Get a job
As a leisure expert, you may take up a career in large enterprises in the cultural and leisure sectors, consultancy and engineering agencies, property developers, sports associations, event organisations or state, provincial and local authorities.
Career examples
Examples of possible professions and employers are:
- Leisure policy developer at for example local and regional authorities (Breda, Noord-Brabant)
- Consultant at for example engineering and consultancy offices (Grontmij, DHV, Berenschot)
- Academic and applied researcher at for example universities, SCP or W.J.H. Mulier institute
- Lecturer at for example NHTV, ROC’s
- Project manager at for example large events, exhibitions, leisure project developers, banks
- Staff member (sport) federations at for example NOC*NSF, cultural foundations, exhibitions
Labour Market Prospects
In the 'Keuzegids HBO 2012' (information is in Dutch) you can find an indication of the labour market prospects for recent graduates (average starter salary and percentage of unemployed among recent graduates). For the professional leisure programmes, the starter salary of recent graduates amounts to € 1,811,- a month before taxes. Approximately 66% of the graduates have found a full-time job at bachelor level. No figures are available yet for the academic bachelor in International Leisure Sciences programme as the first students have started in 2009. However, because of the growing demand for academically trained professionals in the area of leisure, graduates can be confident that they will find a job with excellent career prospects.
