Welcome to Striive's frequently asked questions!

If you don't have an account on Striive yet, you can create a free account in a few easy steps and start searching and responding to assignments. Register with a few clicks and let us guide you through our professional onboarding!

What you will need for creation of your account:

- the name of your company and/or Chamber of Commerce number.

- your email adress

- your phone number

You’ll need company liability insurance, and sometimes professional liability insurance, depending on the client’s requirements. Each company, and each job, might require a different insurance. 
If you want to learn more about insurances, which ones are important, how to pick them and how to save money on them, make sure to check our complete insurance guide.

If you do not have any insurance yet, you can arrange them yourself, or use Striive’s services.

Business Partner - €2.50 hourly rate.

Business Partner plus - €2.50 hourly rate.

Premium Partner Partner - First deployment at €2.50 hourly rate, then €3.25

More information about our packages here.

If you are using a Basic Striive account, please contact the support desk. If you are using our paid services, please reach out to your success manager.

Payment details are visible in your Striive account. Navigate to the Invoice tab, and you will be able to access your payment information from there. If you have questions and use our free services, please contact the support desk. If you are using our paid services, your success manager will be happy to help you.

Once you have a contract, navigate to the Contract tab in your account. From there, you will be able to access all the onboarding steps on the left panel, including the part about invoicing and invoicing procedures. You can consult it directly on the platform, or download it. 

If you are a supplier of professionals, you can check the payment status of your professionals directly in your account. For that, head towards the Invoices tab in your navigation menu. In doubt, please contact your Success Manager, which you can find on the main page of your Striive account.

Extensions must be communicated by the client’s hiring desk to our contract department. Your hiring manager should inform their internal hiring desk, who will then notify us. Once we receive the information, we’ll update your Striive profile and notify you to sign the new contract.

You can find your contact person in your Striive profile, like demonstrated here. If you are using our basic services, your contact point will be the Support Desk. If you are subscribed to one of our paid services, it will be one of our success managers.

If you are using a Basic Striive account, please contact the Support Desk. If you are using our paid services, please reach out to your success manager.

If you change your company structure (e.g., from eenmanszaak to BV), you’ll receive a new Chamber of Commerce number. This means you need a new Striive profile for your BV. Some onboarding steps must be repeated, but most documents and contracts will be transferred by our contract team.
Only company-specific steps need to be redone.

If you use our Basic services, please inform the Support Desk about the change. If you are subscribed to our paid services, please inform your success manager about it.

Sometimes, steps remain open until our colleagues process them. Please wait until the process is complete.

All open assignments can be found in Striive. Either directly on the website, or by navigating to the Assignments tab in your Striive account.

Then it is possible to set filters. There is an open search field, a search field specific to client, location, hours per week and the start date of the assignment.
The more fields filled in the more specific the search. It is not necessary to fill in all the fields, 1 field can also be used.

Searches can be saved by using the button 'save as search' button. Saved searches can be found via a dropdown below the 'search term' entry field.

Assignments can be added to 'favourite assignments' by clicking on the star icon on the assignment.

If you have an account, recommended assignments can also be given. These recommendations can then be found under 'recommended assignments' in the Assignments tab at the top of your navigation bar.

We use a variety of technology to process candidate resumes. This gives recruiters the tools to conduct the selection process efficiently and objectively.

First of all, avoid all kinds of formatting or embellishments. We prefer to work with documents in simple formatting. The use of headings is fine, but tables or diagrams do not add value and complicate assessment.

For the introduction section of your resume, we recommend your job title and a concise summary.

Note: If you were to list your skills only in the introduction, we do not know how much experience you have. Therefore, we prefer to see the following attributes listed by work experience:

• Company name
• Function
• Period
• Short description
• Technology or skills used

If you are a professional, creating an account and answering assignments is free. Only users subscribed to one of our professional services pay a fee.

If you are a supplier, creating an account and answering assignments is free, you only pay when you successfully place a professional.

In the assignment overview, assignments can be clicked for more information.
Once you click on an assignment, the assignment details are displayed.
On the right side of the assignment details are the contact details of the recruiter who has the client in his/her portfolio. The contact information shown can be used to contact the recruiter.

It may happen that the recruiter is busy, in which case send an app/text, speak to voicemail or send an email. Of course you can call again later. Our recruiters do their best to answer everyone's questions as quickly as possible.

Longlist

After we have received your bid, you are longlisted as a candidate with us.

• The recruiter will make a selection of these candidates based on the criteria of the assignment.
• If there are knockout criteria (these are the minimum requirements for the assignment), the recruiter will check whether these have been met.
• From the longlist some of the candidates will be rejected. About this rejection candidates always receive a message. Due to the often large number of candidates, a recruiter is not always able to respond in detail and personally.

Shortlist

The recruiter then makes a selection that goes on to the shortlist.

• In certain cases, a recruiter may contact you for additional questions about the resume. Shortlisted candidates are presented to the client.
• Depending on the size of the shortlist and the needs of the client, candidates may also be rejected from the shortlist.

Intake

From the feedback on the proposed candidates, the client's request for an online or on-site meeting with one or more candidates follows.

• The recruiter agrees the practicalities of the intake with the candidates. After the intake, candidates are always notified.
  

Award

If the client's response to the intake of one of the candidates is positive, this will be communicated as soon as possible.

• Congratulations if you are the winning candidate! The recruiter will contact you for the practical aspects of your deployment, such as the contract.

Lead time

Sometimes the turnaround and response time can be longer than communicated in advance. This can be due to several reasons

• Turnaround time involves recruiters depending on the response time of the client and the hiring manager involved, among other things.
• There may be interim changes resulting in delays.