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Living Working in The
Netherlands
October 8th 2008
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From Finland to?
Turku
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Welcome

• My name is Arend Mud EURES adviser in the North
  of the Netherlands
• Im responsible for the contacts with Finland
  (arend.mud_at_cwinet.nl)

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Program

• The Dutch labour market
• Where to find jobs (geographic/sectors)
• How to find jobs
• How to apply

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Unemployment rate lt4 Urban agglomeration Highly
industrialized Harbors, Airports Highest number
of jobs Education (Adam, Rdam, Delft, Leiden)
Go West!
Inhabitants 16.500.000
Unemployment rate 5 Rural Tourism, Education
(Leeuwarden/Groningen), Transport, Retail
Unemployment rate gt4 Rural Administration,Tourism
Education (Enschede,Wageningen) Transport,
Retail, Care
Unemployment rate gt4 Rural Industry in
Brabant Administration, Construction Tourism,
Education (Maastricht) Transport, Retail, Care
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Go West
North
East
South
West
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Labour market
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We are interested in

• BA and MA in ICT, Engineering, Marketing,
  Financial staff and in Biotechnology sector
• Health sector (specialized staff
  doctors/nurses)
• Construction workers, carpenters, masons
• Electricians

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We are interested in (2)

• Welders, metal workers (hands on and specialized)
• Cooks (chefs), waiters M/F
• Gardeners, agricultural and horticultural workers
• Warehouse co-worker

• Dutch language skills depending on
• the profession, English or German is a must!

• Entering the Dutch labour market
• In general we say
• Ambition is OK- but be modest (in the beginning)

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How to find a job?

• Public Employment Service /CWI
• Centre for Work and Income gt www.werk.nl
• Temporary Work Agencies
• Personal contacts
• Newspapers gt Volkskrant/ Telegraaf
• Internet (f.i. www.academictransfer.nl,
• www.keygene.com (Biotechnology) )
• Speculative applications ? common and successful

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Temporary work agencies Uitzendbureau

• Widespread in the Netherlands
• All kinds of work (and specialized)
• Often first period in a new permanent job
• Job seekers dont pay, employers do

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How to apply

• Telephone
• Letter of motivation accompanied by CV
• E-mail
• Application methods
• blue collar jobs less formal, telephone
• white collar jobs more formal, written

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Letter of motivation

• Adjusted to the company and the vacancy
• Not more than one A4 (typed)
• Sell yourself How can you be of service to the
  company
• Ask to be invited for a personal interview

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Curriculum Vitae

• One/two A4
• Personal data
• Education
• Experience
• Adjusted to the company/job

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Contracts

• Permanent labour contract
• Trial period 2 months
• Temporary (Fixed) labour contract
• gt 2 years trial period 2 months
• lt2 years maximum trial period 1 month
• www.werk.nl

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Wages

• CAO Collective Labour Agreement
• For different sectors of industry
• Applies for all workers in the company
• Temporary work agencies follow this agreement
• Individual agreement

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Wages

• Legal minimum wage, depending on age
• 23 and older fixed minimum wage
• Monthly 1.356,60 gross
• Weekly 313,05 gross
• 15-22 years old Youth wages (lower)
• Indication of net wages
• 23 and up 1160,-/month
• www.minszw.nl

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Working week

• Depends on the sector
• Most common between 36 - 40 hours
• Part-time work very common 32 hrs. and less
• (mostly woman, often in the health care and
  administrative sector)

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Holidays

• 4 x number of work days a week
• 2 weeks in a row, rest upon agreement
• Only 6 bank holidays
• 8 of the annual salary extra,
• paid in May

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Social Security

• www.eures.europa.eu
• Ask your local EURES adviser

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Thank you very muchC.U. in the Netherlands!