{"id":735,"date":"2026-06-03T14:51:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.weblion.be\/projecten\/city-of-mechelen-matchmaking-activities\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T12:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T12:18:23","slug":"city-of-mechelen-matchmaking-activities","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/jobroad.be\/en\/projecten\/city-of-mechelen-matchmaking-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Mechelen &#8211; Matchmaking activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The project<\/h2>\n<p>The City of Mechelen and OCMW Mechelen (the public social welfare center) work together with JobRoad to guide living-wage recipients toward work in a targeted way. Through a structured matchmaking approach, we bring candidates and employers together, with a focus on fast and sustainable matches.<\/p>\n<p>This project is part of the City of Mechelen\u2019s recovery plan to activate more people toward work or training.<\/p>\n<h2>Who is it for?<\/h2>\n<p>For clients of OCMW Mechelen who are ready to take the step into the labor market.<\/p>\n<h2>How does the pathway work?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Preparation &amp; vacancy insight<\/strong> &#8211; JobRoad coordinates with employers in advance and maps out concrete vacancies. These are shared with civil society organizations, so that they can refer candidates in a targeted way.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Screening &amp; matching<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Social workers register candidates<\/strong> &#8211; JobRoad screens them for motivation, learning ability, competencies and basic communication. The candidates are matched with concrete vacancies and immediately get an appointment with an employer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Project week<\/strong> &#8211; Meeting employers<\/li>\n<li><strong>Candidates go to interviews and get to know the workplace<\/strong> &#8211; They get the chance to show what they can do in a realistic context. If there is no immediate match, we keep looking within our network of employers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Our approach<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Fast and targeted matching with concrete vacancies<\/li>\n<li>Focus on opportunities and potential<\/li>\n<li>Close collaboration with social workers<\/li>\n<li>Lowering barriers for both candidates and employers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Impact<\/h2>\n<p>This approach helps to bridge barriers such as language, mobility and limited work experience. Candidates gain faster access to the labor market and increase their chances of sustainable employment.<\/p>\n<p>JobRoad is organizing 12 matchmaking activities for the City of Mechelen in the period 01\/01\/2026 \u2013 31\/12\/2028 and aims to activate 30% of the registered living-wage recipients in the labor market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project is part of the City of Mechelen\u2019s recovery plan to activate more people toward work or training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","project_tag":[90,106,104],"class_list":["post-735","project","type-project","status-publish","hentry","project_tag-stad-mechelen","project_tag-matchmaking-en","project_tag-ocmw-mechelen-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>City of Mechelen - Matchmaking activities - JobRoad<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jobroad.be\/en\/projecten\/city-of-mechelen-matchmaking-activities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"City of Mechelen - Matchmaking activities - JobRoad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This project is part of the City of Mechelen\u2019s recovery plan to activate more people toward work or training.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/jobroad.be\/en\/projecten\/city-of-mechelen-matchmaking-activities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"JobRoad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-01T12:18:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/jobroad.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jobroad-og.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jobroad.be\\\/en\\\/projecten\\\/city-of-mechelen-matchmaking-activities\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jobroad.be\\\/en\\\/projecten\\\/city-of-mechelen-matchmaking-activities\\\/\",\"name\":\"City of Mechelen - Matchmaking activities - JobRoad\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jobroad.be\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-03T14:51:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-01T12:18:23+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jobroad.be\\\/en\\\/projecten\\\/city-of-mechelen-matchmaking-activities\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jobroad.be\\\/en\\\/projecten\\\/city-of-mechelen-matchmaking-activities\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jobroad.be\\\/en\\\/projecten\\\/city-of-mechelen-matchmaking-activities\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jobroad.be\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Projects\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/jobroad.be\\\/en\\\/projecten\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"City of Mechelen &#8211; 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