Netherlands Archives - Every Mother Knows

Our October Community Event at WeWork was a success!

by Angela Fusaro | Oct 5, 2022 | Career, Community, Job Market, Netherlands, Recruitment, Returning to work

Thank you everyone for joining us on October 3rd at WeWork in Amsterdam Zuidas for our Community Event! It was a great opportunity to get together once again, connect and network with fellow community members. Thank you to our speakers Levent Sahin and Tejinder den...

Academia, motherhood and career change

by Angela Fusaro | Apr 10, 2020 | Academia, Career change, Coaching, Expat, Family, Job Market, Motherhood, Netherlands, Parenting, Work-life balance, Workplace

A chat with Lena?Karvovskaya, PhD Community Manager?RDM at Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam Can you tell us something about your career and background? My background is in theoretical linguistics, the study of languages. In 2017, I defended my dissertation at Leiden...

Kirsten on home, work and flexibility in the Dutch job market

by Angela Fusaro | Aug 4, 2017 | Career break, Family, Job Market, Jobs Posts, Motherhood, Netherlands, Recruitment, Returning to work

Kirsten Jansen is 38 years old, married and a proud mom of a (almost) 4 year old daughter.?She works as Marketing & Communication Manager at?Undutchables Recruitment Agency in The Netherlands. How old was your child when you?returned to work? I returned to work...

Aisha on what women want… and don?t want. And the start of her own law firm

by Angela Fusaro | Jun 29, 2017 | Business, Career change, Entrepreneur, Family, Fatherhood, Gender gap, Leadership, Maternity leave, Motherhood, Netherlands, Parenting

Aisha is a 36 year old solicitor who recently launched a legal practice. She lives in The Hague with her Irish boyfriend of 10 years and their 18 month old daughter. She is also a member of The Hague City Council. How old was your daughter when you returned to work??2...

Julia on moving abroad to find joy, stability and a new way of living

by Angela Fusaro | Feb 10, 2017 | Career, Expat, Family, Maternity leave, Motherhood, Netherlands, Parenting, Relocation, Returning to work, Work-life balance

Julia Ganol is from?Zhytomyr, a city located 120 km away from Kiev, Ukraine. A few years ago she moved to The Netherlands with her husband and daughter. She works in the IT industry and recently sat down with Every Mother Knows to tell us her story. How old was your...

Nidhi on how retuning to work improved her life, health and well-being

by Angela Fusaro | Feb 3, 2017 | Career break, Family, Maternity leave, Motherhood, Netherlands, Returning to work, Well-being, Work, Work-life balance, Workplace

Nidhi is originally from India. She lives in Amsterdam with her husband and daughter. After completing?her masters in Computer Applications, she?started to work?as a Quality Assurance Engineer. In her free time she likes to travel and make new friends. Nidhi?recently...