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Advanced Strategies for Promotions

How to become a leader as an expat in the Netherlands

Getting promoted as an expat can be hard

Before you give up and assume promotions are reserved for unicorns or privileged insiders, take a look at this course.

The rest of us can rise too.

If you’ve ever felt that promotions in Dutch companies are only for the “locals” or the well-connected, think again. This course shows how expats can rise, lead, and thrive on their own terms.

Learn the rules, play smart, and get there

This is you

Underappreciated

You work hard to get promoted, yet still it's not enough. You get skipped or there is never the right opportunity available for you.

Not selected

You apply internally,  yet despite relevant experience, you still get rejected, and even sometimes external candidates get selected instead. 

Expat

You think expats hardly ever get promoted, and the locals promote their own rather than an international. You feel like a second-class citizen.

Here's how we can help

Advanced Strategies

You will get insights into real strategic actions, cultural unspoken norms, perspectives from the other side of the table, the hiring manager table.

Succeed in your career

After completing the course, you'll have everything you need to succeed: practical tools and a set of behaviours to implement right away.

Promotion

Not only will you earn promotions, you’ll be offered new roles once you understand how Dutch leaders recognize potential and reward trust.

About this course

No fluff

Our video lectures give you guided hands-on practice so you can quickly learn by doing, not just watching.

Practical focused

The course focuses on real-conversations with real people and gives you practical actions to take to progress your career.

Self-Paced

Life is busy and this course is designed for you to fit it around your work, studies, family and other responsibilities.

What You’ll Learn

Conversational Influence

Dutch Cultural Intelligence

Proven Practices

Promotions Strategy

Behind the scenes 

Salary Negotiation 

Gina Tandara

Gina Tandara

I got promoted 3 months after applying these techniques!! Very easy to understand and implement, simple logical steps and actions. I was offered a role without speaking Dutch.

Advanced Strategies for Promotions

I've done it and so can you!

About your trainer

Roxana Moldoveanu

Roxana is a career strategist, mentor, and coach who helps ambitious international professionals build fulfilling careers in the Netherlands.

With over 13 years of experience leading supply chain departments in pharma, biotech, and IT, Roxana knows the Dutch workplace from the inside out.

But she also knows what it's like to navigate it as an expat: the culture shock, the pressure of being the only foreigner in the room, and the challenge of starting over in a new country.

After nearly 15 years in the Netherlands, Roxana has built a career and life she loves.

Through her coaching practice, she's helped countless internationals land jobs, thrive in Dutch work environments, and step into leadership roles.

Meet our students

It is such a beautifully put together journey. I love the fact that it is made from the perspective of someone who is also an international.

Bhargavi Radhakrishnan

Founder, Goldenray Ventures

I'm so grateful to DWCS, before I felt like a complete outsider, now I've made friends with some of colleagues and I feel so much happy.

Gina Tanadara

Project Manager

I just had to tell you! Thanks to the course I went for a promotion at work and got it! Not just a better salary but also more respect from my colleagues.

Gabriela Elena

Demand Planner

Meet our students

It is such a beautifully put together journey. I love the fact that it is made from the perspective of someone who is also an international.

Bhargavi Radhakrishnan

Founder, Goldenray Ventures

I'm so grateful to DWCS!  Before I felt like a complete outsider; now I got promoted and I feel so much happier and valued at work.

Gina Tanadara

Project Manager

I just had to tell you! Thanks to the course I went for a promotion at work and got it! Not just a better salary but also more respect from my colleagues.

Gabriela Elena

Demand Planner

What you'll get inside the course

  • Instant Lifetime access to video course & updates lectures, reading materials, multimedia elements, and interactive activities
  • Skills Test & Practice Exams
  • Access to course community social groups
  • Access to webinars and networking options
  • Lifetime course updates  
  • Certificate of Completion issued by Dutch work Culture School  
  • Support & Coaching options for job seekers  
  • Priority listing for DWCS candidates with our partner companies

Exclusive Participant Only Bonus: Join Our Talent Pool

As a Dutch Work Culture School member, you can choose to be added to our candidate talent pool. Through our recruitment agency, we connect selected candidates with open positions across our partner network.

87%

Integration Success

Research shows 87% of expats who understand Dutch work culture report faster career progression in the Netherlands.

6 months

Time Saved

The average international professional takes 12-18 months to decode Dutch workplace norms. Cut that time in half.

#1

Career Barrier

Cultural misunderstanding is the #1 reason international talent leaves Dutch companies within 2 years. Let's prevent that.

 

A proven investment that pays off

Applying the tools taught in this course.

100% of our clients got promoted  with an average €10K yearly salary increase.

Limited Launch Offer

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  • Regular price 1120

    • 55 on demand lessons & handouts
    • 90-minute 1:1 Career Strategy Session
    • Free 2026 course updates + mobile app
    • Templates & Leadership Handbook
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    • 55 on demand lessons & handouts
    • 90-minute 1:1 Career Strategy Session
    • Free 2026 course updates + mobile app
    • Templates & Leadership Handbook
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    • 90-minute 1:1 Career Strategy Session
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Frequently Asked Questions

On average, people finish the course within 4 to 6 weeks. The average person spends about 20-60 minutes on the course at a time, a few times per week. This is a completely self-paced course, so you get to decide when you start and when you finish.

Our courses come with lifetime access. After enrolling, you’ll have unlimited access to the entire course. You can speed through it or take as long as you need, and you’ll always be able to look back to refresh on concepts even once you’re on the job.

Our courses help internationals succeed in Dutch workplaces, even if you're new to the culture. We don’t just teach theory. You learn exactly how to communicate, interview, and behave the Dutch way so you feel confident in real situations. This works whether you arrived recently or have been here for years. See how others got hired and finally felt at home by exploring our student stories.

This course can be done from any device with internet access, however, it is easier from a computer.

We stand by the quality of our courses and have seen enough success from our students that we’re confident that anyone who puts in the effort can learn the skills and land a job. We do not offer refunds, so please make sure you're determined to do the necessary work before making the investment.

You can pay in full or choose a payment plan option at checkout. Either way, you receive lifetime access to the course.