Step across the border

EURES makes EUROPE work
What is new for 2011?
Follow-up steps:
1. Is mobility your thing?
Preparing clients actively
and well
In 2011, EURES will increasingly focus
on e-service and reaching clients via the
social media. Mobile clients are enter­
prising clients by definition, who are quite
capable of taking that first step to work
across the border on their own! ‘A EURES
game, the Europass in the work folder,
and employers’ services and films
showing actual experience are examples
of the expanded digital package of
services that EURES will offer in 2011’,
according to Jeannette van Yperen, EURES
Manager, the Netherlands. More information is available at www.werk.nl/eures.
3. Looking for work while
retaining foreign benefits:
how and why
In 2011, the helpdesk883 of the European
team will make every effort to ensure that
clients face as few obstacles as possible in
exercising their European right to work in
another European country, while retaining
their unemployment benefits.
More information about EURES?
2. Stay connected:
together, a stronger European
mobility formula
The world changes and EURES changes with it. In
2011, EURES will undertake intensive efforts to work
with mobility centres, employers’ service centres,
municipalities, employment agencies, youth
organisations and other relevant partners. The
aim: coming together to offer a powerful digital,
group-orientated and, where necessary, customised
European package, to employers and job seekers.
4. Finding and realising opportunities,
on a small scale, specifically and expertly
For recruitment and intermediary activities, EURES emphasises
small-scale activities related to the employment market. In this
way, opportunities for clients can be quickly and efficiently utilised.
With meetings, workshops and newsletters, we ensure that our
colleagues and partners are kept informed of developments at
EURES. In this way, they can help shape the services of EURES
together with the EURES team.
Jeannette van Yperen, EURES Manager, the Netherlands
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This booklet was published by UWV Werkbedrijf and EURES Editorial Staff Myrthe Egmond, Danny Schuit, Jeannette van Yperen
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Better job opportunities?
Together, the EU member states
are home to more than
11 million
residents from other
EU member states.
photo leendert jansen
Step across the border
In the Netherlands,
290,400
At some time in the past,
16 percent
How green
is our grass?
W
orking abroad feels a bit like
going on holiday. Tram 44
from Tervuren to Brussels
passes stately embassies and goes
through royal woods. There are very
few such routes in the Netherlands.
But the tram itself … a 50-year-old
boxcar in which I have to fold away my
legs … Then I long for that pleasantly
swishing Amsterdam specimen.
Working abroad compels you to keep
adjusting your view of the surroundings
and of the Netherlands. When you
return, the Netherlands looks different
– because you have changed. That
glass of beer, the taste of which noth-
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ing could surpass, tastes differently
now that I have discovered the Belgian
pints. The tram, which I hardly noticed, suddenly feels like a limousine.
That different point of view is quite
enriching.
When I left to work abroad 13 years
ago, I had never heard of EURES. I had
to re-invent the wheel, forfeit my state
pension and convince the tax authorities that I was not a criminal on the
run. But, despite all the problems,
returning with my tail between my
legs was not an option. And so having
moved abroad, contrary to all expectations, I even became ambitious!
Number of
EURES advisers:
840
of the residents of
the Netherlands
have lived or
worked in another
EU member state
working for the
UWV WERKbedrijf
in the Netherlands:
31
Number of
countries
participating in
EURES (EURopean
Employment
Services)
17
Number of successful
mediations by UWV
WERKbedrijf/EURES:
857
Number of employers at
www.seasonalwork.nl:
409
Number of vacancies on
www.eures.europa.eu:
Number of CVs at
www.eures.europa.eu:
537,037
of which
Dutch CVs:
9.296
Number of searches
done by them:
30,710
891.837
of which from
Dutch employers:
37,463
Number of job
seekers contacted
via this site:
13,478
Number of EU/EEA
job seekers at
www.seasonalwork.
nl (in cooperation
with LTO Agricultural
and Horticultural
Organisation, this
site is made available
to employers in the
agrarian sector):
7,851
In the EU,
among others,
Dutch employers
are looking for
agricultural workers,
sailors for inland
navigation and cooks
in the catering sector.
infographic Shootmedia
Wessel de Jong, EU Correspondent NOS Journaal
residents come from
other EU member states.
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UWV WERKbedrijf realises
opportunities for mobile clients
ment agencies and EURES. Or, surprise yourself by learning
how the EURES services of UWV WERKbedrijf gave a
62-year-old chamber maid a new opportunity in Austria!
