Resettl - Career and Life in the Netherlands

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  When nobody knows who you are: reinventing your career in the Netherlands (with Carine Visagie) 02.09.2026 39min

  Nobody in Eindhoven knew who she was. Not her degree, not her company, not her twenty years as an award-winning journalist. Here is how she started again. This week Mirjam talks to Carine Visagie, journalist, digital content specialist and founder of Double Hyphen Creative, who moved from Cape Town to Eindhoven two years ago for her husband's work and rebuilt her professional and personal life from the ground up. Loved our conversation about being unseen in a new country, making friends when everyone else is already settled, forging your own path as a ZZP'er, what AI is doing to creative work, and the podcast she started: " Between Strangers" about the people who now call Eindhoven home from somewhere else. Chapters:00:00 From Cape Town to Eindhoven02:49 Why we moved, and what it cost06:13 You don't know what you don't know08:30 Can you make Dutch friends?11:40 Forging her own path14:19 The AI question for content pros18:14 Just arrived? Keep moving20:56 Freedom to reinvent your path23:33 Between Strangers: her podcast27:51 Loneliness is not being seen30:05 What's next, and permission not to know Mirjam and Corine are the coaches behind Resettl, your career partner for international professionals in the Netherlands.  Find Carine and her work: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carine-visagie/Learn more about Double-Hyphen Creative: https://doublehyphencreative.nl/Participate in the Between Strangers podcast series: https://doublehyphencreative.nl/betweenstrangers  Building a life and career in the Netherlands? Here's where to go next with Resettl: 🎓 Join our free webinar, where we unpack the Dutch job market live and answer your questions. Save your spot: https://resettl.nl/webinar/Ways to work with us:  Dutch Workplace Decoded is our online group program where we work on all of this together. A new group starts every two monthsCareer coaching and/or transition coaching in a 1:1 setting (online or offline) can be done through our Career partner and Concierge offers. E-mail us at [email protected] and we can plan a Call to talk about your personal dreams and ambitions  Questions or a topic you'd like us to cover? Find us on LinkedIn: Mirjam de Bakker https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirjamdebakker/andCorine van Dijk-den Ouden https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinevandijk-denouden/. We're happy to connect!
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  Does speaking Dutch really matter for your career? (with Jacky van der Starre - Speak Professional Dutch) 21.08.2026 39min

  You understand Dutch, but the moment you have to speak, you freeze. This one is for you.Mirjam and Corine sit down with Jacky van Der Starre, founder of Speak Professional Dutch and Taalstar and creator of the Spreekwafel app & Spreekwafel Circle eco-system , for a warm, practical conversation about the gap between knowing Dutch and daring to use it.Her philosophy is refreshingly simple: speak first, perfect later. Confidence does not come before speaking, it comes from it. We get into what even a few sentences of Dutch actually open up in your career, why Dutch colleagues switch to English on you and how to gently take the floor back, and Jacky sets a live challenge you can try yourself (see further down)Find Jacky and her work at Speak Professional Dutch:Download the 'Spreekwafel' appMore info on the Spreekwafel Circle communityThe Dutch sentence for you to practice:"Ik begrijp je punt, maar ik denk dat we het ook van een andere kant kunnen bekijken." (I understand your point, but I think we could also look at it from a different perspective.)Or, the short version if that feels more comfortable:"Hoe bedoel je?" (What do you mean?)Resettl:Building a life and career in the Netherlands? Here's where to go next:🎓 Join our free webinar, where we unpack the Dutch job market live and answer your questions. Save your spot: https://resettl.nl/webinar/🚀 Want to go deeper? Dutch Workplace Decoded is our online group program where we work on all of this together. A new group starts every two months, and the waiting list hears everything first: https://resettl.activehosted.com/f/49Questions or a topic you'd like us to cover? Find us on LinkedIn: Mirjam de Bakker (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirjamdebakker/) and Corine van Dijk-den Ouden (https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinevandijk-denouden/). We're happy to connect!
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  Trailer - Resettl origin story 21.08.2026

  Two coaches, one shared plot: we both built careers abroad, moved back to the Netherlands, and found that home no longer fit the people we had become. So we built Resettl, career partners for International professionals. Press play for the short version, then start with episode one for the whole story.
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  Two careers abroad, one company: how Resettl began 21.08.2026 15min

