A biochemistry major at university, Goedhart worked as an engineer at a polyester fiber manufacturing plant after graduating. In 1979, he began what was to be a 31-year career as a public servant by taking a job with the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs. His work eventually took him to Paris, where he spent the six years immediately prior to his assignment to the NTIO in Taiwan.
大學主修生物化學的胡浩德，畢業後曾在聚酯纖維廠擔任工程師，1979 年，他進入荷蘭經濟部工作，展開長達 31 年的公職生涯，在擔任荷蘭駐台貿易暨投資辦事處代表之前，他也曾經派駐巴黎 6 年。