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Brainport: a career gateway to Europe

Mr. Marc Jacobs

Project Manager Brainport Development

BRAINPORT IS ONE OF THE THREE PILLARS OF

THE DUTCH ECONOMY

Qualification/brand: smartest region

Triple helix

> Area: open innovation

ecosystem, R&D + manufacturing

BRAINPORT DEVELOPMENT: THE POWER OF

COOPERATION

Eindhoven The Hague Brussel

Brainport Foundation

Goal: to strengthen the unique ecosystem in

order to improve the international

competitiveness of Brainport Eindhoven

Region on a global scale

PEOPLE

BASICS

BUSINESS

TECHNOLOGY

BRAINPORT DEVELOPMENT

• More technicians and scientists

• More (starting) companies,

chains & networks

• More private and public R&D

• More attractive living climate

governments

knowledge

institutes /

universities

businesses /

industry

project

owners

BRAINPORT A HUB IN EUROPE

European destinations nearby: • Berlin, Germany: 560 km

• Paris, France: 360 km

• London, UK: 390 km

Major airports nearby: • Schiphol, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Distance: 120 km – 45.3 mln passengers

• Düsseldorf, Germany

Distance: 120 km – 19.0 mln passengers

• Brussels, Belgium

Distance: 130 km – 17.2 mln passengers

• Eindhoven Airport, the Netherlands

2.1 mln passengers

A long tradition of succesful innovations…

Continued today...

And smart specialised solutions for the future...

The Southeast of the Netherlands

accounts for 50% of whole Dutch

business R&D expenditure

LARGE INVESTMENTS IN R&D

Many research intensive companies

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THROUGH STRONG

AND INTERRELATED SUPPLY CHAINS

EXCELLENT PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE INFRASTRUCTURE

Top Research Institutes: • Dutch Polymer Institute

• Embedded Systems Institute

• Holst Centre

• TNO

• TNO Automotive

• TTAI

• ECN

• FOM

Presence of 3 universities: Alpha, Beta

and Gamma

• 50% of whole Dutch business R&D expenditure

• Highest patent density in Europe

• Many high tech start ups

• Keywords: open innovation and clustering

CAMPUSES FORM THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY FOR THE

OPEN INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM

AN OPEN AND INNOVATIVE ECOSYSTEM … excelling in tomorrows world-class clusters

Excelling in: Precision engineering, Micro electronics,

Mechatronica, Nano Technology, Optics & Analytics

CAREERS IN BRAINPORT

for:

Technicians, Bachelors, Masters, Phd’s,

Pdeng’s & Postdocs

Career opportunities: - Engineers (mechatronic,

mechanical, electrical, system,

software, CAD/CAM, etc.)

- Architects & Designers (thermal,

flow, gas, fluid, light)

- R&D scientists: physicists,

mathematicians, chemists,

computer scientists

Career opportunities: - Analytical chemists

- Chemical engineers

- Process engineers

- Material scientists

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Career opportunities: - Software (java) engineers

- CAD Engineers

- Electrical engineers

- Development engineers

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Career opportunities: - Engineers (Health, Mechanical,

Mechatronic, Electrical)

- Architects & Designers (thermal,

flow, gas, fluid, light)

- Cytotechnologists

- Research scientists

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Career opportunities: - Engineers (Food, Mechanical,

Mechatronic, Electrical)

- Food application technologists

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The power of cooperation 20 Career opportunities: - Strategic design consultants

- Product designers

- Human interface specialists

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AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

English

speaking

Career,

culture

&

leisure

Warm welcome

and happy stay

http://www.tno.nl/index.cfm

Finding a job in Brainport Eindhoven region (1)

• www.brainporttalentregion.com

• http://www.brainportindustries.com/

• http://www.hollandexpatcenter.com/

• https://www.facebook.com/HollandHighTechJobs

• http://www.linkedin.com/BICgroup

• Brainport Talent Centre (online in 2014)

Finding a job in Brainport Eindhoven region (2)

• Campuses:

- http://www.hightechcampus.com/

- http://www.htacampus.com/

- http://www.foodtechpark.nl/

- http://www.chemelot.nl

- http://www.maastrichthealthcampus.com/

- http://www.greenportvenlo.nl

- http://www.strijp-s.nl/

- http://www.tue.nl/en/university/about-the-university/tue-

science-park/ Examples of job boards:

http://www.careersinholland.com/; http://www.academictransfer.com/;

http://www.exposurejobs.com/; http://www.monsterboard.nl/; www.eurojobs.com/;

http://www.banenrijklimburg.nl/

Examples of recruitment agencies:

http://www.xelvin.com/; http://www.tmc.nl/; http://www.undutchables.nl/ ;

http://www.unique.nl/umls ; www.yacht.nl

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If you want to go fast, go alone If you want to go far, then let’s go together

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