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Business Emails: Using a Format to Clear Up Your Writing Style

...having written to their contact with (a) question(s). It can take several rounds of … business communication ... having written to their contact with (a) question(s). It can take several rounds of back-and-forth emails...

Article Working in Norway June 14 2019

Competitive Conversation: Fighting the Phone

What is it with people and their phones? Picture the scene: You’re at a big work-related dinner in a ... skills,working in norway, Working in Norway What is it with people and their phones? Picture the scene:...

Article Working in Norway Feb. 12 2018

LinkedIn: Tell the Truth (Please), Part Two

It happened again. Call me an overly critical, detail-oriented resumé reader, but certain claims made ... work experience in this one-page stylized format. ‘It’ in this … CV writing skills,English language skills...

Article Working in Norway Aug. 28 2017

Recent statistics show that I’m earning less than others at my job level. What can I do?

...increase in awhile. But sometimes there’s more to it. Maybe the way you’re doing your job shows some flaws ... assistance and a lot more, it pays to join Tekna. Join Tekna Beige Cta It isn’t easy to correct your...

Article Råd og tips Feb. 5 2025

Are You Working in Norway…or Wanting to Work in Norway?

"The Norwegian Model" and your rights with regard to it. Program: Working in Norway. How does The Norwegian ... important here? How to be temporarily employed – How is it different from other types of employment? What are...

Article Working in Norway Dec. 13 2022 Streaming

Check out Tekna’s new online store

...and clothes on our online store – and best of all, it’s easy to order things there. Our store offers competitive ... example buy active wear with the Tekna logo, and it won’t cost more than wherever else you shop. In Tekna...

Article Aktuelt Mar. 3 2021

Employee suspension

...situation. So if you’re a manager, you might find it difficult to have this employee at work while their ... company union representative should be present at it to help the employee if needed. If no such meeting...

Article Råd og tips Feb. 26 2021

Will your pension be enough for retirement?

...receive higher pension benefits. This pension plan is important for your future, and if it won’t pay out enough ... depends first and foremost on the amount of money it saves for you. Contribution rates in the public sector’s...

Article Råd og tips June 9 2022

Is your CV missing this information?

It’s not just showing where you’ve worked that’s important in a CV. Including a paragraph where you describe ... this time from an employer’s point of view. Does it look like someone you’d hire? If you’re unsure about...

Article Råd og tips Dec. 17 2021

Module 4 – How to stay relevant as an employee in the future of work

...career plan while others make it up as they go along. But no matter what, it’s important for all of us to ... change jobs in order to make smart career moves. It can be a good idea to look into opportunities at...

Article Råd og tips Apr. 6 2022

Older Job Seekers: The Painful Need to Leave Your Past Behind

...have formed us into the individuals we are today, it’s hard to leave out large numbers of them when telling ... have formed us into the individuals we are today, it’s hard to leave out large numbers of them when telling...

Article Working in Norway Apr. 12 2021

Why You Should Say ‘Sorry’ at Work

...but to my surprise others really had a problem with it. Why, they asked, should I say this when I’m not ... anything wrong? What do I have to be sorry about? It turned out they were directly translating ‘å beklage’...

Article Working in Norway June 3 2017

How to Answer the Interview Question: “So, how long do you plan on staying here?”

...misunderstandings arise, there are two ways of looking at it. Let’s take the darker one first, which says that ... how long you will stay in the job should you get it. Additionally, there’s a subtext here implying that...

Article Working in Norway May 19 2017

What’s your look on ‘Link’?

...way. But it isn’t always just their words that need looking at. A pro photo? Nah, I’d say it’s the photo ... LinkedIn profiles. Figuring maybe that if it looks good in one place, it’ll look good in the other. Out of touch...

Article Working in Norway Mar. 19 2020

Job Seekers: Can you write less and get more?

...definition says that it was first used in 1947 by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It was what he felt ... definition says that it was first used in 1947 by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It was what he felt...

Article Working in Norway May 31 2019

Avoid these mistakes in your annual salary review

...reviews take place will vary, but that as a member it is a good idea to ask for a review before the pot ... bosses convene reviews of this type, in which case it will be up to you to ask for a meeting,” she says...

Article Råd og tips Dec. 4 2025

Salary survey

...forms the basis for one of your most important member benefits: salary statistics. These statistics are just ... credibility and usefulness in salary negotiations, it’s important that as many members as possible participate...

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Relationships Working for You?

...people with whom you have some sort of connection, be it biological and/or emotional. Parents, siblings, partner ... people with whom you have some sort of connection, be it biological and/or emotional. Parents, siblings, partner...

Article Working in Norway Apr. 30 2019

No need to delete: How to write about ‘old’ jobs in your new job search

Did you know that it’s standard practice to not list jobs you’ve had more than ten years ago on your ... designer. See how this works? The past is never dead. It’s not even past (W. Faulkner). So you should never...

Article Working in Norway Feb. 2 2021

Hate Your CV? Try Some TLC

(tender loving care) with the words until you like it. business English,CV writing skills,English writing ... that what she was seeing wasn’t really her because it seemed put on and fake. I wrote back and asked her...

Article Working in Norway Oct. 29 2019

Are you (at all) interested in what you do at work?

I’d talked about how it was important to practice giving your ‘opening speech’, as it were, to someone you’d ... out, it should sound natural and not robotic. Of course, I replied. But if you don’t practice it beforehand...

Article Working in Norway Apr. 29 2018

Saves over NOK 30,000 a year by being a Tekna member

...alone. It’s gotten more expensive to live in Norway in 2022; we have bigger expenses, and so it’s natural ... rate difference sounds so little; but over a year, it grows to be quite a lot. This means that she’s saving...

Article Sept. 15 2022

Terms of employment for PhD candidates

Already completed PhD programs can be deducted. It is possible to agree on a part time position, with ... teaching, supervision and assessment/examination work. It is the employer’s responsibility that the rules of...

Article Råd og tips Mar. 16 2021

Have your employment contract reviewed

...legal and strategic point of view before signing it. Both legislation and collective bargaining agreements ... trial period is over or making sure that any extra benefits you were promised during your job interview actually...