ORANJEGROEP is a leader in blue-collar recruitment, specializing in sectors like logistics, construction, and engineering. Operating across Europe, they connect skilled professionals with top employers in the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, Poland, and beyond.

With a small team managing recruitment across ten countries, ORANJEGROEP needed a way to scale efficiently while maintaining quality and their personal touch. To streamline their process and boost hiring capacity, they turned to Carv.

The challenge

ORANJEGROEP's recruiters were handling thousands of candidates manually, spending valuable hours processing applications, verifying candidate qualifications, and coordinating interviews across time zones and in more than ten languages.

These manual tasks slowed down the hiring process and limited the number of candidates they could successfully place. Prioritizing speed would have meant compromising on quality and offering candidates a less-than-ideal experience.

The team needed a solution that could take over these repetitive tasks, ensuring a smooth, high-quality candidate experience and allowing recruiters to focus on high-value interactions with applicants.

The solution

After evaluating several options, ORANJEGROEP selected Carv, integrating it into their Carerix ATS. This integration ensures that all vacancies and candidates are automatically synced with Carv, minimizing data-entry errors and keeping the ATS clean.

With just a job posting as input, Carv's conversational AI launches chat flows in seconds without any manual setup. The chatbot engages with candidates immediately after they apply, conducting pre-screening through human-like conversation. Candidates can also ask questions, creating a highly personalized experience.

Moreover, the AI chatbots are available 24/7, meaning that when candidates send inquiries after work hours—when recruiters aren't available—they still receive responses well before the next day's opening hours.

With this setup, ORANJEGROEP fully automates key recruitment tasks and benefits from:

• Instant AI-powered pre-screening of candidates in their native language
• Automated interview scheduling via WhatsApp, 24/7
• Seamless ATS integration, ensuring accurate and up-to-date records
• Multilingual AI chat flows, allowing for personalized communication in over 10 languages

“What made Carv stand out was its flexibility, collaborative approach, quick onboarding, and AI capabilities—features that competitor tools lacked,” says Fred Baird, Recruitment and Marketing Manager at ORANJEGROEP.

With Carv handling the bulk of pre-screening work, recruiters can focus on engaging with pre-vetted candidates only, increasing their efficiency while maintaining a high quality of hire.

The results

With Carv, ORANJEGROEP created over 300 unique AI chatflows in more than ten languages, scaling their global staffing operations. The impact of Carv was felt across ORANJEGROEP within just six months:

• 15,000+ candidates processed
• 500 extra hires made
• 300% increase in hires per recruiter
• 3.1 FTE in monthly savings (500+ hours saved per month)
• AI-powered recruitment flows in 10+ languages

With recruiters able to handle three times more candidates, ORANJEGROEP dramatically improved efficiency while maintaining a high-quality hiring experience.

By integrating AI-driven recruitment automation, ORANJEGROEP is not just keeping up with industry demands—they’re setting a new benchmark for efficiency and scale in blue-collar recruitment.