And these are merely a few of the nice examples that show
how the WERKbedrijf works and how fast it moves when it
comes to realising opportunities for mobile clients.
The principle of free movement of money, goods and persons applies to the
European Economic Area (EEA). This means that citizens may live, work and
study in all 30 countries of the EEA (plus Switzerland). Over one million
Europeans do just that. EURES (EURopean Employment Services) offers
information and advice to – and acts as an intermediary between – jobs
seekers and employers in Europe.
was established
in 1993 with the
aim of enlarging labour mobility in
Europe. Public employment services,
trade unions and employer organisations are partners in the network,
which is coordinated by the European Commission.
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Economic recovery in Germany is going well. So well, in fact,
that there are already personnel shortages in many areas. The
Laminating Project is tackling this problem. Through the combined
efforts of agencies and companies in the Netherlands and Germany,
approximately 200 long-term unemployed persons have found work
with a German windmill manufacturer.
André Timmermans, director, UWV WERKbedrijf
What does EURES do?
EURES
Rotor
‘One thing is certain: 2010 was a year
with lots of mobility’.
EURES has a network of advisers whom
job seekers and employers can contact.
There are over 800 active EURES advisers
throughout Europe and their numbers
are increasing. They work with public
employment services in individual
member states or with other partner
organisations within the network. There
are 17 EURES advisers currently working
at UWV WERKbedrijf.
EURES plays a major role, particularly
in the border regions. More than
600,000 people live in a different EU
member state than the one in which
they work. They therefore face diverse
national customs and laws. On a daily
basis they confront administrative, legal
or fiscal obstacles to mobility. The advisers in these regions provide advice and
counselling on the rights and obligations of these employees.
behind
the
economy
T
he north-eastern part of the Netherlands is not known
for its job opportunities. Just across the border, the
situation is much more promising. EURES adviser Tjerk
Mulder is part of a team that looks for work in Germany on
behalf of Dutch job seekers. The German Aero company, a
factory that makes rotor blades for wind turbines, is part of
that team. ‘Aero has 200 vacancies for laminating operators’,
according to Mulder. ‘They want to fill these vacancies with
Dutch workers. There will probably be another 100 job openings in the future. The project has therefore had a major
impact on the region’. The project team consists of the UWV
Werkpleinen from East Groningen, the Zentrum für Arbeit
Leer, the German re-integration company Kreishandwerkerschaft, the ZPN temporary employment agency and Aero.
Mulder: ‘All these groups get along well. We know precisely
what we want from each other and how we can reach our
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The WERKbedrijf and its 31 associate organisations
-- which together shape the European service provision
of EURES on a European scale – have developed new
initiatives, seeking even better methods of reaching and
serving customers. In this regard, it cleverly anticipated
major developments at and the spearheads of the
WERKbedrijf. This booklet provides several striking
examples of this.
For example, you can read about a young person
The
who, with a limited capacity for work, set out to familiarise
other young people with the opportunities offered by European mobility. Take a close look at the examples that focus
on successful collaboration between temporary employ-
photo Kato Tan
A
ccording to the New Shorter Oxford English
Dictionary, ‘MOBILITY’ means ‘the ability
to move or be moved’, ‘ease or freedom of
movement’. One thing is clear: 2010 was a year full
of movement! Ease of movement was necessary to
anticipate changes in the economy, the employment market and in the context in which UWV
WERKbedrijf helps job seekers and employers.
common goal. As a group, we inform the work coaches at the
Werkpleinen (job information centres) and the participating
municipalities about the project. They then look for suitable
applicants’.
EURES as pivot
The first applicants have been chosen. A group of some
15 job seekers will start job training in mid-February, which
consists of two weeks of combined practical and theoretical
training and four weeks on the shop floor at the factory in
Aurich. EURES is responsible for project coordination and
serves as an adviser. Mulder: ‘If you live in the Netherlands
and go to work in Germany, you have to arrange a few
things. The new employees of Aero can always come to us
with questions or for advice about matters such as labour
law and social security’.
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Naziem Adalat is deputy director of the Adalat Dental Centre in Amsterdam.
Established in 1988, the family company employs around 100 personnel. Some
of them come from abroad. EURES works successfully with Naziem as an
intermediary for these employees.
Dentist
Realising
opportunities
Adalat is tapping new sources in the European labour market
finds his Meister in Germany
A
business consultant of
‘
UWV told me about EURES
early in 2000’, Adalat said.
