At Sweco, they celebrate and get inspired by the differences
After speed dating sessions, interviews, a personality test and a skills test, Shadi recently started working as a civil engineer at Sweco
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Salam: “I know that nothing is impossible in the Netherlands.”
Salam was 18 when he fled Syria in 2015 and came to the Netherlands. First, he lived with his older brother in Amstelveen. A few months later he moved to Tiel. In the beginning it was strange and difficult because suddenly he was all alone.
MEET Annemiek & Dorien about the vision, inclusion and diversity
Annemiek and Dorien are at the helm of NewBees. A diverse club, where everyone is passionately committed to an equal and inclusive Netherlands. How do they do this?
Meet NewBees’ topper Osama
Before joining NewBees, Osama applied to several jobs at companies that did not hire him because he was a refugee. At NewBees everything went easily.
It is important to think in solutions”, says Lara, Matcher at NewBees
Before coming to the Netherlands, Lara worked ten years as a lawyer in Syria. Her capacity to think in solutions and her perseverance make her an ideal NewBees matcher.
Give newcomers a chance
Shatha comes from Palestine and has been living in the Netherlands for five years, with her three children. She rather talks about what is possible than complain about …
“I am happy that I can offer the guidance that I didn’t receive.”
Meet Helen, our team coordinator in Rotterdam. As a little girl, she came with her family from Eritrea. On the brink of 2019, she set up our location …
“I am happy that I can offer the guidance that I didn’t receive.” Read More »
Contribute to an environment in which everyone can get the best out of themselves
At NewBees we work every day to create an inclusive society in which there is room for every talent.
NewBees at Work: Learning Dutch among children at De Faam
Qin works at the practical school De Faam in Zaandam. Her matcher Gert says: “I see the enthusiasm in her eyes”.
Matcher Gert: “Whenever I talk about NewBees I start to radiate”
MEET Gert. Our matcher in Zaanstad. He has lived in the Zaan region since ’88 and therefore knows it like no other. As the end of working life …
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