{"id":27333,"date":"2025-03-13T20:53:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T19:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vandegroep.nl\/medewerker\/wim-de-kruijf\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T15:06:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T13:06:48","slug":"wim-de-kruijf","status":"publish","type":"medewerker","link":"https:\/\/www.vandegroep.nl\/en\/employees\/wim-de-kruijf\/","title":{"rendered":"Wim de Kruijf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Wim de Kruijf and I\u2019ve been with Van de Groep &amp; Olsthoorn since 2012. During a gap year between secondary school and my Sociology studies, I focused on implementing a new recruitment system. 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