According to a study on racial discrimination in the labour market imposed by Van Hoof, a Dutch minister of state, ethnic minorities are struggling with different problems when they are looking for a job. First, many foreign jobseekers aren’t master of the Dutch language and most of them left school without graduation. The second problem is the way by which immigrants search for work: they often use an employment agency, whereas employers seek their personnel via advertisements. At last, some employers don’t hire immigrants because in job interviews the cultural difference creates a barrier or because they want to avoid risks. Therefore, the researchers are convinced that language courses, improving the information about racial differences at work and dealing with the high rate of immigrant school leavers will reduce the racial gap.
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