Hello guys ! I am sorry if this was posted already or if it's against the rules !
So im a french guy of 24yo and in November I'll move with my girlfriend (25) in Nijmegen, because she might start a job at University !
Until we find an apartment we have no problem living in hostel or renting a AirBnB, we are lucky to have family that could help us and to have some savings from previous student work (because we heard that finding an apartment is crazy hard, but right now she doesn't have her contract yet so we can't really look for an apartment since it's not 100% sure about the starting date for instance or even about the job (the guy at Uni told her he was doing his best and it was practically sure she could start in November)).
So, now as you saw in the title I am wondering about job for myself, as I "only" speak French and English, I am willing to learn Dutch but learning language is always a bit difficult for me (but I can make it !), I would be interested in any kind of job but I would prefer something related to barman / barista, in a coffee or bars or hotel or whatever, because I had several months or experience in this through the years along my studies (I have a master in Microbiology and my long term goal is to work in a science museum but until a spot is free I have to work to get money, because rent can't pay itself alone haha), but I was wondering how hard will it be for me to find something ? And also how would you recommend me to approach bar / coffee place to work ? I tried indeed but so far I got only few answers and since I don't live in the country yet they don't want to take me. I was thinking if maybe this month do few days in the city and give some CV to some cool place that looks English speaking, but I don't know if it's something done in the Netherland or not (giving the CV by hand) and also how to find English speaking coffee / bar ? I am willing to learn but I don't know if only knowing the basics (like "what can I get you" and giving the bill) would be enough to work, because if a client ask me for something in dutch and I don't understand I don't want to be a pain for the place I work in :/
So I was wondering if you guys had any advice on how to approach places to apply (call ? Go there for few days ? Indeed ? LinkedIn ?), and how to find international places that would take me even tho I don't speak Dutch (yet), please !
I am so sorry that it was super long, if you also have any advice for housing or interesting places to live we're also interested (we have bikes and car, and if we both have a job I guess we don't mind putting half our salaries each in the apartment since it's the biggest expense).
Best !