  Two coaches, one shared plot. After years of building careers abroad, from Karachi and Singapore to Geneva and the US, we both moved back to the Netherlands and found that home no longer fit the people we had become. In this first co-hosted episode we tell how a networking walk we were not supposed to keep talking on turned into Resettl, why a "fragmented" international CV is a treasure rather than a gap, and what our two lenses, HR and recruitment on one side, marketing and positive psychology on the other, let us spot that a single coach would miss. If your years abroad feel like something you keep having to explain away, start here.00:00 Coming home was its own move00:59 Meet Mirjam and Corine04:54 Why the two of us work06:48 Two lenses: HR and marketing08:00 The afternoon Resettl began11:04 From frustration to action13:58 Your years abroad are your superpowerBuilding a life and career in the Netherlands? Here's where to go next:1. 🎓 Join our free webinar, where we unpack the Dutch job market live and answer your questions. Save your spot: ⁠⁠⁠https://resettl.nl/webinar/ ⁠⁠⁠2. Questions or a topic you'd like us to cover? Find us on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠Mirjam de Bakker ⁠⁠⁠and ⁠⁠⁠Corine van Dijk-den Ouden⁠⁠⁠. We're happy to connect!
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  The 3 mistakes that keep hardworking internationals stuck in the Dutch job market 03.08.2026 15min

  You're not doing anything wrong. You're just doing more of the wrong thing - and in the Dutch job market, that gets exhausting.In this episode Mirjam walks through three patterns that quietly work against internationals job hunting in the Netherlands, and the small, slightly uncomfortable shifts that actually move things. Fewer applications, aimed better. One real conversation instead of ten cold clicks. And your international story told as a strength, not smoothed away.Chapters:00:00 Your experience is the superpower00:32 Who this show is for01:41 Three "mistakes" (really patterns)02:45 Mistake 1: numbers vs targeting05:20 Mistake 2: waiting to network07:00 Front door vs side door (via-via)09:13 Networking in real life10:22 Mistake 3: adapting too much12:15 What to do this week13:24 Who it's for + free webinar14:56 A small ask before you goIn this episode:- Why the numbers game loses to the targeting game - Why the "side door" of networking opens more often here than the front door, and how to do it without the cringe.- Why blending in is the opposite of what makes you hireable. Your difference is the point.Resettl is Mirjam and Corine — career partners for internationals building a life and career in the Netherlands, and for Dutch repats coming home. We've stood in your shoes.If this resonated, follow the show — we make it for you.Building a life and career in the Netherlands? Here's where to go next:1. 🎓 Join our free webinar, where we unpack the Dutch job market live and answer your questions. Save your spot: ⁠⁠https://resettl.nl/webinar/ ⁠⁠2. Questions or a topic you'd like us to cover? Find us on LinkedIn: ⁠⁠Mirjam de Bakker ⁠⁠and ⁠⁠Corine van Dijk-den Ouden⁠⁠. We're happy to connect!
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  Why finding a job in the Netherlands is harder than you think 08.07.2026 12min

  In this episode: It's 11pm and the inbox is still silent. Around application forty, you start to wonder if it's you. It isn't..... Building a life and career in the Netherlands? Here's where to go next:1. 🎓 Join our free webinar, where we unpack the Dutch job market live and answer your questions. Save your spot: ⁠https://resettl.nl/webinar/ ⁠2. 🚀 Want to go deeper? Dutch Workplace Decoded is our online group program where we work on all of this together. A new group starts every two months, and the waiting list hears everything first: ⁠waiting list⁠Questions or a topic you'd like us to cover? Find us on LinkedIn: ⁠Mirjam de Bakker ⁠and ⁠Corine van Dijk-den Ouden⁠. We're happy to connect!
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  Career & Life in The Netherlands - a short introduction 07.07.2026 2min

  🎯 In this episode: just a short introduction on what this podcast is about Building a life and career in the Netherlands? Here's where to go next:1. 🎓 Join our free webinar, where we unpack the Dutch job market live and answer your questions. Save your spot: https://resettl.nl/webinar/ 2. 🚀 Want to go deeper? Dutch Workplace Decoded is our online group program where we work on all of this together. A new group starts every two months, and the waiting list hears everything first: waiting listQuestions or a topic you'd like us to cover? Find us on LinkedIn: Mirjam de Bakker and Corine van Dijk-den Ouden. We're happy to connect!