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Customer story 24 August 2026

What 4,500 questions taught Werken voor Nederland about its own site

On the Dutch central government's careers site, vragen.ai has sat alongside the regular search field since 15 June. Werf& spoke about it with Bart Schoevaars, senior labour market strategist and project lead at O&P Rijk. What stands out most in his account: it is the questions without an answer yet that yield the valuable insights.

Lisette Vredenburg · 6 min read

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