Half of Dutch people willing to work cannot start immediately

Posted on Sep 10, 2011 in Business | 0 comments

A total of 815 thousand people in the Netherlands would like to work twelve hours a week or more. Approximately half of them are not...

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Slightly more job vacancies in the Netherlands

Posted on Sep 10, 2011 in Business | 0 comments

At the end of June 2011, there were 137 thousand job vacancies, i.e. 2 thousand more than at the end of March according to Statistics...

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The future of Dutch employment: Temp jobs

Posted on Aug 26, 2011 in Business | 0 comments

By choice or chance, many workers in the Netherlands have already given up the notion of a traditional, steady, full-time job with health...

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New jobs on the rise in the Netherlands

Posted on Aug 16, 2011 in Business | 0 comments

Adjusted for seasonal variation, 137 thousand vacacancies were open by the end of June, i.e. 2 thousand more than one quarter previously....

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Dutch unemployment down in June

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 in Business | 0 comments

In the Netherlands unemployment dropped by 9000 people at the end of last month compared to the previous month. According to the latest...

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Dutch unemployment rate rises, jobs increase?

Posted on Jun 23, 2011 in Business | 0 comments

Employment increased in the Netherlands by 34 thousand jobs in first quarter from same period in 2010 according to the Central Bureau of...

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Number of jobs continues to increase in The Netherlands

Posted on May 13, 2011 in Business | 1 comment

The number of job vacancies continues to grow. In late March there were, seasonally corrected, 135,000 job vacancies, seven thousand more...

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More Dutch women working than ever before

Posted on Mar 7, 2011 in News | 2 comments

The number of women staying at home to take care for the family is decreasing in The Netherlands. Less than 755 thousand women worked no...

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The Netherlands has highest rate of part-timers in Europe

Posted on Feb 7, 2011 in News | 0 comments

The Netherlands has the highest ratio of part-time to full-time workers in the EU. Almost half (48.3 percent) of the Dutch working...

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Dutch Unemployment Decreasing Steadily

Posted on Jan 20, 2011 in Business | 0 comments

The unemployment rate in the Netherlands decreased for the tenth consecutive month in December. In the last months of 2010, adjusted to...

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