College Life Accelerate · The programme
Accelerate is the online programme for non-EEA students and graduates who want to land a job with an IND-recognised sponsor in the Netherlands, and stay for the long run. Four modules, at your own pace, backed by a network of people across the country who want to help you.
To help you build a career in the industry, field and company size you actually want, inside the Netherlands.
Why this matters
The orientation year moves fast, and most graduates spend it applying through job portals that were never built for them. Accelerate is built around the whole path, from landing that first sponsored offer to keeping it long enough to stay.
Finding a real work opportunity during your orientation year, while the clock on your permit is already running.
Getting sponsored by a recognised company, and becoming the kind of hire they want to keep sponsoring.
Holding that sponsorship all the way through to permanent residency.
Across every round we have run
The curriculum
Each module gives you something you use the same week. You move through them at your own pace, online, whenever it suits you.
Before you can sell yourself, you need to know exactly what you are selling and to whom.
The process for scaling your network and reaching employers directly, instead of disappearing into job portals.
Getting your foot in the door with the College Life Method, adjusted to the company size, industry and field you are targeting.
Building real trust with your employer so the sponsorship keeps renewing and your career keeps moving.
What you walk away with
Everything is built to move you from learning, to doing, to a result that lasts.
New skills, tools and resources that help you land a job.
Putting that knowledge to work in the real market.
The outcome you came for, and the ones that follow.
How it works now
The old Accelerate ran live on a fixed schedule. This one does not. Everything is recorded, always open, and waiting for you when you are ready.
Every lesson is recorded once and yours to watch whenever you want, as many times as you want. No timetable to keep up with.
Every assignment comes back with real feedback, so you are never guessing whether your CV, your outreach or your roadmap is good enough.
No intake windows and no waiting for the next cohort. You land on the page, and you can start.
Alongside the course, you get connected to people across the Netherlands who have chosen to help internationals find their footing here.
Your path
The same journey the programme has always followed, now without a calendar attached to it.
A short questionnaire sets your goals so the programme fits your situation.
Your Capability Scan, roadmap and Process Audit.
Scaling your network and reaching employers directly.
Getting the interview, and the offer.
Keeping the role and growing inside it.
The part nobody else has
The hardest part of arriving somewhere new is that you do not know anyone yet. Accelerate connects you to people in different regions of the country who have chosen to help internationals get established here.
This is what turns a course into a real head start: not just knowing what to do, but having someone nearby who wants to see you do it.
Who teaches you
Recruiters, HR leaders and founders who know exactly what employers here are looking for, in recorded fireside sessions you can revisit any time.
International entrepreneur and marketing and sales automation advisor. Built Accelerate from his own experience helping internationals get hired.
Human resources professional with over six years of experience deciding who gets hired and why.
Accomplished senior recruiter and employer-branding specialist who has hired at scale for fast-moving companies.
A seasoned trainer teaching the functional Dutch that helps internationals communicate with employers.
In their words
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.”
“Everyone should have this program as a checkpoint to learn how to navigate themselves through the job search.”
Is this you?
Accelerate opens to the waitlist before anyone else hears about it. Leave your details and we will reach out the moment it is ready.
We have your details. You will hear from us the moment Accelerate opens, before it goes public.