Getting a Job in the Netherlands is Much Harder for Ethnic Minority Students

By: Together Abroad 08-08-2016 11:58 AM
Categories: * Daily employment news,
Ethnic minority students with an MBO college diploma or HBOcollege degree find it much harder to get a job than native Dutch graduates, according to new reserach by Maastricht University.
70,000 graduates were part of the research. The research team looked at their success rate and found second generation minority students were three times as likely to be jobless than their Dutch peers. Even with identical qualifications, minority youths found it much harder to get a job, Niewsuur reported.
Earlier research had indicated that ethnic minority youths tend to opt for studies that donot directly lead to a job, but that is not the case, the research team said. ‘Even in the technology sector (where there is a shortage of qualified labour) there is a large difference in job opportunities’, research leader ChristophMeng told Nieuwsuur. Nor is the education level of the student’s parents, where they come from, their marks or their work experience an issue, he said. ‘Some people would say discrimination is the only option left, but our research does not look at discrimination, only a persistent disadvantage’, said Meng.

Source: www.dutchnews.nl

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