My dad would love a job in the railway industry as he is a well experienced worker in the rail way (engineering supervisor) he is in charge of a team of around 10 men and works hard .But he would love to work in Holland and live there.He loves holland and would think it would be a great oppurtunity for him.
does anyone know anything he can do to find a job ?
thankyou for your time xxx
p.s a woman said on here that my dad wont get a chance to work in holland coz he cant speak dutch but my uncle moved there and works and he cant speak dutch.
2007-08-22 01:50:42 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Netherlands
My Dad worked and lived in Holland for 8 years and never spoke a word of Dutch when he went there. He didn't speak more than a few sentences when he came back either so he obviously found he didn't need to learn any of the language.
Everybody in the town he lived in spoke English, and it was a small non-tourist town.
It's a fantastic country, I miss going over there.
My advice would be for him to contact the Dutch raliway company and ask them if they have job opportunities for overseas applicants.
2007-08-22 02:01:22 · answer #1 · answered by SiddMartha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the Netherlands (which is what the Dutch call their country), English is spoken widely in the Western half. Most people understand it at least, but the further east and North you go, the fewer actually use it. Your Dad will need to learn Dutch in order to get on there.
I suggest that your father goes to an employment agency, manpower and randstad are two agencies he could start with.
Just so you know how employment in the EU countries works: When a company has an opening, they look at the local (in this case, Dutch) applicants for the job and try to find someone from these. If they can't, they will look at suitably qualified EU nationals (probably from the North of Belgium as the language there is very similar to Dutch), and if they can't find the right person among these, they will look outside of the EU applicants. The chances are that the NS have plenty of local applicants for any jobs that are on offer, with the added advantage that they speak Dutch, and so there won't be any language barrier there. In the Netherlands, the education and training are considered extremely important, so your father would need to be able to provide certificates, degrees, diplomas ... etc.
It's not usually a problem to find work in the west if you don't speak English, but in your father's case, Dutch would be vital. The Dutch railway company Nederlandse Spoorwegen is, after all, state-owned.
Your father could consider a career change also. Transfer his engineering skills to a slightly different company. Best people to talk to are employment consultants.
2007-08-22 10:33:53 · answer #2 · answered by Orla C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi.
I'm Dutch, and almost all Dutch people speak english.
Kids learn it from the age of 9-10, and need to do exams in english.
It's no problem to get a job in the Netherlands if you're English, only if your dads job includes informing people about the railroad and stuff like that.
If your father wants to live here for more than 3 years, I only advise him to learn the language. It's not that hard, I know a dude, that lives here for 2 and a half year now, and he speaks good Dutch! With an accent ofcourse, but he does it, and good. His Dutch is better then my English xD.
Well, this information isn't very important xD.
Have a nice day!
2007-08-23 03:33:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I once worked for the London office of a Dutch company. An English colleage and I went on a company training course at the head office in the Netherlands. About 10 other course attendees and eight different people who ran modules of the course all spoke English for the full week with no difficulties for our benefit.
I don't think anybody even asked the others if it was OK to do the course in English - they just (correctly) assumed all the Dutch could speak English.
2007-08-22 02:06:26 · answer #4 · answered by ICH 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in Greece and have never met a dutch tourist who doesn't speak English, even the elderly speak enough to get by. This doesn't mean that everyone speaks it though, and if your Dad wants to work there, speaking Dutch would certainly go in his favour. He would need to contact the railway company in Holland to find out, but I know they will always prefer someone who speaks the language, regardless of a lot of people there being able to speak English.
2007-08-22 02:00:43 · answer #5 · answered by Nickynackynoo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try Planetrecruit.com or another net-based international job agency.
Most people in Holland speak very good to excellent English and a lot of people get to work or study there without any knowledge of Dutch.
2007-08-22 02:00:41 · answer #6 · answered by Sonia 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm from Groningen, a place in the North of the Netherlands, a nice student town, with students from all over the world. But not so many tourist walking around as in Amsterdam. Amsterdam is a nice town to visit, but it also gives me the feeling that there are no local people, only tourist running around. Of course we have or social problem, racist problems, religion problems etc. (were human like all the other people on earth) I saw documentaries about whole families in America who were homeless. That doesn't mean that all the Americans are living on the street does it. Sadly there is discrimination, like some people are not allowed in certain pubs even if it's against the law to refuse people based on their backgrounds. They always find an excuse to refuse some people. Like its to crowded, but they mean your from a race or believe we don't like. But I don't think that that's the case in the majority of the pubs. I also think that if people see that your a tourist the majority is interested and like to help you any way they can. And I don't think that a lot of people in my country have a problem with the Americans. I think that the majority of the population is friendly to visitors, no matter what country they are from, and see the difference between the American politics and a tourist from America. I think that being an American is not a big deal for most of the people here. If you are friendly most of the people will react friendly. If you would have an attitude that you are from America and everything is better in America I would friendly suggest ' why don't you go back to America". But I don't think that you are like that. Like any other country in the world we have nice and friendly people and people who are not friendly. Most of the people have learned to speak English so it would be an easy country to visit for you and find your way. If you have enough time go to one of the Islands. Vlieland and Schiermonnikoog are the smallest. Both of those Islands have only 1 town, and only the people of the Island are allowed to have a car. The nature is beautiful and you can rent a bike to go around the island, I think thats 5 euro a day. Look for excample in the Rough guide or Lonely Planet to see what they say about visiting the Netherlands. Hope you go in a period that there is nice wether. Enjoy your stay.
2016-05-19 22:06:40 · answer #7 · answered by rufina 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The most of the people speak English in Holland. That's not a problem. For work he can look for exp on www.monster.be
good luck
2007-08-22 06:54:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Dutch education system is good for languages so most people can speak more than 1 language, so probably.
2007-08-22 02:01:07 · answer #9 · answered by Will 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I speak Bulgarian and English, will I be able to stay in Holland if, I am already a citizen of 2 countries?
2015-01-23 02:32:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