House of Skills - Regio Amsterdam

The job market in the Metropolitan Area is changing fast. People are working on shorter contracts and have to switch jobs and sectors more often. This is particularly affecting the lower- and medium-skilled working population. There is a growing mismatch between demand from employers and the skills of this large group. This needs to change fast!

House of Skills is a field lab where various partners collaborate and experiment to develop various career programmes aimed at the lower- and medium-skilled working population in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area.

House of Skills' work includes:
• Assessments and skill scans;
• Career advice;
• Skills training;
• Skills-based matching.

The aim is for people to take control of their own job market futures, under the central theme of ‘Lifelong Development’.

In addition to the municipalities and provinces in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, our partners include regional training centres (ROCs), universities of applied sciences, trade unions, industry organisations, employment agencies Manpower and Randstad, the Netherlands Employees Insurance Agency (UWV), the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) and Deloitte.