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Editor's guide: Employment & Trends in Belgium

Employment & Trends

07/06/2011Editor's guide: Employment & Trends in Belgium

Here's a guide to our job section for expats who are looking for work in Belgium.

Employment and trends
Looking for work in Belgium? Expatica Belgium covers everything you need to know about expat employment in your new country of residence, from work permits and European employment and immigration regulations to job applications and local labour law. Detailed articles such as Looking for work in Belgium takes you through the rules regarding expat employment, including work permits, how to write a CV, application procedure, interview dos and don'ts, and Belgian management culture. In Young, single, new job, new country?, we look at the challenges transferees on their first assignments abroad— especially young, single expats—will face.

Presenting yourself
In our short series No resume? No problem... Penelope Brown offer tips on writing a CV, advising that you treat like a marketing campaign.

Women expats
Women expats are happier at work according to an Expatica survey of over 450 women living abroad, although opportunities for promotion and low wages continue to trouble women expats at work. According to Expatica's European employment survey, female expats based in Spain are the happiest, followed by Belgium and France. Expatica’s Employment & Trends channel covers specific issues faced by women working abroad in articles such as Women at work: Making and taking opportunities and Women on assignment: An evolutionary perspective.

Finding work back hime
Many expats have concerns when returning home that they might be less employable. In Returning home: Executive job opportunities Christian Pielow offers some useful advice.

European human resources news roundup
Our monthly updates from the Federation of European Employers (FedEE) inform on changes in EU employment law, key judgments from the European Court of Justice and national labour courts, income tax and pension reforms, pay agreements, company-level HR policies and trade union activities.

Job search
Don’t forget to use our job search function which lists a variety of jobs throughout the country.