Looking for bar work or anything of the sort!
Netherlands - 3 Answers
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Bar work may well require you to be able to speak Dutch, as most of your customers will more than likely be locals. You'd be better off searching for work in one of the many international companies in Holland, such as Shell, European Patents Office, International Criminal Court, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Interpol, Eurojust, ESA... etc.
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Only speaking English is a bit of a problem, high unemployment a bigger problem. But if you are not European, and as such need a work permit and all that goes with it, you can forget finding a job in the Netherlands. Some bars will employ English speaking people, when in the center of Amsterdam I sometimes feel a foreign tourist in my own country, as so many people working there speak no Dutch. Factory work and order picking and jobs like that, as well as call centers and some offices of international companies the jobs can be in English only, but you will have to realize that many Dutch speak fluent English, and there are many people willing to work for little money who have a working knowledge of English as well, even when they do come from countries to the east rather than the west.
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Holland in general no too easy but Amsterdam, the easiest thing in the world! Everyone speaks english here, especially in the bars and restaurants you will find a lot of english speaking staff trying to make some money while in the Netherlands. Sometimes dutch staff members in a shop greet in english as you enter a shop, even if you're dutch! You will have no problems at all. http://www.yukiba.com/