‘My search for qualified dentists,
oral hygienists and dental technicians in the Netherlands was not
very successful at the time. There is
an ageing dental profession in the
Netherlands. That stems from the
baby boom that took place after
the Second World War. Many of
those baby boomers went on to
study and practise dentistry. That
resulted in a large number of
dental specialists during the 1980s.
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In the following years, there was a
shortage of good dentists, something I realised when I was looking
for qualified personnel in the
Netherlands’.
Saving time and money
Naziem Adalat contacted a EURES
adviser. She referred him to the
possibilities of cross-border recruitment and within the European
Union. With EURES acting as an
intermediary, Adalat found a
Meister (dental technician) in
Germany. He brought him to the
Netherlands. Several years later,
the dental centre approached
EURES again: ‘With our unique
package of dental care and dental
technology under the same roof,
we began to grow rapidly. We
expanded to four centres, with
40,000 patients. We started looking for more qualified staff’’. Via
EURES as intermediary, the dental
centre currently employs four
dentists from abroad. EURES is
familiar with the supply of dentists
in Europe, which it couples to
customer demand. Naziem: ‘EURES
EURES is familiar with the
supply of dentists in Europe
puts you on the right track, lowering the threshold to labour markets in other European countries.
That saves time and money’.
Adalat puts new international
colleagues through an intensive
break-in programme. They acquire
extensive knowledge of the Dutch
care system and learn the Dutch
language, so they can communicate with clients at the centre.
‘Until they acquire sufficient
command of the language, they
work with a colleague who speaks
Dutch fluently. The break-in
programme lasts about a year’,
a satisfied Naziem Adalat told us.
Tatjana Sukeviciene
from Lithuania at
work in the dental
centre
• At www.werk.nl/werkgevers
there is a short informative film
from EURES for Dutch employers,
or foreign employers residing in
the Netherlands, about the
possibilities and advantages of
recruitment via the European
network and the intermediary
activities of UWV WERKbedrijf/
EURES.
• EURES advisers conduct workshops
for employers and employees
at various locations in the
Netherlands about recruiting
and working in Europe, with
answers to questions such as:
Where does an employer start its
search for the right applicant?
And, if that applicant comes from
the European Union (EU), the
European Economic Area (EEA) or
Switzerland. What kind of paper
work does this entail? Which laws
and social rules apply in other
countries? These questions come
up for discussion in the EURES
workshops.
Announcements of the workshops
appear at werk.nl and via the online
job-vacancy newspapers of the
WERKpleinen.
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photo martijn de vries
How EURES helps
employers:
Working together
for more
mobility
‘
T
he free movement of employees is important, especially in times of crisis’, says
Head of Unit Employment Services
& EURES at the European Commission, Wallis Goelen. ‘Geographic
mobility is on the rise because
people want to go where there is
work. In Greece, for example, there
are few jobs at present, whereas in
Sweden, extra people are needed’.
Public and private partnerships
For the last 15 years, EURES has
worked with public employment
services such as the Netherlands
UWV WERKbedrijf and government organisations. ‘EURES increases employment
opportunities. Things are actually
starting to happen -- in the UK, for
example, where there is an ongoing strategic dialogue between all
parties concerned with employment, varying from employment
services to private online services.
Collaboration differs per country,
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Wallis Goelen noted. ‘Although we
have not yet done any studies, we
do know that in the Netherlands
and Germany, for example, there is
considerable cooperation with
private companies, recruiters,
intermediaries and offices that test
professional qualifications. These
days, the applicant’s qualifications
and skills also play a role when
applying for jobs. And this is separate from the recruitment channel’.
Also online
Another new development is the
partnership between EURES and
Monsterboard, the online recruitment website. ‘Together, they have
organised an online job market in
the Czech Republic, among others.
It was well received!’ The Internet
is an important instrument for
bringing vacancies to the attention
of job seekers in Europe – and to
disseminate information about
working in other European countries. The EURES Job Mobility Portal
lists more than 860,000 job vacancies. The portal currently has more
than a half million CVs from people
looking for work. In addition, some
23,000 potential employers have
registered at the portal. They can
search the databases for applicants.
‘An estimated 20 percent of
registered job seekers will find
employment in this way’, according
to Wallis Goelen. ‘The portal provides a free exchange of
employment market information,
so that employers and job seekers
have access to as many CVs and
vacancies as possible. Our aim is
to bring together all the players
who could stimulate geographic
mobility in Europe’.
