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Living & Working in the Netherlands

LIVING & WORKING IN THE NETHERLANDS Ria Bosch EURES adviser Living & Working in the Netherlands 2

THIS PRESENTATION ¢ The Netherlands ¢ The Dutch labour market ¢ Looking for jobs ¢ Wages, social security, tax etc. ¢ What do you need to do and bring ¢ What do we need? ¢ “The Dutchmen” Living & Working in the Netherlands 3

THE NETHERLANDS ¢ 41. 526 Km 2 ¢ 26% below sea level ¢ Average density of population: 485 per km 2 ¢ Randstad 1000 per km 2 ¢ The Hague 5762 per km 2 Living & Working in the Netherlands 4

LABOUR MARKET North: Working population 751. 000 = 10% Unemployment rate of 5, 3% East: Working population 1. 441. 000 = 19% Unemployment rate of 4% South: Working population 1. 772. 000 = 23% Unemployment rate of 4, 2% West: Working population 3. 596. 000 = 48% Unemployment rate of 3, 9% Living & Working in the Netherlands 5

LABOUR MARKET North, South & East ¢ ¢ ¢ Rural Tourism Education Transport Retail Care Living & Working in the Netherlands West Highly industrialized Harbors, Airports Highest number of jobs Education (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Leiden, Delft) ¢ Urban agglomeration ¢ Go West! ¢ ¢ 6

LABOUR MARKET Some figures about: ¢ unemployment ¢ jobs ¢ vacancies Living & Working in the Netherlands 7

UNEMPLOYMENT 2007 -2010 Living & Working in the Netherlands 8

UNEMPLOYMENT RATES Living & Working in the Netherlands 9

RESULTS VACANCY-SURVEY 2009 ¢ Temporarily work with a view on a permanent job is most current procedure ¢ Elementary educated often unemployed ¢ Number of medium skilled unemployed higher than before the economical crisis ¢ Highly educated have more chances ¢ Unemployment rose relatively faster in 2009 ¢ Men have more chances then women ¢ 2009 More man than woman were losing jobs ¢ Woman work more in professions that are less subject to the economic situation. Living & Working in the Netherlands 10

LOOKING FOR JOBS IN THE NETHERLANDS Living & Working in the Netherlands 11

HOW TO FIND A JOB? ¢ Public Employment Service / = UWV WERKBEDRIJF > www. werk. nl ¢ Temporary Work Agencies ¢ Personal contacts ¢ Newspapers > Volkskrant/ Telegraaf ¢ Internet !!!!!! ¢ Speculative applications common and successful ¢ START LEARNING DUTCH, KNOWLEDGE OF GERMAN OR ENGLISH IS A MUST! Living & Working in the Netherlands 12

TEMPORARY WORK AGENCIES “Uitzendbureau” ¢ ¢ Widespread in the Netherlands Often first period in a new permanent job Special Legislation How to register? ¢ CV ¢ BSN number ¢ Bank account ¢ Job seekers don’t pay, employers do Living & Working in the Netherlands 13

HOW TO APPLY FOR A JOB ¢ ¢ Telephone Letter of motivation accompanied by CV E-mail Invited for an interview? ¢ Check culture company ¢ Visit the company site ¢ Application methods: ¢ ¢ blue collar jobs: less formal, telephone white collar jobs: more formal, written Living & Working in the Netherlands 14

LETTER OF MOTIVATION ¢ Adjusted to the company and the vacancy ¢ Not more than one A 4 ¢ Sell yourself ¢ How can you be of service to the company ¢ Make sure to be invited for a personal interview Living & Working in the Netherlands 15

CURRICULUM VITAE ¢ One/two A 4 ¢ Personal data ¢ Experience ¢ Education ¢ Hobbies? ¢ Adjusted to the company/job ¢ Look at the example on the EURES website ¢ Europass. hu Living & Working in the Netherlands 16

CONTRACTS 1 ¢ Permanent labour contract ¢ Trial period 2 months ¢ Temporary labour contract ¢ Trial period depending on the length of the contract ¢ Contract with an agency ¢ More information at www. werk. nl Living and Working in the Netherlands ¢ Special in the Netherlands: dismissal laws! Living & Working in the Netherlands 17

CONTRACTS 2 ¢ CAO Collective Labour Agreement ¢ For different sectors of industry ¢ Applicable to all workers in the sector or company ¢ Temporary work agencies follow this agreement ¢ Individual agreement Living & Working in the Netherlands 18

HOLIDAYS ¢ 4 x number of work days a wee ¢ 2 weeks in a row, rest upon agreement ¢ Only 6 bank holidays ¢ 8% of the annual salary extra, ¢ paid in May Living & Working in the Netherlands 19

SOCIAL SECURITY ¢ Old age pension ¢ 2% per annum worked in the Netherlands ¢ Health insurance ¢ Register with a Dutch health insurer ¢ Unemployment benefits ¢ Sickness insurance ¢ Social allowance ¢ Child benefit Living & Working in the Netherlands 20

