“Cosy, like at home. That’s how our visitors should feel here,” explains Sabine Vanovenberghe, manager of Deinze-based TopTalents. How come? Aren’t offices fated to be cold and desolate? On the contrary, Sabine has chosen a radically different approach with the natural looks of stone and wood. At the same time, with Coretec®, she’s opted for flooring that can easily handle intensive office traffic. It’s on that floor that TopTalents is selecting the next star players for its customers. Or could the flooring be the real star?
“HR is and remains a people business,” says Sabine. “I wanted to underscore this truth in the spaces where we receive candidates for interviews or assessments. Cabinets? We chose a model like the ones you see in a living room, rather than the average office cabinet. Flooring? It should make customers, both candidates and companies, feel welcome and radiate warmth. So, in the reception areas, we opted for the look of wood with lovely large planks.”
The planks are not made of wood though. The difference you see is… what you don’t see: no indents from the legs of heavy furniture, no scuff marks in high foot traffic areas. The secret lies in the unique core with a tough vinyl layer and high-quality wear layers on top
Not afraid of shuffling chair legs
“This is workplace flooring, which means a lot of people walk on it. Our warm look should not mean we compromise on ease of maintenance or durability,” adds Sabine. She can rest easy: when it comes to wear resistance, Coretec® floors play in the Champions League. This floor is not afraid of the shuffling chair legs of nervous job candidates. And what about a first office party? “It hasn’t happened yet. But our work floor is also tough enough to act as a dance floor for a big party,” Sabine laughs.
As versatile as... recruitment
“We worked with an interior architect, but I already knew what I wanted,” Sabine continues. The plank flooring is from the ‘Naturals’ collection, where nature plays the leading role. TopTalents opted for the lifelike look of wood in the reception areas. The ‘touch’ is also authentic: the embossing of the planks accurately follows the grain pattern, which means you feel what you see. And you see what you feel.
Finding the right match is (not) easy
Sabine is always looking for ‘the right match’: “In order to know which professionals will click with my customers, I have to know the companies very well. Coretec® is no exception. Many of their employees came through here first. With this approach, I can really look for the right match between the candidate and the job.”
Coretec® flooring also clicks into place, as easily as click flooring. How is that possible? Simple: it’s click vinyl flooring. “The two main surface areas were floored in no time,” confirms Sabine.
The integrated cork underlay allows the floor to be placed directly on an existing floor. The combination of a rock-hard core and a shock- and sound-absorbing cork layer ensures that the floor also sounds pleasant.
Perfect match. Strength. Versatility. Durability. The characteristics of good flooring are similar to those associated with efficient recruitment and selection... In fact, it was written in the stars that Sabine would choose Coretec®. For many offices, this innovative floor is a match made in heaven.