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We were founded to offer opportunities to motivated talent.

We believe in a world full of possibilities and equal opportunities for everyone. We solve labor shortages together by utilizing the talent of status holders.

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250+ successfully trained Motoppers. 150+ municipalities we work with. 98% of Motoppers are highly educated. 100% opportunity to meet social return obligations.. 250+ successfully trained Motoppers. 150+ municipalities we work with. 98% of Motoppers are highly educated. 100% opportunity to meet social return obligations.. 250+ successfully trained Motoppers. 150+ municipalities we work with. 98% of Motoppers are highly educated. 100% opportunity to meet social return obligations.. 250+ successfully trained Motoppers. 150+ municipalities we work with. 98% of Motoppers are highly educated. 100% opportunity to meet social return obligations..

Co-founder Merijn Biesterveld about the vision of Motopp.

“I believe in a world full of opportunities where everyone gets an equal chance, no matter where a person comes from. By travelling, I discovered that everyone has more or less the same dreams, stable income, a nice life, belonging. With Motopp, we give status holders who have the motivation the chance to get a job.”

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Overcome challenges, change lives.

Solving that status holders are out of work and employers with vacancies in IT, is exactly what Motopp focuses on. We offer newcomers the chance to retrain as software developers or as various types of IT professionals. We do this together with municipalities and leading companies. Together, we ensure a Triple win!

Our approach

making positive impact

Unique solution for a societal problem.

Co-founders Jan Princen and Merijn Biesterveld came up with the unique idea of giving status holders the opportunity they deserve while addressing the labour shortage in the IT sector. After a successful pilot with the municipality of Amsterdam and launching customers DigiB and BinckBank, Jan and Merijn, with Joris Hoogenbosch, founded Motopp in April 2020 with the aim of making a positive impact. Meanwhile, with a completely new package of training courses, focused on various IT skills.

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Future perspectives for our Motoppers arise from the possibility to contribute to Dutch society as a newcomer. This leads to an improved sense of well-being by the sense of belonging somewhere.
A highly motivated, culturally and internationally balanced workforce contributes to an adaptive, innovative, profitable and competitive market position.
Lowering the cost of society and a constantly growing economy.

Motopp’s succes formule

A Triple win

By training unused talent for a future in the Dutch labour market, we solve unfilled vacancies for companies and help them meet social return (SROI) obligations. This results in a ‘triple win’: a success for status holders, a success for competing organisations and a success for society.

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Motopp and Dutch municipalities.

Municipalities have the social task of helping more status holders into work. Motopp successfully cooperates with 150 municipalities. Municipalities help Motopp to select motivated candidates whom we can offer a future perspective at leading companies.

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Municipalities working with us

Our core values

The intrinsic values with which our Motoppers start the day.

Involved

Committed to the success of Motoppers with strong motivation to make everyone succeed.

Helpful

We help Motoppers take the first step so they can build a sustainable future for themselves.

Skilled

We have the right knowledge to train candidates to become IT Professional or Finance Specialist in 3 to 6 months.

Social

At Motopp, we have a focus on the person behind the label of status holder.

Responsible

Through self-initiative, Motopp creates opportunities for both Motoppers and employers.

Genuine

Feeling authentic pride when a Motopper is placed and motivated and inspired along their learning path.

The ambition of Motopp

Our mission.

Creating equal opportunities for all. That is Motopp’s mission. We aim to offer a future perspective to 1,000 status holders a year and make a difference for this unnoticed talent. At the same time, we reduce labour shortages in the IT industry.

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The team.

Central to our mission is a solid team, always dedicated to realising opportunities for status holders and empowering them.

Anna Maas

Partnership and Recruitment Manager

Dave Baltus

Internship & HR Manager

Wanda Compier

People Development Manager

Jan Princen

Founder

Magnus Beers

Partner & Business Development

Merijn Biesterveld

Founder

Stefan van der Munnik

People Development Manager

Christiaan Tweebeeke

People Development Manager

Thijmen Boermans

Finance

Youp van ‘t Schip

Finance & Operations

Vita Brummelhuis

People Development Manager

Sieuwert van Otterloo

Course Director

Dylan Duivesteijn

Allround Online Marketeer

Vacancy (apply via Linkedin link)

Field Manager

Motopp in numbers

From its formal establishment in 2020, Motopp continues to grow ambitiously to achieve our mission in 2030.

200+ placed Motoppers at clients.

150+ collaborations with municipalities.

50+ happy clients.

History of Motopp

Historical milestones show that Motopp is helping more and more status holders find jobs in the Dutch business sector in more and more municipalities. Follow our story!

2019

SUCCESFUL PILOT

Placement of 5 Motoppers.

Successful pilot in which 5 Motoppers are placed in collaboration with municipality Amsterdam at launching customers DigiB and BinckBank.

2020

STARTING!

April: founding Motopp.

Motopp b.v. formally is founded by co-founders Joris, Merijn and Jan. The first group of Motoppers is trained and then successfully placed with Nationale Postcode Loterij and ASR.

RECRUITMENT

August: Statushouders know how to find Motopp.

The first status holders sign up on their own at Motopp.

INITIAL GROWTH ACHIEVED

October: Kick-off at Scheepvaartmuseum.

The first kick-off day for a growing group of Motoppers is organised at Scheepvaartmuseum.

PARTNERSHIP

December: Key collaborations launched.

Crucial collaborations are being launched with Mendix, PostNL and the Low-Code Academy. The partnership will be deepened.

2021

GUIDANCE

March: Second group of Motoppers starts.

Support will be started for a second group of selected Motoppers. Two start their new jobs at ZilverenKruis and at ABN AMRO.

RENEW

May: Motopp app en new customer.

A Motopp employee app is developed and Motopp’s positioning is further developed which immediately attracts another new client: the Flower Bulb Inspection Service.

GROWTH

June: New groups.

A third group of status holders starts at Motopp (Eagles Fly High). And soon after, a fourth group (Challengers) will start in September.

PUBLICITY

November: More municipalities and businesses.

Publicity around Motopp increases and more municipalities and companies sign up with Motopp to invest in newcomer talent.

2022

NEW ROUTE

February: Java project at ABN AMRO.

A few Motoppers are being trained as Java developers for ABN AMRO.

PARTNERSHIP

May: Social return Siemens.

Siemens gets in touch with Motopp and together want to fulfil their social return ambition.

RELOCATION

October: New office in Amsterdam.

Motopp moves into new premises with lots of history in Amsterdam.

NEW

November: Service Now – Smurfit Kappa.

Motopp launches new ‘Service Now’ track with customer Smurfit Kappa.

UITJES

December: Boat trip 2022.

It is the first time all Motoppers can come together for an event again, after the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak.

2023

EVENTS

June: Family Day.

Relax and meet for fun. Motoppers came to the office with their families for good food and fun activities.

NEW ROUTE

July: Python PwC.

A project is being launched with client PwC to train Motoppers as programmers with expertise in Python.

NEW TRAINING PROGRAMME

August: Dekra places 6 Motoppers.

Dekra, in cooperation with Motopp, launches the first Finance training course focused on damage insurance, entirely in Dutch, and employs 6 Motoppers after intensive weeks of coaching.

Organisations who work with our unique approach

Media and publicity

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