CLS Services

We are CLS Services, a privately held recruitment company operating in the staffing and recruiting industry. We were founded in 2005 and are headquartered in Wageningen, Netherlands.

We specialise in recruitment, executive search and secondment of functional specialists and managers at B.Sc., M.Sc. or Ph.D. level. Our background is in Chemistry or Life Sciences, which helps us match highly qualified professionals with clients. We want our candidates to be happy at work and to help them build their careers through personal development. We are keen to offer our clients excellent candidates, so their business can run smoothly and they need not worry about vacancies. When people are happy, so are we. We aim to provide suitable options for our clients, candidates, and employees.

We describe the work as challenging, demanding, stimulating and relevant, particularly in chemistry and life sciences, which creates an environment for professionals who like to tackle complex issues and develop their personal and professional skills. We deliver through a process-focused approach: when we are presented with a niche vacancy, we return with a carefully selected shortlist of suitable candidates from our network. We prefer long-term partnerships that align with our promise: Dedicated to Excellence. With our feet firmly in the worlds of food, medicine, industry, environment, diagnostics, sustainability, energy and agriculture, we understand your business inside out.

Our specialties include recruitment in chemistry and life sciences, careercoaching, and secondment.

We operate in the Netherlands and work with clients there. Some of our clients have been with us for 20 years; these are major companies in the Netherlands.

We challenge ourselves with niche vacancies and will return with a carefully selected shortlist of suitable candidates from our network. When it comes to those hard-to-fill niche roles, that’s where we excel.