Want to bring highly skilled migrants to the Netherlands?
Highly skilled migrants play an important role in alleviating staff shortages in the labour market. To be allowed to work in the Netherlands as a highly skilled migrant, it is important – and sometimes even compulsory – that they are familiar with the Dutch language and (work) culture. With our language programme, specifically developed for the healthcare and IT sectors, we prepare highly skilled migrants to start working for Dutch employers within six to nine months.
Learn Dutch with Babel in 5 steps
Babel offers a structured and results-oriented step-by-step programme that supports skilled migrants in achieving the required language level and helps them to successfully start work in the Dutch healthcare and IT sectors.
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Step 1. Advice and support throughout the recruitment process
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Step 2. Start of the course programme
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Step 3. Onboarding in the Netherlands
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Step 4. Targeted training to help you pass your exams
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Step 5. Let’s get to work!
Onboarding employees with Babel
- Experience with highly skilled migrants
Extensive experience with complex projects in the Philippines and India. - Tailor-made programme
Specifically tailored to the learning objectives of highly skilled migrants. - Get started straight away
It is possible to start within two weeks. - 94% would recommend us
We have satisfied course participants and clients. - A reliable partner
We hold all the necessary quality marks. - Specialist teachers
They are familiar with the challenges faced by highly skilled migrants.
Why should highly skilled migrants be required to learn Dutch?
Proficiency in the Dutch language is sometimes compulsory and offers significant advantages:
To work in the healthcare sector, registration in the BIG Register is compulsory. To this end, healthcare workers must, from 1 January 2024, have a language certificate obtain. To obtain the language certificate, MBO-level nurses must have a language proficiency of B1, HBO-level nurses must have a proficiency of B2, and those with a university degree must have a proficiency of B2+. You can find more information about these language levels here.
An employer may set requirements regarding an employee’s language skills. Dutch is often the working language within an organisation, and it is expected that everyone will be proficient in this language. Knowledge of the language and work culture is important for functioning effectively in the workplace and feeling at home in the Netherlands.