How To Find a Job in the Netherlands as a Foreigner

The Bloemenmarkt, the world's only floating flower market

The Bloemenmarkt, the world’s only floating flower market

The Netherlands, commonly referred to as Holland, is a country in Europe. It shares borders with Germany and Belgium. The official language is Dutch.

Below is a selection of resources for searching for employment opportunities as a foreigner in the Netherlands.

General Job Search Engines and Classifieds

  • Ria.com: This site is pretty intuitive. The home page is a bit busy, but don’t be deterred.
  • Career Jet: I’m sure you are familiar with this giant search engine. They have opportunities in the Netherlands.
  • Indeed: This big search engine, like Career Jet, has postings.

Teaching English

Teaching English will be your easiest option (if you are a native English speaker that is). All of the sites below are pretty similar and have a massive amount of teaching English job options. Browse through each of the sites for any Netherlands job opportunities. Also, be sure to check out this cool table from the International TEFL academy that shows how much money teachers can expect to make in various countries around the world.

  • ESL Employment: Not the most beautiful interface, but who needs a pretty website when you have so many English teaching job options to choose from.
  • Total ESL: Also an overly busy interface but a wealth of job postings for teaching jobs abroad.
  • ESL Cafe: Dave does a great job in compiling some of the best job openings from around the world.
  • Tesall: Big teaching jobs aggregator.

Thoughts of Other Bloggers and Websites

Overseas and Expat Job Portals

  • Overseas Jobs:  I find that there is often significant overlap between the postings on this site and that of other sites. Nevertheless this site has been around for a while.
  • Go Abroad: I’ve always been a fan of GoAbroad. In fact, on the visa information portion of my website, you will find where I have linked to their global embassies directory. They have a good job portal too.
  • Linkedin: Last but not least, this huge professional social network is a resource for building contacts in the field and location of your interest.

There you have it. The best places to find jobs in the Netherlands as a foreigner. For information on visas for the Netherlands, be sure to check out my Netherlands visa page. If you are looking to spice up your dating life, check out my list of the best online dating sites in the Netherlands.

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