EURopean Employment Services

Living and Working in the Netherlands

Pieter van der Valkwww.werk.nl/eures

The Netherlands

Economic talk

Where to find vacancies.

A good cv for Dutch employers

Some facts

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Some facts

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Economics

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The current situation

6.7 % unemployment ( 7-2014); (645.000 people).Labour force 100.000 down27.000 real unique vacancies

The real Problem• 1,3 million houses have a mortgage above its value• This is 25% of the families• Total shortage 63 milliard Euros

• Hard to sell a house• Mobility hinders the labour marked.

Legal minimum wage (Gross)

23 years old or older

(07 2014)

month€ 1.495,20

week€ 345,0536/40 h

day€ 69,01

Salaries are going down (2013)Horeca & Tourism € 10,50 - € 10,40 -1,0%Heatlhcare € 14,80 - € 14,40 -2,7%Financials € 16,50 - € 15,20 -7,9%IT & Telecom € 16,50 - € 15,10 -8,5%

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Cost of living• What can you do with your money?

The prices Torino are 23.83% lower than in Amsterdam

• You are rich in Krakow with 1700 euro! o In Amsterdam you will need 3700 euroo In Belfast 2800 euro, in Dublin 3900, Sofia 1600

http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/

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What’s different?• Expensive

o Housingo Transportationo Restaurantso Health insurance (semi private)o Fines

• How to save moneyo Taxs reductionso Bonus-cardso Bicycle o Drive carefull

• phoning without handsfree 350,-• + Administration fee: 12,50 Euro’s

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Looking for a job• EURES Portal “Flagged” vacancies• The EURAXESS Jobs Portal

o http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/

• www.jobs.newscientist.com

• Temp agencies “Uitzendbureaus”(should be member of e.g. ABU or NBBU)

• Speculative applications• Knowledge of English is required.

Search engines• Look for a simple but effective keyword.

• A good keyword is “engineer” or “welder”.• www.askjim.nl • www.jooble.org• www.vacatures.renego.nl

www.netherlandsjobs77.com/worldwide• www.multilingualvacancies.com• www.toplanguagejobs.nl• www.careerjet.com/• www.careersinholland.com/• www.qreer.com/

• Vacancy in English: the employer expects applications from abroad.

Who qualifies for support?aged 18-30 EU nationals legally living in an EU country

What support is available? Job matching and job placement support. Funding towards the costs of an interview trip and/or of

moving abroad to take up a new job.Companies with up to 250 employees) may apply for

financial support to cover part of the cost of training newly-recruited workers and helping them settle in.

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Your first EURES job

A good CV for Dutch employers

- Short (two pages max). - You can add a portfolio or link to your website - A clear lay-outAn Europass cv is good enough.Targeted and relevant. KeywordsNo Abbreviations without explanation No “Funny” mail addresses:

Letsrockandroll@Dramaqueen@Asianlovedreams@

- Photograph.

Your CV

Personal informationGender, date of birth, adress, international phonenumber, email … + nationality

IntroductionElevator pitch

EducationDiploma abroad: http://www.enic-naric.net

Experience & skills

Hobbies and extra curricular activities

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What to do when you come

Register at the municipality Apply for BSN (Civil Service

Number) Health insurance (obligatory)

Within 30 days

After 3 months: residence permit

Tax reduction

Websites

• www.eures.europa.eu• www.werk.nl/eures• www.facebook.com/EURES.NEDERLAND

Thank you for your kind attention!

Questions ?

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