A good starting point in your search for a job in The Netherlands can be a job site or job board. Each country has their own specific job boards and it’s no different in The Netherlands.
Job boards and job sites can also give you a good understanding of the local job market.
On which job boards in The Netherlands do people find their next career?
Here you can find some of the most well known job sites in The Netherlands. Both for Dutch and non-Dutch speakers:
Most popular job boards in The Netherlands:
The most popular job boards in The Netherlands are:
– LinkedIn Jobs and
– Indeed
In this video I’ll guide you through these job boards and how to use them to find English speaking roles:
Job boards for non-Dutch speakers
The following job boards are all specificially for non-Dutch speakers in The Netherlands. Here you can find vacancies where no Dutch is required. In fact your additional language skills might be a big plus for these vacancies:
Iamexpat.nl – Job board for internationals in The Netherlands
IAmsterdam.com – English speaking vacancies for internationals in Amsterdam
Undutchables – International recruitment agency in The Netherlands with English speaking vacancies
Adams Recruitment – Recruitment agency and job board for multilingual talent
Job Sites in The Netherlands
There are plenty of job boards in The Netherlands:
Randstad – Job board of the largest Dutch employment agency
Tempo-Team – Job board of a known Dutch employment agency
Jobbird– The biggest job board in The Netherlands
Joblift– The biggest job search engine in The Netherlands
Monsterboard.nl – Find vacancies in The Netherlands on this internationally known job site
Manpower – One of the biggest employment agencies with a lot of jobs advertised online
Adzuna – Search engine for vacancies
Werk.nl – The job site from UWV, the social security agency in The Netherlands
Intermediar.nl – Jobs for people with university degrees
The difficulty of looking for jobs on Dutch job boards, is that most roles will be posted in Dutch.
However, there is a way to find English speaking roles here as well. You need to make use of the right keywords, such as “English speaking”.
This is how you can find English speaking roles at Dutch jobboards:
Other Tips
- Look for niche specific job boards as well. Think about specific job boards for roles in finance, fashion, product, engineering etc.
- Jobs are also being shared in Slack-, LinkedIn- and sometimes even Facebook groups. Join related groups in your field.
- Have a look at employment agencies if they have suitable vacancies for you
- Go directly to the careers pages of international companies and look for jobs posted there.
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