The Netherlands is home to many creative and innovative businesses, and it is popularly ranked as one of the happiest countries in the world. In this video, we will look at some of the high in demand jobs here in the Netherlands to help you as a job seeker in your job search, especially as an English speaker or a non EU citizen. Let’s get into it. Hello, I am goodness, and on this channel I share with you tips, tricks, and ideas on relocating, living and thriving in the Netherlands. According to a report published by LinkedIn in 2020, 15 jobs were identified as jobs that are high in demand and emerging in the Netherlands. Let’s look at some of these jobs. Number one on the list is
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Data Protection Officers:
Data has increasingly become one of the most valuable assets of organizations. The European Union’s regulations on data privacy also fuel the increase in demand for data protection officers.
Sectors like banks, telecommunications, hospitals are some of the industries hiring for this role.
Cybersecurity
Next on the list is cybersecurity. Amsterdam hosts one of the world’s biggest Internet exchanges, the Amsterdam Internet Exchange. There is a continuous effort towards creating cybersecurity awareness and the focus to actively combat all forms of cyber threats. The need for cybersecurity professionals have been highlighted the more following the events of the pandemic, making this role one of the high in demand jobs.
Technology
Cloud Engineering
Software Developers
DevOps Engineers
Solution Architects
Currently, the third high in demand job is in technology, and this is encompassing cloud engineers, software developers, DevOps engineers, solution architects, and more. There has been a lot of growth in this area in recent years and this growth is expected to grow even further into the future. A lot of the jobs currently available are around this area. Many professionals from outside of the Netherlands coming from Nigeria, other parts of Africa, India, and other areas are being hired by Dutch companies to take on these roles, and this sector happens to be one of the high employers of foreign talents currently. If you’re enjoying this content so far, please always visit my blog page and smash the like button on my YouTube page, subscribe and consider sharing it with some other person who will benefit from the content of this video. It goes a long way in helping my channel. Thank you.
Customers Support
With the growth in technological services comes also the need for hands-on customer support roles, and this has felt the need for customer success specialists as successful candidates. In this role, you need some soft skills as well as some hard skills that will enhance your understanding of technological products and customer relationships.
Data Analytics
Data Science
Data Engineering
The next high-in-demand role currently in the Netherlands is in the area of data, data analytics, data science, and data engineering. I have a separate playlist on this channel of different companies that are currently hiring in these roles. You can check out the playlist and you’ll see different companies that are currently hiring in these areas and what they are looking for.
Robotics
Artificial Inteligence
Growth Hackers
Other roles such as robotics, artificial intelligence, and growth hacker, are some of the roles that are currently in high demand. You can find a link to the complete report in the description of this video below, and if you’ve not done so already, please smash the like button and subscribe to my channel. Don’t forget to share with someone who will find this content useful. Next, click on the screen, and I’ll be taken to the playlist where you’ll find 15 companies that are currently hiring in the Netherlands, and I’ll talk to you again soon.