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 modulePAG 3

4. Some facts EURES modulePAG 4

5. Economics EURES modulePAG 5

6. EURES modulePAG 6

7. The current situation

8. 6.7 % unemployment ( 7-2014); (645.000 people). Labour force 100.000 down 27.000 real unique vacancies

9. 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.

10. Legal minimum wage (Gross) 23 years old or older (07 2014) month € 1.495,20 week € 345,05 36/40 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%

11. 11 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 euro o In Belfast 2800 euro, in Dublin 3900, Sofia 1600 http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/ Werken in Europa

12. What’s different? Expensive o Housing o Transportation o Restaurants o Health insurance (semi private) o Fines How to save money o Taxs reductions o Bonus-cards o Bicycle o Drive carefull phoning without handsfree 350,- + Administration fee: 12,50 Euro’s

13. 13 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.

14. 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.

15. 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. 15 Your first EURES job

16. 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.

17. 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

18. EURES module PAG 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

19. 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

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