Work in the Netherlands can actually be really different from work in other countries, but that has something to do with the Dutch mentality. People are really direct here, being a Dutchie you mostly don’t even realize it until other people point it out, whereas in some countries criticism or other expressions will be a bit ‘sugar-coated’ or more like beating around the bush.
That too! But for example I was planning on going to the US (didn’t work out eventually but still) and I was told to put a picture of myself on my CV wearing a collared shirt. Like people here sometimes actually use selfies on their CV