experiences of a lifetime

Interested to read insights and stories about international work and life? Here you can learn from other Xelvin’ experiences. What their motivation in relocation was about and how they landed into their new life and work.

Eugene Mc Cauley – Blended into engineering!

Eugene arrived nearly a year ago in the Netherlands through one of our consultants, Diego. Eugene started off in the mechanical team at Trumpf, and then he was promoted to the commissioning team. He’s currently working on several exciting projects!

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Elvio Reveruzzi – Took the plunge and embraced new challenges abroad!

3 years ago, Elvio Reveruzzi moved to the Netherlands for a new endeavor: working for ASML. He has now taken his career to the next step and recently started working for Philips, a new environment and all new systems.

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Vitor Correia – From Portugal!

Vitor from Portugal is 29 years old and has studied mechanical engineering. After his Masters’ thesis in Germany, he decided to go back to his home country to work and travel. The idea of working abroad had been in the back of his mind for a long time. So finally, he decided to take the step and come to the Netherlands. After all, he already had a lot of friends here!

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Cristiano Oliveira – Decided to take his future to the next level!

Cristiano is an SAT engineer from Brazil with a background in physics, for which he studied in Portugal for 3 years. So, it’s not his first time working and living abroad! Cristiano now works for Trumpf in the Netherlands.

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Cody & Raadiya – All the way from South-Africa!

Cody and Raadiya came to the Netherlands to work for ASML and Trumpf. They both grew up in South Africa and studied mechatronic engineering. Cody had worked for multiple companies in the mechatronic and automotive sector, and he is now in the Netherlands with his wife, Raadiya! Raadiya spent most of her professional career at Siemens, and now she is here, working for Trumpf. Doing what she loves; engineering!

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Iván Alegre – An experience of a lifetime

Iván, from the Basque country in Nothern Spain, is now 25 years old and studied industrial engineering in Bilbao. After graduation, he decided to move to Germany for a year to do his master’s degree. After that, Iván went back to Spain and started looking for jobs. That’s when he heard about Xelvin!

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Sener Kaya – From Turkey!

Sener started working 4 months ago for ASML as an electrical integrator. Before he has worked in Turkey for 10 years, and he decided to come to the Netherlands. It seems like he made the perfect choice!

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George Papakosmas – Building his future in the Netherlands

George Papakosmas is an electronic engineer from Thessaloniki, Greece. He worked for 2 years in a Greek company and was responsible for services, updating and installing medical systems. But then realized he wanted something different, something bigger. So he took the plunge, and now he works for Trumpf in the Netherlands!

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Adam Moores – Took a life-changing opportunity

Adam Moores from the united Kingdom, has been living in Eindhoven for just over a year now. Adam worked as an engineer in the aircraft industry for 10 years before he moved to the Netherlands. And here he is now, working for Trumpf.

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Elsa & Nuria – New to the Netherlands and loving it!

In the midst of a global pandemic, Elsa Surroca van Zanten and Nura Labeaga Martinez moved to the Netherlands to embark on an international career. Newly qualified engineers, they were drawn to Eindhoven by the prospect of working or Dutch technology company, a global market and technology leader in high tech industry. Xelvin met with the pair (online of course) to talk about their experiences.

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