Vote for an Expat Employer of the Year

If you would like to nominate your employer or another organization for this award, please note they must meet the following criteria:

• have more than twenty expats/internationals in employment
• have at least one office in the Netherlands;
• have been established in the Netherlands since before 2011; and
• have demonstrated outstanding commitment to their international/expat employees in one or more of the following areas:
  • Expat benefits and support services
  • Career development and opportunities
  • Educational opportunities
  • Language and integration support, and/or
  • Other

The voting/nomination process is as follows:

• We will publish longlist of 50 Expat Employers for which the website will go live 2nd half of January
• You, the community are invited to vote on these and send in new nominations not already listed, until the end of April (additions to the longlist will be at our discretion).
• Note that only 1 vote & 1 nomination per category and per email address can be submitted.
• Based on number of votes and nominations, we will shortlist 10 finalists per category the 1st week of May.
• Shortlist finalists will then be asked to send a video or prepare some other type of self-promotion.
• The independent jury will review these and choose the winners. The jury members are:
  

  • Maarten Bremer, Director, Intercultural Management & Communication at Royal Tropical Institute - Intercultural Professionals (chairman)
  • Julie E. Ruterbories, US Consul General to the Netherlands
  • Rick Scholten, Districtdirecteur International Clients Amsterdam at ABN AMRO
  • Serv Wiemers, Director Investment Climate & Promotion at NFIA
  • Lucie Cunningham, Runner Up Expat of the Year 2011
• Winners will be announced during the awards ceremony at Nyenrode Business University on Tuesday, 5 June 2012.

When voting or nominating, please don't forget to submit a motivational note that is as detailed as possible.  Finalists will be shortlisted partly based on this information.