Netherlands seeking skilled youths in high-tech jobs

bustling high-tech region in the south of the Netherlands is doing all it can to attract Europe’s smartest youngsters.

In these tough economic times, Eindhoven is turning out to be an eldorado for skilled young people looking for work.

Many companies are looking for young workers with specific technical skills.

That’s the case of high-tech manufacturer Smits Machinefabriek.

Twenty-two year old Inigo Novoa, a technical engineer from Spain, got a work contract with Smits a few months ago after completing a traineeship.

“I have lots of friends here and I know people in Spain who want to come here because, if you want to learn and if you want to be somebody, you get the opportunity here, that’s for sure,” says Inigo.

The company invests above all in its employees.

It has two workers devoted to training young people.

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