Locuri de munca in Olanda

Pentru cei interesati, va anunt neoficial ca saptamana viitoare va avea loc la sala polivalenta o noua editie a targului intitulat Bursa locurilor de munca in strainatate, de data acesata Olanda fiind tara de destinatie si se pun la bataie circa 350 de posturi disponibile pentru diverse domenii de activitate. Se cauta atat proaspat absolventi, cat si lucratori cu experienta pentru domenii precum asistenti medicali si personal de ingrijire in cadrul spitatelor, lucratori in constructii si intretinere cladiri, gradinari si lucratori intretinere parcuri si spatii verzi pe domeniul public, bucatari si personal auxiliar pentru restaurante, baruri si cafenele, cameriste pentru hoteluri de 3, 4 si 5 stele, receptioneri pentru hoteluri si pensiuni si turismul agrorural, dar si personal pentru domeniile call center cu limba franceza, olandeza si daneza, operatori facturare in hypermarket, farmacisti si biochimisti in cadrul catorva fabrici de produse de uz medical.

Programul bursei de joburi este de luni pana vineri intre orele 9 si 18, iar intrarea este libera. Exista sali amenajate special pentru interviuri si spatii de consiliere. De asemenea exista un birou de informatii pentru cei interesati sa depuna direct cv-urile catre angajatorii olandezi.

Ca cerinte, sau mai bine zis indicatii de participare, cei care trec pragul targului sunt rugati sa detina o carte de identitate si un cv, in cel putin 7-8 exemplare pe hartie si de asemenea in format electronic. Pentru absolventii de studii superioare, este indicat sa aiba asupra lor diplomele de licenta sau de master dupa caz. Subliniez ca exista la targ, ca de fiecare data, o serie de angajatori care solicita certificari ale diplomelor. Vizele se obtin de la CNRED (Centrul National de Recunoastere si Echivalare a Diplomelor) de pe langa Ministerul Educatiei Nationale. In anumite cazuri se poate cere si apostilarea acestor diplome in original, iar vizarea CNRED este oricum utila, fiind o conditie pentru obtinerea apostilei.  Deci ar fi timp sufficient saptamana aceasta sa va ocupati de obtinerea vizelor daca intentionati sa mergeti la targul de joburi.

In cursul zilei de vineri va aparea si anuntul oficial al targului si comunicatul de presa care va contine toate detaliile. Daca sunteti jurnalisti puteti obtine acreditarea de presa de la biroul organizatorului, care se va afla la parter, chiar in fata intrarii.

Foarte important pentru proaspetii absolventi care cauta un loc de munca in strainatate este ca aceasta este singura editie de iarna, urmatoarea fiind in vara imediat dupa terminarea anului universitar. Daca vreti sanse mai mari de a prinde un post de munca in Olanda si sa evitati concurenta suplimentara din vara, dupa ce o noua transa de absolventi intra pe piata muncii, acum este cea mai buna ocazie sa profitati de ofertele de la bursa de munca.

Mare 12: Well . . .

So it's the last day of Mare and I wrote exactly 0 words. Must be a new world's record. But we got the book plotted and I know what the last scene is (that's HUGE in fiction) and we all had a wonderful time. And now I'm heading south to Doom Boy and image coaching, and not a moment too soon for the image coaching.

Must go pack. And get my speech notes together. And finish the laundry. And find out why the cat is sitting on the basement steps, staring at me malevolently. Bob looks at me like that. So does Eileen, for that matter. Hmmmm.

Oh and Mare is due in April, so you'll be hearing more. But for the next week, I'm going to be over on He Wrote She Wrote correcting Bob's interpretation of things. It's a full time job.

Mare 8: Lots of Good Work

Well, we've been working our Triple Goddess butts off here and getting a lot done. We've worked out a starting structure, figured out a fantastic climax, had lunches with editors, and managed not to kill each other, although I think both Eileen and Krissie are tired of hearing, "When Bob and I do this . . . "

It's a very different process we're doing, but there are some similarities, mostly in the way I annoy them, too. Eileen and I had lunch here in the Village with Jen Enderlin, our fabulous editor (Krissie of the multiple publishers was off having lunch with a different editor), in a great little French bistro (and yes, I AM the luckiest woman in the world, don't think I don't know it) and Jen said she's going to market the book as a novel, not an anthology, which is exactly what it is since the stories are interwoven and interlinked. I am SO excited about this book, about the story and the way it's being written.

One thing I've learned from writing with Bob (Krissie and Eileen moan in the background) is that writing with somebody else forces you to move outside your comfort zone and try new things. And while Krissie and Eileen and I have much the same value systems, we have very different voices and story worlds. So this will be a book about three women who really are three different women because they're written by three different women, plus I'm going to have to accomodate my plotting to theirs, so it'll all be new. I'm jazzed.

Another way this is similar to the work I do with Bob is that we disagree, occasionally heatedly, but it's never about who has the most words or about ego, it's always about what's best for the book. Eileen and I were going round about structure, and she said, "If we do it that way, we'll lose readers." I didn't agree, but it's the kind of argument that's about the best way to tell the book, not about who gets her way. And Krissie the peacemaker says, "Let's try it both ways."

Which is funny because she's writing Lizzie, the peacemaker middle sister. Eileen is writing Dee, the caring, efficient, bossy older sister who mothers everybody (have you MET Eileen?). I'm writing the reckless, distracted, impulsive, erratic, really annoying younger sister. Funny that their characters are so reflective of their personalities and mine is nothing like me.

So tonight Eileen is going to see O'Neill because if you're Irish in New York and O'Neill is playing someplace you have to go. I'm staying in because if you're German in New York and O'Neill is playing someplace, you'd rather be dragged through a hedge backwards than go. And Krissie's staying in with me, so we're going to work on our homework (Eileen's is done already, of course, and made into packets) and then send out for pizza when Eileen gets home.

Really a lovely night in NYC. Nothing but good times ahead.