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Work & Reintegration Partnerships.

UWV · municipalities · werkcentra · reintegration agencies · occupational health services · employers

JDO offers flexible, guided training programmes for people who want to retrain, develop or move back towards work. For one candidate or a group, always our own Online Guided programme, running for twelve months. JDO is a training partner of UWV.

individual or for a group

What we offer

You choose from our existing programmes. That is deliberate: the programme is in place, has been followed by hundreds of participants and is built on the JDO Method. Nothing has to be developed, you know in advance exactly what your candidate gets, and they can start straight away.

Individual programme

Online Guided in make-up, hairstyling or both. Flexible to follow alongside a reintegration programme, caring responsibilities or a job. Twelve months of access to the learning platform and the guidance, monthly live sessions, portfolio building and a JDO certificate on completion.

Make-up Artist, Online Guided
€1,950
Hairstyling, Online Guided
€1,950
Both, Allround Beauty Professional
€3,650

Exempt from Dutch VAT · the €250 combination benefit is already included · twelve month duration

Thanks to our purchasing agreements with brands and suppliers, the professional kit costs less through us than buying everything separately. It can be included in the same proposal.

Several participants

Supporting several candidates? They follow the same programme, at a group rate. Because nothing has to be developed, a group can start as quickly as a single participant, and participants can join at different moments.

If you would like days on location where participants practise under supervision, that is our existing Group Immersion, from six participants.

View Group Immersions →

What a programme prepares for

Make-up artist, hairstylist, beauty advisor, beauty consultant, beauty retail, working in salons, at events, on shoots and productions, or freelance. Where a participant ends up depends on their effort, their network and the market. We guide towards work, but we cannot promise a job.

Educator guiding a participant during a practical class at JDO Academy

why a creative profession works for a step back into work

What it delivers

A profession with several ways in

Work in a salon, at events, in beauty retail, as a beauty advisor or self-employed. A participant does not depend on one employer or one type of role.

Their own pace and control

Someone with limited capacity or caring responsibilities can keep this up, which makes completing it more likely than a course with fixed class days.

Motivation that comes from within

This is a profession people choose themselves. It shows in their effort, in attendance at the live sessions and in how they present themselves afterwards.

Demonstrable results

At the end there is a portfolio of their own work and a JDO certificate. Concrete material for an application or for first bookings.

Where a participant ends up depends on their effort, their network and the market. We guide towards work, but we cannot promise a job.

from first contact to completion

How it runs

01

Register a candidate

Get in touch with your candidate’s situation and goal. A name is not needed at this stage; we first think along about the direction.

02

Training proposal

We provide a proposal or quotation covering the programme content, duration, guidance and investment, suitable for your file or application.

03

Approval & invoicing

Once approved we invoice at organisation level. JDO Academy is CRKBO-registered, so the courses are exempt from Dutch VAT.

04

Start & guidance

The participant gets access to the learning platform and starts with a dedicated educator, practical assignments and monthly live sessions.

05

Progress & reporting

At agreed moments we report back on attendance, submitted assignments and development, so you know where your candidate stands.

06

Completion

The participant finishes with a portfolio and a JDO certificate, and with work they can use for applications or first bookings.

different routes in, the same training

Which organisations we work with

Whether training is appropriate in an individual case is your assessment. We provide the substance to support it.

UWV

JDO is a training partner of UWV, the Dutch employee insurance agency. Advisors can include a JDO course in the training conversation with their client.

Municipalities & social services

For case managers and consultants who want to use training within a route towards work.

Werkcentra

Dutch regional employment services guiding candidates towards work who need training that fits a creative profession.

Reintegration agencies & job coaches

Agencies, coaches and career advisors who need a concrete training programme to substantiate a reintegration plan.

Occupational health services

In a route towards different work we provide a substantiated training proposal for the file.

Employers

For training budgets, development towards different work or a programme for several employees.

Participant practising a make-up technique during the course

what you need for an application

Practical

VAT and CRKBO

JDO Academy is CRKBO-registered, so the courses are exempt from Dutch VAT.

Invoicing

We invoice at organisation level, stating the participant and the programme. Payment in instalments can be discussed.

Start date

An Online Guided programme starts straight after approval. There are no fixed intake moments, so a candidate does not have to wait.

Duration: twelve months

The participant has twelve months of access to the learning platform and the guidance. UWV assesses the duration per situation; depending on that, training may last at most one, two or two and a half years. A twelve month programme sits well within that.

Completion

Completion with a portfolio and a JDO certificate; the Make-up Artist Class also includes a portfolio exam.

Time commitment

Around four to six hours a week, scheduled by the participant within the agreed period.

What is needed

A laptop or tablet with internet, and materials to practise with. You order the professional kit through us, at a better price than buying separately thanks to our brand partnerships. It can be included in the training proposal.

we usually reply within one or two working days

Request a training proposal

Leave your details and your question and we will get in touch. Tell us briefly about the candidate or group and where you want to get to, and we will send a proposal you can use for your file or application.

Prefer direct contact

Would you rather email straight away, or have a twenty minute call to check whether it fits? That works too.

Send an email

Or book a conversation. You can also call +31 75 207 3411.

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For the candidate

Send them the candidate page instead. It explains in plain language what the course involves, what it costs, how much time it takes and how to prepare for the conversation with their advisor.