yes below roughly ten employees per country. Above that, the maths shifts and our new article says so out loud.

Choosing your route? Talk it through with us first.

17/09/2026

Tuesday's budget confirmed it: your 2027 Dutch hires get more expensive.

Two ways. The expat ruling drops from 30% to 27% on 1 January 2027 with a higher salary threshold, so fewer hires qualify. And several employer premiums rise, including the Aof premium for long-term disability.

What didn't change matters just as much. The big cuts to employer obligations? Postponed, not cancelled. The WW halving shifts to 2029, the maximum daily wage cut is off, and compensation for transition payments after long-term sickness stays until at least 2028. Employing in the Netherlands stays exactly as demanding as it is today.

Two moves before Q4 closes:
→ Reprice any 2027 offers against the 27% ruling.
→ Build the new premium rates into next year's budget.

All three measures unpacked in the carousel, swipe through.

Employing in the Netherlands, or planning to? This is the week to talk it through.

15/09/2026

Niche talent search is cross-border by definition.

When the skills pool in one country runs dry, the answer isn't lowering the bar, it's a wider net, plus the employment infrastructure to hire wherever the right person is.

That's what recruitment and EOR look like combined: the search runs wherever the skills are, and employer-of-record infrastructure turns a cross-border find into a compliant local hire, contract, payroll, social security, without setting up a new entity. Find the right person first. The borders are our problem.

Hiring for a role the local market can't fill? Talk to us.

11/09/2026

Everyone talks about competing for space talent. Few can say where it actually lives.

Mapped out: five clusters concentrate most of Europe's space workforce. One region alone holds about a quarter of it. The densest campus packs 100+ space organisations into a single site.

Octagon has been part of the ecosystem in The Hague, at the heart of the Dutch space cluster, since 1987. Our ESA story started in 1990 with the paperless office project.

Swipe for the five clusters →

Building a team in the Dutch space cluster? Talk to us.

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Maanweg 174
The Hague
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