INDUSTRY MARKET NEWS THESE DAYS, KNOWLEDGE WORKERS WANT TO STAY IN A COUNTRY THAT’S ‘SAFE AND PROMISING’ About 80% of highly educated knowledge migrants want to settle permanently in the Netherlands. This is the outcome of a study by international recruitment agency Ravecruitment and researcher Intelligence Group among highly educated migrant workers. The Netherlands has about 375,000 international knowledge workers. About 60,000 of them come from outside the EU (source CBS). In the study among highly educated highly migrants, 8 out of 10 of this group indicated they wish to apply for a Dutch passport and to settle permanently in the Netherlands. The report ‘The current state of mind of the highly skilled migrant in the Netherlands’ by Ravecruitment and Intelligence Group outlines how highly skilled migrants currently experience working in the Netherlands and what the expectations are in the near future. Many organisations,
corporates, start-ups and scale-ups, consider attracting foreign talent to be crucial for international competitiveness and growth (source: Ministry of Economic Affairs). ‘However, not much is known about this foreign talent in the Netherlands’, says Gijs Notté, director of Ravecruitment. ‘Do people find living here appealing? Do they spot career opportunities? Do they want to stay here? This study answers those questions and is therefore of great interest to organisations that work or want to work with highly skilled migrants. It appears that many of the highly skilled migrants would like to stay here.’ This finding is in stark contrast to an earlier 2014 study by the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, which showed that half of the knowledge workers who arrived since 2000 had already left the
Netherlands after eight years. ‘So whereas highly skilled migrant previously mainly worked temporarily in the Netherlands, Photo: Brainport Eindhoven they now appear to be primarily a permanent asset. This is highly score (8+) on the question desirable in order to bring the whether they would recommend labour market more into balance the Netherlands as a country of and contribute to economic residence/work. development, organisational The report ‘The current state of growth and diversity and stability mind of the Highly Skilled of the workforce’, says Notté. Migrant in the Netherlands’ is 80% of the highly skilled migrants the result of a collaboration outside the EU indicate they wish between Ravecruitment and the to apply for a Dutch passport. Intelligence Group. A total of 275 This is mainly based on the fact highly educated migrant workers that 90% consider the Netherlands of 60 different nationalities a safe country. Furthermore, participated in the study. They 80% feel welcome in the current work in the Netherlands at organisation and 78% see companies ranging from start-ups sufficient career opportunities in and scale-ups to corporates. the Netherlands to realise their More than 60% work in IT. ambitions. They then give the www.ravecruitment.com Netherlands a very satisfactory www.intelligence-group.nl
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