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Living and working in Belgium

The Flemish public employment agency

The VDAB is the public employment service of Flanders. The official language is Dutch. If you are allowed to live and work in Belgium, the VDAB can help you in many ways.

• Finding a job and working in Flanders

There are also three other public employment services. Contact the service in the region where you live:

• ACTIRIS, responsible for the Brussels-Capital Region, official language: Dutch and French
• Le FOREM, responsible for the Walloon Region, official language: French
• ADG, responsible for the German Community, official language: German

Orientation year in Belgium for non-EEA graduates

If your residence permit in Belgium is based on your studies and after your graduation you wish to stay in Belgium to look for a job, you are eligible for a 12-months residence permit for an orientation year. During this year you have to actively look for a job. This can mean both finding a job with a (Belgian) company or setting up a business of your own (in Belgium).

• Apply for an orientation year

Useful websites

• Information about working in Belgium

• Information about working in Flanders

Working in Europe

• EURES: a European cooperation network of employment services, designed to facilitate the free movement of workers.
• Information about living and working conditions in Europe

Career Support

Peer-to-peer workshops

Feel like meeting up with other job seekers and learn from each other?

• Co-searching offers free workshops

Support for starting entrepeneurs

• VOKA support: the biggest Flemish network of enterprises

Exploring other options

Perhaps you are considering an extra study, a PhD, or going abroad?

• Discover all the possibilities
• Student counselling