For more information, see
http://europa.eu/eures
Besides job vacancies and applicants, the portal also provides
information about living and
working in various EU countries.
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EURES offers advice and acts as a cross-border intermediary for job opportunities,
increasingly working together with private intermediary offices and temporary
employment agencies. ‘We reinforce and complement one another’, according to
Wallis Goelen, Head of Unit Employment Services & EURES at the European
Commission.
A
pool
of
Poles
auctions. ‘Our customers are quite
enthusiastic about the work ethic of
the Polish workers’, according to Van
Adrichem.
Quite some responsibility
Eurojob has worked with EURES in
the Netherlands and Poland for
‘Our customers are
enthusiastic about
the work ethic of the
Polish workers’
For more than 10 years, Eurojob has recruited Polish
workers for the Dutch employment market. Last year,
Eurojob began working with the EURES offices in Poland
– a partnership that both parties like.
U
‘
nemployment in Poland is
12 percent. Polish workers
can earn four times as much
in the Netherlands than at home’,
according to Eurojob Managing
Director, Ronald Van Adrichem.
‘Many people would like to work
for a short or longer period in the
Netherlands, in sectors for which
there are too few workers here.
Although these are normally jobs for
people with limited education,
personnel with secondary or higher
vocational education – even sometimes university education – go from
Poland to the Netherlands to earn
extra money for a time’.
Eurojob recruits via advertisements
in Polish media. Workers can register
at Eurojob offices in Poland. The
customers for which Eurojob recruits
are primarily logistical and transport
companies, assembly lines in production companies, large retailers
and vegetable, fruit and flower
about a year. ‘EURES, which works
from various establishments in
Poland, refers people to us’, Van
Adrichem said. ‘We complement one
another perfectly and work well
together. The Polish EURES advisers
visited our offices to see how we
work and deal with people’. This is
understandable because working
with Polish workers is often put in a
bad light. ‘Yes, that disturbs us a bit’,
Van Adrichem said. ‘We stay at arm’s
reach from dubious practices. We
work entirely according to the rules,
including those applicable to wages,
taxes and social contributions. We
place around 1,500 people a year.
That is quite a responsibility. We
make sure that everyone has good
housing and transport, along with
the necessary training and safety
courses. Moreover, we often place
teams of people. That is better for
both employers and workers’.
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Working abroad appeals to people of all ages. Both Nadine
de Hollander (23) and Truus Verbruggen (62) left for Austria
last winter to work in the restaurant and catering industry
during the winter sports season.
Lech
G ruß au
opportunities
Found:
two chamber maids (23 and 62)
Plenty of work for young and old
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This is how Nadine ended up working in the restaurant service at the
four-star Montana hotel in Oberlech, owned by Patrick Ortlieb, a
former world and Olympic skiing
champion. ‘Learning the ropes and
work procedures here went very
quickly, including the language.
Many of my 50 colleagues are
young Germans. I took a German
course before I left, which came in
handy. I work from 8 to 11 hours,
from 11.30 to 15.00 hours and from
18.30 to 23.00 hours. I have one day
a week free, sometimes an extra
morning. Then I go skiing, of course,
which I have been doing since I was
six years old’.
Something totally different
Skiing for Truus Verbruggen was
not the reason she went to Austria.
She prefers walking. ‘Working in an
Austrian Bed and Breakfast struck
Work coaches and
EURES consultants
Helpdesk-883
me as something entirely different.
I have considerable experience in
catering in the Dutch province of
Limburg and I was looking for a
new job. But, at my age, opportunity does not always come knocking at your door’. Via ‘BergenWerk’
of UWV WERKbedrijf, I came into
contact with the Austrian Employment Exchange. That led to a job as
a chamber maid in the Churlis bed
and breakfast in Lech am Arlberg. I
work together with the owner,
Erika Schneider. We clean 10 rooms,
make breakfast and do the dishes. I
usually work from 8 to 16 hours’.
Truus has one day a week off, when
Frau Schneider’s daughter comes to
help her mother. It is a whole new
experience for Truus. ‘I’ve never
been away from home for so long
and I’ve never been away at Christmas! Fortunately, I enjoy it. I don’t
miss the children and grandchildren as much as I thought I would,
even though I do miss them. I live
with Erika Schneider. We eat together and watch television together. I
feel right at home – and that makes
a big difference!’
