It works. And feedback is picked up straight away.
Steamz in 's-Hertogenbosch is the recruitment department for SMEs, from sales support to data engineer. Steamz saw plenty of new AI companies in recruitment arrive with a great story. At Elvatix they found a partner that delivers: 4,661 personal InMails in six months, and nearly 4 in 10 candidates reply.
“On top of being enthusiastic about the product, we're also very enthusiastic about how Gianni takes it on. He's genuinely involved, gets to work on feedback and responds super fast.”
Translated from Dutch.
The difference from other providers
New AI tools for recruitment often start with a great story. With Elvatix, Steamz noticed something different.
“With start-ups that set up something new in recruitment with AI, in the beginning it's all a really great story. I've seen that so many times. At some point it doesn't work, nothing gets done with your feedback, or it turns out different in practice from what was promised. With Elvatix I notice: it works. And if something doesn't work, you give feedback and it gets picked up straight away.”
Gabie van HeuvenRecruitment and Marketing Manager, Steamz“A really big difference. Elvatix is honest about it: this works very well, and we make it a little better every week. Gianni is involved, gets to work on the feedback and responds super fast. Our whole team notices it: this is a great partner to work with.”
Bas van HoutOwner, SteamzIt works in practice
No promise up front that turns out differently in practice. Gabie: "With Elvatix I notice: it works."
Feedback is picked up straight away
Steamz talks directly to the founder, not to a ticket system. The team's wishes are picked up immediately.
A little better every week
Elvatix is improved every week, based on what recruiters like Steamz say. That way it grows along with how the team works.
More replies, fewer hours
How the team sees it themselves, and what the Elvatix account shows.
Who receives a message is still a deliberate choice the team makes itself.
The whole team works with it
At Steamz it is not one enthusiastic user who works with Elvatix, but the whole team. Click a name for the LinkedIn profile.
Bas van HoutOwnerHas built Steamz up since 2012 into a recruitment partner without placement fees.
Gabie van HeuvenRecruitment and Marketing ManagerDoes much of the sourcing and gives the sharpest feedback.
Arjuna ManichandRPO Recruitment ConsultantWorks as a recruiter inside the teams of Steamz's clients.
Thijs DingsRecruitment ConsultantAlso uses Elvatix for technical roles.
Damian SmitSales & Recruitment ConsultantBrings in new assignments and recruits as well.
A recruitment team instead of a single recruiter
Steamz helps companies that have no recruiter of their own but still need to hire regularly. From A to Z, and in every industry.
The recruitment department for SMEs
Clients without a recruiter of their own, with 5 to 20 vacancies a year. Instead of a single recruiter they get a whole team: from employer branding and vacancy campaigns to sourcing, selection and hiring.
Transparent, without the 25%
Steamz does not charge a percentage of the annual salary and so has no need to sell candidates. That keeps the advice independent, for the client and for the candidate.
Suitable candidates within 8 weeks
A promise that is kept very often. The hardest part: reaching each target group in its own, original way, because good people get approached a lot.
- Sales support
- Construction project managers
- Data engineers
- Marketing managers
- Healthcare
Less time at the screen, more time for the right people
Steamz has always believed in a big pool per vacancy and in personal messages. That mostly cost time.
Setting everything up and writing everything yourself
- Devising a sourcing strategy for every vacancy: which filters, which stages, which search string per target group.
- Constantly checking how big the pipeline was getting: not too many, not too few.
- Assessing every profile and writing every message yourself, because Steamz does not do standard bulk messages.
- Between 10 and 20 hours per vacancy.
Elvatix does the first round of work, the team chooses
- Elvatix sets up the search and assesses each profile against the requirements of the vacancy.
- A short summary of two or three lines for each candidate.
- A personal InMail for each candidate, sent from their own LinkedIn Recruiter.
- A radius of 25 kilometres, where LinkedIn itself only offers 16 or 40.
Elvatix first, then their own eye
This is how Steamz tackles a vacancy, from search to personal InMail.
The biggest pool possible
For each vacancy Steamz uses vacancy campaigns and sourcing together. That combination produces the most good candidates.
Elvatix searches and weighs
The vacancy goes in, for each requirement you choose soft, medium or hard, and you set the radius down to the kilometre. Up front you see how many candidates there are, and you choose how many Elvatix assesses.
Two, three lines per candidate
A short summary of two or three lines per candidate. You see at a glance who fits, without opening every profile.
Choose yourself, approach personally
The team deliberately chooses who receives a message. Every candidate gets an InMail of their own, sent from the team's own LinkedIn Recruiter.
Combine with your own searching
Start with Elvatix and then keep searching yourself, or the other way round. That brings up profiles you would not otherwise have seen.
“You can't approach 300 people for every vacancy. If you want to approach 100 out of a pool of 10,000, they have to be the 100 who fit best. Elvatix brings up profiles that are a little different from the ones I would find myself.”
Bas van Hout, owner of Steamz
What Bas and Gabie say about it
“Elvatix makes sourcing a lot more effective, and honestly more fun too. You're working with the biggest database there is. Elvatix makes that manageable.”
Bas van Hout, Owner
“Sourcing is most fun when you see the right profiles and can quickly follow up on nice replies. With Elvatix you find the right people faster, and you approach them faster too.”
Gabie van Heuven, Recruitment and Marketing Manager
“We get nice replies from candidates to the personal approach. That makes it extra fun.”
Gabie van Heuven, Recruitment and Marketing Manager
“The two or three lines at the top of each profile are simply right. You don't even need to open the profile, and that makes it really fast.”
Gabie van Heuven, Recruitment and Marketing Manager
“With Elvatix you even find profiles you hadn't come across yourself.”
Gabie van Heuven, Recruitment and Marketing Manager
“On LinkedIn you choose a radius of 16 or 40 kilometres. In Elvatix it can be 25 too. That's really great.”
Gabie van Heuven, Recruitment and Marketing Manager
Bas and Gabie spoke Dutch; the quotes were translated.
How we counted this
The figures come from Steamz's Elvatix account, counted on 6 November 2026. Since May 2026, the team has sent, through four Elvatix accounts, 4,661 personal InMails; failed sends are not counted. Response was measured from June to September 2026: nearly 4 in 10 candidates replied. October and November are not counted yet, because many InMails from those months are still open. The AI search has been running at Steamz since late August 2026 and has since assessed roughly 1,200 profiles. The earlier response rate (about 35%) and the hours per vacancy are Steamz's own estimate. We do not name any clients or vacancies.
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