Company: ICNC People
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands (on-site / hybrid)
Employment type: Internship, full-time
Duration: 4-6 months
Start date: August or September 2026
About ICNC People
The Netherlands has a structural shortage of skilled technical workers. Energy transition, grid expansion, data centre build-out and high-tech manufacturing are all accelerating, and the domestic talent pipeline is not.
ICNC People closes that gap. We mobilise screened technical specialists across borders into the sectors building tomorrow's infrastructure: Energy & Grid, Engineering, Data Centers, Life Sciences, Cybersecurity and High Tech. We are an SNA-certified Dutch labour intermediary and an IND recognised sponsor, and we carry end-to-end accountability for our clients: recruitment, immigration, contracts, payroll, compliance and retention.
We are a small, fast-moving team. You will work directly with the people running the business, not three layers below them.
The role
We are building our commercial engine and want a sharp, commercially-minded intern to help build the outbound side of it: proactively identifying and reaching the operations directors, project leads and HR leaders at grid contractors, EPCs and data centre developers who have a staffing problem, before they start looking for a solution, and opening the conversation directly.
This is a commercial internship, not a marketing support role. Your output is measured in qualified conversations created.
What you will do
▪ Build the outbound engine. Identify target accounts and decision-makers in our priority sectors, and run structured outreach through LinkedIn Sales Navigator, email and phone.
▪ Create commercially relevant content. Short-form LinkedIn posts, outreach messages, sector one-pagers and case snapshots written to trigger a reply, not to win awards.
▪ Own lead capture and follow-up. Make sure every response and enquiry is logged, qualified against our ICP and followed up within hours, not days.
▪ Qualify. Run first-line qualification calls: what is the client's delivery bottleneck, what volume, which discipline, which timeline, which compliance route.▪ Map the market. Build target account lists per sector (grid contractors, EPCs, data centre developers, high-tech OEMs and their supply chains) and identify who is publicly hiring against a shortage.
▪ Measure it. Track what actually produces conversations, channel, message, sector, and report weekly on what to double down on and what to kill.
▪ Sit in the room. Join client and partner meetings, prepare the material, write the follow-up.
What we are looking for
▪ HBO or WO student in Business, Commercial Economics, Marketing, IB or a related field, or a recent graduate looking for practical commercial experience
▪ Genuine interest in commerce, you want to sell, not just to support sales
▪ Fluent in Dutch, written and spoken
▪ Excellent written and spoken English
▪ Comfortable picking up the phone and writing to senior people
▪ Structured, self-starting and comfortable with ambiguity, we will give you direction, not a script
▪ Right to study/intern in the Netherlands and based in or able to relocate to the Amsterdam area
▪ Familiarity with LinkedIn Sales Navigator, HubSpot or similar CRM is welcome but not required, we will teach you
What we offer
▪ Internship allowance of €600 per month
▪ Direct mentorship from the partners, real ownership of a workstream from week one
▪ Exposure to the full commercial cycle in a regulated, cross-border staffing business, including immigration, compliance and account management
▪ A visible, measurable contribution: the pipeline you build is the pipeline we sell from
▪ Realistic prospect of a commercial role with us after graduation for the right person
How to apply
Send your CV and a short note, three or four sentences on why commercial work interests you and one idea for how ICNC People could generate more outbound conversations, to [email protected].
We review applications on a rolling basis and will close the vacancy once we find the right person.
ICNC People is an equal opportunity employer. We select on capability and attitude.
Job Types: Internship, New-Grad
Contract length: 4-6 months
Pay: €600,00 per month
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Work Location: Hybrid remote in 1075 Amsterdam Zuid
