Short-Term Jobs in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg

The Key Employers

Jobs in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg

B.E.S.T., Calle Solano 11, 3°C, Pozuelo de Alarcón, 28223 Madrid, Spain 011-34-91-518-7110; best@bestprograms.org, www.bestprograms.org. Internship and work-study programs in Belgium for varying fees,

The Bulletin, 1038 Chaussée de Waterloo, 1110 Brussels; www.ackroyd.be. A weekly English-language magazine in Brussels that carries job ads (in print and online).

Centre Information Jeunes (CIJ), www.cij.lu. Youth information office. Runs holiday job service between Apr. and Aug., primarily for people with a European Union passport. Link from website to useful online publication Luxbazar (rtl.lu/service/luxbazar), which carries hundreds of employment classifieds including for students, babysitters, etc.

CLL Centres de Langues, Recruitment Dept., 3 Rue André Dumont, 1435 Mont-St-Guibert, Belgium. l.hodson@cll.ucl.ac.be. Freelance business English trainers for various divisions (adult, business, and junior courses) in Brussels, Louvain-la-Neuve and Namur.

JoHo (Jobs & Holidays), 8-9 Stille Rijn, 2312 DE Leiden, Netherlands; 011-31-71-5161277; www.joho.nl. Youth travel company that acts as a one-stop organization for backpackers, expats, entrepreneurs, international job seekers, interns, language students, and volunteers. Branches also in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Groningen that distribute a “Working in the Netherlands” brochure.

Natuur 2000, Bervoetstraat 33, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium; 011-32-3-231-26-04; natuur2000@pandora.be, www.natuur2000.be. Flemish conservation organization hosts summer workcamps and study projects throughout Belgium open to all nationalities.

NJBG (Nederlandse Jeugdbond voor Geschiedenis), Prins Willem Alexanderhof 5, 2595 BE Den Haag, Netherlands; fax 011-31-70-335-2536; www.njbg.nl (partially in English). Archaeological and building restoration camps.

Phone Languages, 65 rue des Echevins, 1050 Brussels, Belgium; 011-32-2-647-40-20; www.phonelanguages.com. Telephone teachers recruited for clients in Belgium and Luxembourg.

Stufam, VZW Vierwindenlaan 7, 1780 Wemmel, Belgium; 011-32-2-460-3395; aupairstufam@scarlet.be; www.aupair-stufam.be. Places au pairs in French-speaking Belgium.

Travel Active, P.O. Box 107, 5800 Venray, 011-31-478-551900; aupair@travelactive.nl. International travel and exchange organization with an incoming program for au pairs, in cooperation with InterExchange in New York.

Also try the following newer agencies:

Dutch Family Care BV (De Frisia 71, 9207 CP Drachten, Netherlands; Tel./fax. 011-31-512-54-91-40; info@dutchfamilycare.nl. Places au pairs for 12 months; and S- au pair Intermediate, Hinthamerstraat 34, 5211 MP ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands; 011-31-73-6149483; fax. 011-31-73-6910889; info@saupair.com; www.saupair.com. Monthly pocket money is 300-340 euros for up to 30 hours a week.