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Dutch students opt for beer: Heineken tops favourite employer list

May 31, 2016

Front of the Heineken Experience - a popular tourist attraction in AmsterdamDutch students would most like to work for beer giant Heineken, which has now toppled airline KLM from first place in the annual ranking compiled by employment consultancy Universum.

In total, nearly 20,000 students at 33 universities and hbo colleges were asked who they would like as an employer when they graduated. Google, Nike and Apple completed the top five.

Universum also looked at the results on a subject by subject basis and found law students would most like to work for the government, followed by law firm Loyens & Loeff.  Science students opt for the big tech firms while Heineken, KLM and Google  are most popular with business studies students.

Online retailers Bol.com and Coolblue are new entrants in the top 20.

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