Since 1 May 2010, benefits agencies
within the European Union continue to
pay those entitled to unemployment
benefits while they are looking for
work in EU countries. This is done for
a maximum of three and, in some
countries, six months. Foreigners
entitled to benefits who look for work
in the Netherlands must first be
registered with the WERKbedijf. To
ensure that all goes smoothly, the
Helpdesk-883 was established within
the WERKbedrijf to support work
coaches with 883 clients:
[email protected]
PO Box 58285 (AMSG0/9), 1040 HG
Amsterdam.
Telephone: +31 (0)20 7515075 Fax: +31
(0)20 7515138
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put me in contact with a EURES
adviser. They reviewed my background and requirements, and then
contacted EURES at the Austrian
Public Employment Service’.
Nadine and Truus have temporary
contracts with their Austrian
employers, including health insurance.
Because it involves temporary work,
they will pay their taxes when they
return to the Netherlands.
Employers and job seekers who want
to utilise the European services can go
to one of the work coaches of UWV
WERKbedrijf. For complex questions,
customised work and projects, the
work coaches receive support from
the 17 Dutch EURES advisers.
Realising
hen the 2010-2011 winter
sports season started,
Truus Verbruggen and
Nadine de Hollander left to spend
five months in Austria. For both, it
was their first job abroad. Nadine
finished her studies at the Tio
University of Applied Sciences in
2010. The school offers tourist-related, higher vocational programmes.
‘I had no idea what I wanted to do’,
she said. ‘Moreover, there are few
suitable catering jobs for me in the
Netherlands at present. I really
wanted to work in a hotel. My uncle
s
Taxation
Studying in Europe
Jos van Meeuwen of InHolland:
‘You cannot do enough to
encourage internationalisation’
E
URES is at the forefront of
European intermediary activities. The Haarlem InHolland
University of Applied Sciences has
Cindy Sijmonsma of EURES:
‘We think it is important
to give guest lectures’
F
or years, EURES adviser Cindy
Sijmonsma has been a guest
speaker for the HRM programmes of InHolland. Sijmonsma:
‘We work hard to build our reputation. In this way, we reach a large
part of our focus group: young
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invited a EURES adviser for the last
seven years to speak at the school.
This type of guest lecture gets lots of
attention. Coordinator of HRM
programmes, Jos Van Meeuwen:
‘The EURES system works in both
ways. First, students acquire knowledge through their studies, which
will be useful if they should have to
deal with employees coming from
other countries. But, during that
study block, something changes. The
student then starts to think, what’s
in it for me? What does he or she
have to take into consideration if
they apply for international jobs and
end up working abroad?
‘Internationalisation is part of
globalisation. I advise other
universities of applied science
to invite EURES advisers to give
guest lectures. Schools in
Alkmaar and Amsterdam have
now done this. You cannot do
enough to encourage internationalisation. And it gives you a kick
when you see a former student
from a tiny Dutch village, three
years after finishing her studies,
walking in a business suit in
London, where she works for an
international hotel chain. It’s
priceless’, as far as Jos Van
Meeuwen is concerned.
people. Not only during the
lectures, but also in the future.
’Students store the information
we given them and take it with
them during their studies, but also
afterwards when they work in the
HRM sector’.
you have to understand the
difference in customs’, Cindy
explained. ‘One does not apply for
a job in Germany by letter with a
CV, but rather with a Bewerbungsmappe. That is a complete dossier
with diplomas. For their future
HRM positions, students need to
know how to approach job
applicants from abroad. For
example, in Hungary people tend
to sit back and wait. If Dutch
people do not know this, they may
think that the applicant lacks
initiative’.
Cindy’s lectures comprise the main
elements from the workshops and
training that EURES gives to job
seekers, employers and work
coaches. The cultural differences
within Europe – on the shop floor
and in daily life -- also get attention. ‘If you want to work abroad,
Under the above recruiting motto,
last October three buses drove from
Maastricht to Brussels. In two of the
buses, employers and students had an
opportunity for brief, face-to-face
encounters. The third bus was reserved
for workshops to teach students how to
network and communicate with potential
employers. After arriving in Brussels,
each company gave a short presentation.
Following this, there was a job fair. Catch
that coach is an initiative of Maastricht
University, which is supported by EURES.
Junior EURES ambassador
Lizzy Bradley
Lizzy Bradley (27) is the only junior EURES
ambassador in Europe. ‘I have worked
for UWV WERKbedrijf since 1 June 2010.
