{"id":95427,"date":"2019-02-27T12:02:49","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T11:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=95427"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:13","slug":"the-netherlands-is-internationally-oriented-but-you-do-have-to-be-able-to-speak-the-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/02\/27\/the-netherlands-is-internationally-oriented-but-you-do-have-to-be-able-to-speak-the-language\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Netherlands is internationally oriented, but you do have to be able to speak the language’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe working conditions are better here than they are in my country,\u201d says a Japanese student. He is one of the international students who responded to EM\u2019s survey on international students\u2019 career perspective. Sixty per cent of the survey respondents indicated that they wish to stay in the Netherlands after obtaining their degrees. \u201cThe Netherlands offers quite a bit of support in terms of professional development and welcomes innovative ideas. Generally speaking, terms of employment are excellent here,\u201d adds a Filipino student.<\/p>\n

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The respondents who wish to stay here say that they are being given plenty of opportunity to develop their talents in the Netherlands. In addition, they feel that salaries are more generous here and that there is a better work-life balance than in their countries of origin. The international students also like the less hierarchical relationships between workers and their managers. <\/p>\n