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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
EURES module PAG 3
Some facts
EURES module PAG 4
Economics
EURES module PAG 5
EURES module PAG 6
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/
Werken in Europa
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
EURES modulePAG 18
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 ?
Facebook: www.facebook.com/EURES.NEDERLAND