rh_nl said:
being able to speak to you in the language of the land is a reasonable request.

 

Absolutely - and thankfully I can do so.

 

My concern was in the wording "NATIVE Dutch Speaker" which suggests something entirely different - ie that they only want Dutch candidates, not Dutch speaking non-Dutch candidates.

 

 

Ah well, I'll let this one drop as it likely won't be resolved.

 

  

OK, so slanging matches & name calling aside - I'm still none the wiser on this issue. My assumption is that the employer was discriminating against non-native Dutch speakers (but Dutch speakers nevertheless) in favour of native Dutch speakers... ie "we only want proper Dutchies, not foreigners who have learned the language".

An English language job advert is specifying "Native Dutch Speaker". Sorry, but I don't see the difference between this and "we only want a Dutch person".

 

A number of people have replied to the LinkedIn thread asking about the role but are all being fobbed off with the same answer. To me they're simply attempting to get around the legal issue of stating that they only want a particular nationality (which I always thought IS illegal).

 

 

Is specifying "Native Dutch Speaker" (as opposed to Dutch Speaker) actually legal or not?

For your magazines (especially the Dutch ones, but English also OK) - hospitals are always very grateful to receive them. You won't get paid for them, but a better way to recycle them than just dumping them in the papierbak.

At least someone else will benefit from them.

http://www.vca.nu/english/index.html


Vrijwilligerscentrale Amsterdam (Volunteer Centre Amsterdam) might be a good place to start - I'm currently involved in 3 separate volunteer projects I found through their website whilst there a few 'proper' jobs around at the moment to keep me gainfuly employed.