Through Skills for Employment, IKEA offers people with a refugee background the opportunity to gain work experience in the Netherlands and to get to know IKEA Zwolle as an employer. You start in a paid job or work experience position (hours in consultation) at IKEA Zwolle in the Food and/or Logistics department (other departments are negotiable). You also work on your professional development such as professional language training and your next career step.

Practical issues

What can you expect from the Skills for Employment programme?

• You will follow professional language training (2 hours per week) for three months

• Intensive guidance on the work floor, including your own buddy and mentor

We are looking for you!

For Skills for Employment we are looking for the candidate profile below:

• You have refugee status

• You live in Zwolle (or surroundings)

• You want to get to know IKEA as an employer and have the ambition to work in the store

• You have a minimum language level of Dutch A2

• You are available 8 to 24 hours a week. Working days and times in consultation. NB; you also regularly work evenings and weekends

• You have a practical background. IKEA is looking for participants who would like to work in the retail sector and know how to tackle it. Retail experience is an advantage

• You like (light) physical work. IKEA is a large store, so as a participant you will walk a lot and will sometimes do (light) physical work such as moving a sofa, hanging a painting or collecting orders.

Interested?

Register no later than March 31, 2024 via the Refugee Talent Hub website.
IKEA is continuously recruiting candidates, the job opportunity is open until March 31, 2024.