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How to lose weight off your CV

We wanted to share some of our tips on how to trim off the excess before applying to a role. There are many types of CV writers out there, all on the spectrum between the simplicity of the ABC’s and detailed dictionary. Here are…

Choosing Your Reference(s)

The references are your next hurdle in the process of crossing the line first. Here are a few tips and examples of the outcome of both good and bad references. Who should you choose, and why honesty is usually the best policy in the…

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…

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