Timing and DEPT® make job search personal with new AI selection aid

Amsterdam, 10 March 2026
Timing Uitzendbureau, specialist in operational work, launches an advanced AI selection tool in collaboration with tech and marketing company DEPT®. The tool changes the way job seekers navigate the vast array of vacancies. Through a natural conversation, the daily match between 25,000 active temporary workers in logistics, production, and warehousing and their ideal job becomes faster and more relevant than ever.

The challenge: Personal matching on a large scale
For over thirty years, Timing has been connecting people with companies eager for their commitment. With a database covering thousands of roles in various sectors, a challenge arose: due to the enormous volume, it became more difficult for job seekers to quickly find the right match.
The people who start working through Timing are action-oriented and have little time. They do not want to spend hours clicking through rigid filters on job boards but are looking for a direct and clear path to work that suits them.

The solution: AI-driven personalization
Together with DEPT®, Timing developed an AI selection tool that replaces static search filters with a natural conversation. The selection tool quickly gathers the information that truly matters, such as location, availability, desired working hours, and certifications. The system then uses semantic search to bring up the most relevant vacancies from Timing's database.

Changing the rules
"Our job seekers do not want to search endlessly, but get to work. This was also evident from customer journey research we conducted. The job seeker literally says: "I can't see the forest for the trees anymore." In other words: help me find the right job," says Wilmer Stegink at Timing. "DEPT® has helped us build a solution that meets that need. We make the search for operational work not only easier but also more human. So no longer clicking all the filters yourself to see which vacancies you are presented with, but actually knowing the content of each job and making a suitable recommendation based on that."
Sander Hendriks, VP of Delivery at DEPT®, adds: "Traditional search filters force candidates into a box. We have built an AI selection tool that understands what people really mean and gets smarter with every interaction. It is the difference between filling out a form and talking to someone who genuinely wants to help you. With this, we are changing the rules for the sector."

Growing momentum
The effectiveness of the selection tool lies in its design: instead of predefined categories, the tool understands context. Candidates can refine their wishes in a dialogue, just as they would with a recruiter. The AI we have applied here truly understands all the context of the jobs at Timing, allowing for matching on many more and diverse criteria than before through relatively "dumb" filtering.

DEPT® has been working with Timing since 2015 and underscores the momentum of DEPT® as a Growth Invention Company. After recent successes for brands like EPI/Wero, Lufthansa, and BLACKROLL®, DEPT® once again confirms its position as a partner for ambitious organizations that use technology as a driver for growth.