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Carlo: Together with five project leaders, I am responsible for supporting eight different initiatives and goals for the province. Through Digitaal Zuid Holland, we support these initiatives with digitization projects. Some of these projects are technical in nature, while others are focused purely on organizational changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roos: And I\u2019m one of those project managers. That\u2019s quite different from the first role I took on through Alistar, because I started out at the PWC service desk. And just like pretty much everyone at Alistar, I have a very different background: I first graduated from the Maastricht Hotel Management School. In this job, I realize just how valuable that experience is. The role I have now goes far beyond just the technical aspects of IT and digitization. It requires a lot of interaction with others; you have to plan and organize a lot, and convince people. In that respect, this job has a lot in common with working in the hospitality industry. But if you\u2019d told me two years ago that I\u2019d now be calling myself an IT consultant, I wouldn\u2019t have believed you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carlo: The hospitality industry is a great training ground for project management. In the hospitality industry, you deal with many different customers, each with their own demands and preferences. At the same time, you\u2019re expected to \u2018deliver and perform.\u2019 At Digitaal Zuid-Holland, we also deal with many different clients. I think that it\u2019s precisely because of their hospitality experience that people are able to handle the whims of individuals and organizations. That was one of the reasons I hired Roos. And I have absolutely no regrets about that\u2014she\u2019s currently working on a project that cuts across all kinds of tasks, and she\u2019s playing a key role in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThis job isn\u2019t about your technical skills, but about who you are as a person.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Carlo: For Digitaal Zuid-Holland, we were looking for project leaders capable of serving as intermediaries between the Digitaal Zuid-Holland project organization and our clients. That requires an understanding of the political dynamics within an organization, but you also need to be able to switch seamlessly between different disciplines. The technical aspects, the content, the process\u2014you have to be able to translate that mix into a clear project brief. Ultimately, that was our request to Alistar. At the time, I did wonder if Alistar might be too focused on service desks and pure IT. But I\u2019ve been in this field for a while now, and my experience has taught me that it\u2019s not about your technical skills, but about who you are as a person. And whether you, as a person, are capable of navigating between different levels of expertise, content, and knowledge. Even in IT, project management isn\u2019t so much about the content as it is about guiding a process. Roos has all of that in her. Alistar consultants are able to connect various complex organizations with one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roos: I really wanted to learn more about the technical side, but I didn\u2019t see a future for myself as a developer. For me, this assignment had it all. It was indeed very different from working at the service desk, but I felt that this role suited me even better. Things are going really well now\u2014I truly feel at home here. I work on three or four projects at the same time, with many different stakeholders and within a complex organization, but after just a few months, I was already comfortable with it. That was thanks to the great guidance I received from both Digitaal Zuid-Holland and Alistar, as well as the experience I gained during my first assignment at the service desk. That experience will continue to be valuable for the rest of your career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carlo: We bring in outside expertise. When an organization does that, it generally doesn\u2019t focus on the professional development of the people it hires. But at the Province of South Holland, we pay close attention to the professional development of our own people, whether they\u2019re internal staff or external contractors. We believe it\u2019s important that everyone has the opportunity to gain experience within these complex programs and, as a result, to develop themselves as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roos: The\u00a0Deep Dive<\/a>\u00a0It also helps me grow in that area. It broadens my perspective on the world of IT\u2014not just on the technical side, but especially on the soft skills side as well. The consulting training sessions are very valuable; for example, I can put the new communication techniques I\u2019m learning to good use here. It gives me more confidence in this role. It\u2019s really great to notice that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAlistar is an organization that believes in development; that\u2019s where the added value lies.\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Carlo: Roos and her colleague Tristan are gaining a lot of valuable insights from Alistar. In my opinion, how well they perform\u2014and will continue to perform\u2014in this role depends largely on them. But I also see that they\u2019re being positively influenced by Alistar. It\u2019s an organization that believes in professional development\u2014that\u2019s where we see eye to eye. And that, to me, is where the added value lies. Alistar isn\u2019t just a resume-pushing firm; it aims to build a lasting relationship. They try to tailor their services as closely as possible to our work, without attaching any obligations or expectations to it. That\u2019s what makes this such a pleasant collaboration for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roos: I really do think our organizations are a great fit. Digitaal Zuid Holland is a very dynamic team where a lot is happening and you sometimes have to adapt very quickly. I also think it\u2019s really cool that my work has a direct impact on society, and I\u2019d like to keep doing that for a while longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carlo: And so are we! We\u2019re on the cusp of many digital transformations within the Province of South Holland. That\u2019s going to continue for another year or two. My goal is to keep our team\u2019s staffing as stable as possible, so if people are happy, I\u2019d like to keep them on board. The collaboration with Alistar and the Alistar consultants is going well. We know what to expect from each other, and we should definitely keep it that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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