Signs you're a recruiter helping South Africans move to the Netherlands

☂️ You explain Dutch weather more than you explain the job description
🥟 You've perfected the “𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘞𝘐𝘓𝘓 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘴” pep talk
🚲 You now measure distance in cycling minutes, not kilometers
✨ "𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘹 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨” has become part of your daily vocabulary
🥲 You get emotional with your candidate during their last days in South Africa
🎒 You've said "relocation package" so many times, your friends think you work in logistics

But honestly? Recruitment is so much more than job placements.
It's coaching, guiding, supporting, reassuring - and sometimes, yes, even explaining how to cycle to work in the rain. 🌧️

Watching highly skilled South Africans start a new life in the Netherlands, knowing you played a role in that... that's the magic! ✨

To my fellow recruiters and expats:
What's the funniest or most unexpected thing you've heard during a relocation process? 😎