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Hard Skills & Soft Skills

https://youtu.be/URZND8RGQwo Though knowledge of certain tools is a large factor which defines the type of job you will be placed in, your personality will usually steer you to the role you would truly enjoy. Hard and soft skills, how are they defined, and how…

Vacation in the Netherlands: Fun in the Dutch sun!

Summer is here! So we thought we would compile a list of not very well-known but beautiful places in the Netherlands to spend you summer holiday. Let’s dive into it. Texel – For the outdoor lover To-do: Go crab and shrimp fishing, rent a…

Cliché run-in’s: The “key” words you need to stop using.

So you’ve decided that you’re ready to find a new job, and with that decision comes the gruelling process of giving your CV and cover letter a facelift. You are getting tempted to use classic cliché words. The word document is open with the…

Filling a Gap in your CV

Life isn’t just about work, which is why some of us go on a gap year or a year-long trip around the world, leaving the ties and pencil skirts behind. But when we get back to “real life” and work, it can be tough…

Job Hopping: Law and Order AE

There are hundreds of opinions out there regarding job hopping, some say it’s killing your career, others say it’s the new norm and that it’s completely harmless. It’s something that the team at Abroad Experience face nearly every day, and usually, CVs that show…

Online Interview: It’s show time!

In this day and age, we have been given a bunch means of communication. We have covered face to face interviews, as well as telephone, but there is one more important mean of which we at Abroad Experience use frequently: online interviews (teams, zoom…)….

Job Boards: 5 ways to get the attention you want!

Recruiters dip into many pools to source the perfect candidate. Whether the waters are their website, social media, and the most commonly used: job boards. Portals such as Indeed, Top Language Jobs, XPat jobs, and Monster to name a few are websites where you…

King’s Day

Where in the world would 16.8 million of the population be coated in orange for a whole day? Why the Netherlands of course! The history of King’s Day might have started quite recently (130 years) but it is a fascinating one. The day changes…

Question Guide: What are your weaknesses?

While many of us can go on for days about our imperfections and weaknesses, interviewers are looking for a constructive and genuine answer to this commonly asked question. Being self-aware of your strong and not-so-strong suits is a trait that interviewers value in a…

10 apps the Dutch use every day

Here are a few useful applications which you will want to download when you relocate to the Netherlands. From travel, news, and lifestyle, these little buttons of information will help you in more ways than one. NS app [Travel] With this app, you have…

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