My duties include promoting the
European services of the WERKbedrijf,
‘Lizzy explained. Many young people are
unfamiliar with EURES. I want to change
all that. I enjoy talking at schools, uni­versities and job fairs about the many
opportunities for expanding your
horizons’. Lizzy is a Wajonger (a person
with limited capacity for work). In 2006,
she was diagnosed with an auto-immune
illness, which meant that she cannot
work more than 24 hours a week. Lizzy:
‘I like the fact that UWV employs young
people with a work disability, like me.
Promoting the hiring of people from
this focus group is one thing, doing it
yourself is often quite different. But not
at UWV. I am living proof that you can do
your job well with a work disability’.
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Internationalisation is growing in importance. The InHolland
University of Applied Sciences has made allowances for this
development. That is why every year Jos Van Meeuwen of
InHolland invites a EURES adviser such as Cindy Sijmonsma to
give a guest lecture. Below is an interview with both of them.
Catch that coach!
short
short
The Auvergne region in the south of
France faces a declining population, with
If this appeals to you and you would
like to know more about the possibilities
available to you in the Auvergne, you
should contact UWV WERKbedrijf/ EURES
or visit www.ondernemen-frankrijk.nl
The European
information
network,
Eurodesk,
focuses
specifically on young people between
the ages of 15 and 25 years, who are
looking for information about schools
and studies, work placement, student
exchanges, volunteering work and
(holiday) work and who live and travel
in Europe. In the Netherlands, Eurodesk
works with EURES, the Youth Information Centres and the national agency
Youth in Action, among others.
For more information, see Eurodesk at
www.go-europe.nl
EURES making its mark in Europe
Europass
Europass is an initiative of the European
Commission to enlarge mobility relating to
working and learning within Europe. Job
seekers and students can use the Europass
CV, a standardised curriculum vitae, which
they can download in the languages of
the 31 EU and EEA countries, to which they
can add documents concerning work
placement, language skills and diplomas. In
2011, a mobility certificate for volunteering
work will be added to the set of free
documents. This certificate is an official
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International
Job Fair
Eurodesk
document that testifies to the fact that
the job seeker or student has done volunteering work at home or abroad. Sixteen
percent of Dutch people have at some
time lived or worked in another European
country; 25 percent of Dutch students
spend a period of study abroad. Some
70,000 international students are
currently receiving training in the Netherlands. The Europass CV, which has been
around for five years, has now been used
23 million times for work placement and
job applications within Europe.
For more information about the Europass,
see www.europass.nl
EURES
Online
Job Days
On 1 and 2 December 2010,
EURES organised a pilot
project, ‘Online Job Days’,
in Brussels, where information was exchanged about
working in Europe. During
the live sessions with
EURES specialists, there
were discussions about
promising European job
market sectors, the
advan­tages of gaining work
experience in another
country, work permits that
may be necessary and
other subjects related to
living and working in other
European countries. A
decision to continue this
initiative will depend on
the results of an evaluation.
Organised in cooperation with UWV
WERKbedrijf/EURES, among others, the
International Emigration Fair is held every
spring. With its offer of more than 60 types
of services and 190 exhibitors, the fair is
the starting point for pending emigrants,
expats, students, entrepreneurs, job seekers
and other country hoppers from the Nether­
lands, Belgium and Germany. Besides
photo Yasmin Hargreaves
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O, o...
Auvergne!
declining business activities. For this
reason, EURES France and EURES
Netherlands have launched an initiative
in cooperation with the local authorities
to encourage residents of other EU
countries to establish businesses in this
region. France already has positive
experience with new Dutch companies.
Interested business owners/operators
receive subsidies and tax benefits when
they start up their own companies.
information about living, working, work
placement, study, emigration, re-migration
or starting new companies, the international
job fair also lists vacancies at international
companies. The Emigration Fair 2011 will
be held on 12 and 13 February in the Expo
Exhibition Centre at Houten, the Netherlands. More information is available at
www.emigratiebeurs.nl
National Job Market
Also in 2010, EURES was again
represented at the annual National
Job Market organised by UWV
WERKbedijf and municipalities. The
possibilities of working abroad
were brought to the attention of
Dutch job seekers, with information
about job vacancies at various
international companies. In
Alkmaar, Breda, Rotterdam and
Scheemda, EURES ‘specials’ were
organised around the themes of
summer and winter season countries and contact centres. The
National Job Market is held every
autumn at Werkpleinen throughout the country.
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