WAGES ¢ Legal minimum wage, depending on age 23 and older fixed minimum wage Monthly € 1. 416, 00 Weekly € 336, 75 15 -22 years old: lower percentage ¢ Indication of net wages 23 and older € 1193, - ¢ Income tax and social contributions ¢ Between 34 and 52%, depending on income ¢ If worked< 1 year, partly refund possible Living & Working in the Netherlands 21

COST OF LIVING AN IMPRESSION ¢ ¢ ¢ A rather expensive country compared to other EU countries. Meals: average of € 6 euro p. p. p. d Water: average € 8, 50 p m Gas: between € 61 – € 100 p m Electricity: € 30 p. p. p. m. Rent: € 750 (Amsterdam € 1132, Tilburg € 502) Cigarettes: € 4. 50 (Hungary € 2, 90 (HUF 690 -19 cigarettes) Bread: € 1. 57 Cup of coffee: € 1. 95 Glass of beer: € 2. 00 Chips with snack: € 4. 00 Cinema ticket: € 8. 50 Short bus ride: € 2. 00 Litre of petrol: € 1. 40 2 -course menu: € 30. 00 Living & Working in the Netherlands 22

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO BRING ¢ Valid Passport or European ID card ¢ Bring relevant portables e. g. U forms e. g. U 1 and U 2 (former E 301 and E 303) ¢ Bring relevant personal documentation e. g. diploma’s (translated), CV , references Living & Working in the Netherlands 23

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO: REGISTRATION ¢ Staying > 3 months: ¢ Obtain a BSN at the Municipality (town hall) (Burgerservicenummer= fiscal number ¢ Registration at the municipality you live in ¢ Registration at the Immigration and Naturalisation Department (IND) www. ind. nl ¢ Staying < 3 months: ¢ Obtain a Sofinumber at the Tax office www. belastingdienst. nl ¢ No compulsory registration with the IND but might prove useful Living & Working in the Netherlands 24

HOW TO FIND ACCOMMODATION? ¢ Seasonal work: ¢ The employer must provide accommodation ¢ Regular jobs: ¢ Rent and buy - Private agencies - Public organisations (Housing corporations/Woningcorporaties) ¢ Rental of furnished houses ¢ Cities countryside Living & Working in the Netherlands 25

WHAT DO WE NEED (1): ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ Well skilled Construction workers, carpenters, bricklayers, Electricians Civil Engineers (BA and MA) Process operators Callcentre agents Security officers (Amsterdam Airport) Medical professions and Care ¢ Care assistants elderly and (mentally) disabled!!! Due to aging of the population huge shortages expected ¢ Childcare but. . . Living & Working in the Netherlands 26

WHAT DO WE NEED (2): On the long term: ¢ Teachers (language teachers, mathematics, all teaching jobs ¢ Major shortages are expected due to aging of the working population and far to little teaching students. However less opportunities for ¢ Commercial employees ¢ Lower and medium administrative employees/ receptionists ¢ Elementary skilled technical staff with basic skills only Living & Working in the Netherlands 27

WWW. SEASONALWORK. NL ¢ Jobseeker register at www. seasonalwork. nl & upload CV ¢ Employers have vacancies published on EURES website & ¢ Employers search for candidates on seasonalwork. nl ¢ If Jobseeker finds vacancy on the EURES website ¢ registration at seasonalwork. nl ¢ Login homepage > tab 'Links' > 'Category‘> under category you click on “Vacancy” and in the field “Value” you enter the vacancy number. ¢ The employer checks the site and can contact you. ¢ All employers are directed to seasonalwork. nl. ¢ EURES advisers do not forward CV’s Living & Working in the Netherlands 28

How to cope with: ‘The Dutchman’ Living & Working in the Netherlands 29

‘The Dutchman’ n. Rudeness or “being open and direct”? n. Dutch always seem to “know better” n. Very individual, except … Living & Working in the Netherlands 30

‘The Dutchman’ ¢ Every hour is planned, work as well as free time ¢ Being in time is very important ¢ Agreed is agreed ¢ Work and home are different worlds ¢ Poldermodel, meetings Living & Working in the Netherlands 31

‘The Dutchman’ ¢ Hierarchy ¢ Food habits ¢ Traffic ¢ Open curtains ¢ Birthdays Living & Working in the Netherlands 32

USEFULL WEBSITES ¢ www. werk. nl/eures (working in the Netherlands) ¢ www. eures. europa. eu (living & working info) ¢ www. ind. nl (residence permits) ¢ www. Digi. D. nl (What is Digi. D? In English) ¢ www. belastingdienst. nl taxes ¢ www. newtoholland. nl (general information) ¢ www. uwv. nl Living & Working in the Netherlands 33

QUESTIONS? Thank you very much for your attention! Living & Working in the Netherlands 34