1. EURopean Employment Services Living and Working in the Netherlands Pieter van der Valk www.werk.nl/eures

2. The Netherlands The Netherlands Economic talk Where to find vacancies. A good cv for Dutch employers

3. Some facts EURES module PAG 3

4. The current situation 6.7 % unemployment ( 7-2015); (625.000 people). 31.000 real unique vacancies

5. The real Problem 1,3 million houses have a mortgage above its value This is 25% of the families Total shortage 63 milliard Euro (= the loans of the national government) Hard to sell a house Mobility hinders the labour marked.

6. Legal minimum wage (Gross) 23 years old or older (07 2015) Holyday 8%payment included. month € 1507,80 week € 347,95 36/40 h day € 69,59

7. 77 Cost of living What can you do with your money? The prices Torino are 24% lower than in Amsterdam You are rich in Torino with 3000 euro! In Amsterdam you need 4000 euro’s In Utrecht 3500 euro’s http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/ Werken in Europa

8. EURES module PAG 8 Amsterdam - Genua

9. What’s different? Expensive o Housing o Transportation o Restaurants o Health insurance (semi private) o Fines How to save money o Tax’s reductions o Bonus-cards o Bicycle o Drive carefull phoning without handsfree 235,- + Administration fee: 12,50 Euro’s

10. 10 Looking for a job EURES Portal “Flagged” vacancies The EURAXESS Jobs Portal o http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/ 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.

11. 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.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.

12. Who qualifies for support? aged 18-35 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. 12 Your first EURES job

13. A good CV for Dutch employers -Short (two pages max). -You can add a portfolio or link to your website - A clear lay-out An Europass cv is good enough. Targeted and relevant. Keywords No Abbreviations without explanation No “Funny” mail addresses: Letsrockandroll@ Dramaqueen@ Asianlovedreams@ -Photograph.

14. Your CV  Personal information Gender, date of birth, adress, international phonenumber, email … + nationality  Introduction  Elevator pitch  Education  Diploma abroad: http://www.enic-naric.nethttp://www.enic-naric.net  Experience & skills  Hobbies and extra curricular activities

15. EURES module PAG 15 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

16. Websites www.eures.europa.euwww.eures.europa.euwww.eures.europa.eu www.werk.nl/eureswww.werk.nl/eureswww.werk.nl/eures www.facebook.com/EURES.NEDERLANDwww.facebook.com/EURES.NEDERLANDwww.facebook.com/EURES.NEDERLANDwww.facebook.com/EURES.NEDERLAND

17. Thank you for your kind attention! Questions ? Facebook: www.facebook.com/EURES.NEDERLANDwww.facebook.com/EURES.NEDERLAND