How Intelic makes recruitment scalable and attracts senior talent

Aanwerven supports Intelic in scaling their recruitment by implementing a professional ATS, setting up an effective referral programme and actively building talent pools. In the first three months, we filled eight crucial key positions, allowing Intelic to rapidly grow further towards 50+ employees.

“With Aanwerven, we have a recruitment partner that understands our mission and grows with our organisation. In a short time, we have been able to hire several experienced specialists. Quality and speed now go hand in hand.”

Maurits Korthals Altes, CEO intelic

Intelic.ai

Intelic is a fast-growing defence-tech scale-up from Amsterdam that develops autonomous software for drones and other unmanned systems. Their technology enables multiple drones to work together in a coordinated way during complex military operations. With a strong R&D focus and close cooperation with Defence, Intelic is positioning itself as a leading European player in mission-critical autonomy. Intelic is winner of the MT/Sprout Challenger Award

Objectives

Setting up a scalable recruitment structure

Filling critical vacancies quickly and qualitatively

The challenge

Growing rapidly in a highly competitive defence tech market, Intelic urgently needed scarce, senior specialists to continue building their autonomous software platform. Without a scalable recruitment process, filling critical roles risked slowing its growth towards 50+ employees.

Our approach

Aanwerven set up a complete, scalable recruitment approach for Intelic to match their rapid growth and need for senior defence-tech talent. The partnership started by implementing a professional ATS and setting up a structured referral programme, allowing Intelic to immediately build on a solid foundation.

We work according to the Aanwerven method: a dedicated senior recruiter driving the recruitment process, supported by a specialist sourcer which approaches the market proactively. Thus, we combine seniority in assessment and process with high speed and quality in sourcing. Our specialists in labour market communication also ensure catchy vacancy texts, visibility on the right channels and consistent brand positioning towards scarce defence profiles.

Using our tooling, including the Workload Model, data-driven insights, and advanced LinkedIn search strategies, we keep an overview, predict need and continuously adjust. At the same time, through talent pooling, we build a sustainable influx of relevant candidates so that Intelic does not have to search reactively, but is prepared for growth.

The result: a fast, professional and scalable recruitment engine that perfectly matches Intelic's ambitions.

The power of cooperation

Thanks to its partnership with Aanwerven, Intelic has taken a big step towards a scalable and professional recruitment organisation in a short time. Within the first three months its eight key positions successfully filled, including several senior engineers and specialists who directly impact product development and defence projects.

The new ATS meanwhile provides structure, insight and speed to the entire recruitment process, while setting up referral programme the first high-quality candidates are starting to emerge. In addition, there is a strategic talent pool built, which now allows Intelic to proactively anticipate future growth instead of having to search reactively.

With these fundamentals, recruitment is no longer a bottleneck, but a growth accelerator. Intelic is now fully prepared to scale through from 30-plus employees to 50+ specialists, with a continuous influx of talent that matches the company's culture, mission and technological ambition.