Your orientation year is a countdown.

You have twelve months to land a job with an IND-recognised sponsor before the visa ends. College Life Accelerate is the online programme that helps you use every one of them, from your first outreach to the offer.

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What you are actually up against

Landing the job is one stage of three

Most advice stops at the offer. The permit does not. Accelerate is built around the whole path, because staying is the part that decides whether the move was worth it.

Year 0 to 1

Attraction

Finding a real work opportunity during your orientation year, while the clock on the permit is already running.

Year 1 to 5

Engagement

Getting sponsored by a recognised company, and becoming the kind of hire they want to keep sponsoring.

Year 5 and beyond

Retention

Holding that sponsorship all the way through to permanent residency.

The programme

Four modules, in the order you need them

Each one produces something you use the same week. Every module runs online and at your own pace.

Evaluation

Your soft and hard skills are assessed with the Capability Scan. You build a personal roadmap from the results, then audit how you have been approaching the labour market so far.

Acquisition

The process for scaling your network and reaching employers directly, including how to approach a company you want to work for when they have no job posted at all.

Conversion

Getting your foot in the door, adjusted to the company size, industry and field you are targeting. A CV and cover letter built for a specific employer, and the questions that make you memorable in the interview.

Retention

Building real trust with your employer and becoming genuinely hard to replace, so the sponsorship keeps renewing and your career keeps moving.

From people who did it

Graduates who stayed

Both joined an earlier round of Accelerate. Both are still working in the Netherlands.

“I would definitely recommend College Life Accelerate to all job seekers as getting a job is not easy. Believe me, this course will make it a lot easier.”
HD
Hrishikesh Deshpande
Mechanical Engineer at Oreon
“Everyone should have this program as a checkpoint to learn how to navigate themselves through the job search.”
M
Medhat
Communications Officer at Nearfield Instruments
“I started approaching people via email and LinkedIn. This proactive behaviour was well received by most people, and it gave me more interviews during my job hunt.”
HD
Hrishikesh Deshpande
Hired two weeks before his orientation year expired

Accelerate is for you if

  • You are a non-EEA student or graduate in the Netherlands
  • You are on, or about to start, your orientation year
  • You need an employer who is a recognised IND sponsor
  • Job portals have not been working for you

It is not for you if

  • You hold an EU or EEA passport and need no sponsorship
  • You are looking for a recruiter to apply on your behalf
  • You want a job guarantee rather than a method
  • You are not planning to build your career in the Netherlands

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