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CV Writing: Giving up before you even start?

...they have to in order to look for a (new) job. Yet it’s a fact of life for many of us that at one time or ... reason or another). It’s just time to go. So we either dust off our old CV and give it the onceover or look...

Skype Meetings: You Can’t Run and You Can’t Hide

...clients because it was on the phone and they didn’t have to see my face’. And ‘I find it hard to have to ... while letting others do most of the talking.’ Or ‘It’s just weird having to look into a screen all the...

Blue-green infrastructure – Smart and Sustainable

...infrastructure and why is it important? Learn about smart and sustainable infrastructure. Is it really possible ... Programme What is blue-green infrastructure and why is it important? David Brassfield, NFGI Green roofs today...

Article Working in Norway Mar. 25 2019 Streaming

Networking Nerves: Is the Tip Included?

...anyone there, what will I do during the breaks?’ It turned out she was dreading the thought of having ... one-point list: ask someone a question That’s it? That’s it. To illustrate in the above case, use one of...

Integration in Norway: Mimicking or mocking a foreign accent?

...over the top dramatic (read: ridiculous)? First: It happened again just yesterday. Hearing the doorbell ... over the top dramatic (read: ridiculous)? First: It happened again just yesterday. Hearing the doorbell...

How/Why Should You Write a CV Summary?

What’s a Summary? In Norway I’ve been told that it’s a section that should include your key skills that ... world, it seems we have a slightly different approach to writing a Summary. That is, while it’s good to...

Your job search: How to show how smart you are?

...you need to show other people that you’re smart? It’s okay if you do (we all do). Especially when you’re ... you need to show other people that you’re smart? It’s okay if you do (we all do). Especially when you’re...

Health, environmental and life science

Health, environmental and life science Articles and webinars Do you work or are you interested in health, environment or life science? ... opportunities, and inspiring professional debate. Check it out!...

Take your seat at the table – become a trade union member

...for our members wherever they work. We’re good at it, and almost never go on strike. That’s why we’re ... salary increases, reorganizations or even lay-offs, it pays to have a union representative in the room.

Leave of absence

...receive cash benefits while they are on certain types of leave. Several employers provide benefits that are ... receive their full salary during parental leave. It is common for the employer to pay the difference...

You’re not safe from attacks on your home office – and have to take this stuff seriously!

...for people who become victims of cybercriminals, it doesn’t make any difference where the attack comes ... Unfortunately, I think that many still believe that «it won’t happen to me», or «I’m not a celebrity, so...

Thinks people don’t know what they ought to be earning

It’s been a tough year for many industries, but some have managed to do well in spite of it. One example ... example is people working in IT, who’ve had a lot to do in 2020. Aktuelt -What’s exciting is that we’ve...

Downsizing: How to prepare yourself for a meeting if you’ve been dismissed

...conducted and how you can best prepare yourself for it. drøftingsmøte,nedbemanning Råd og tips What’s this ... disadvantage to you of being dismissed. That’s why it’s important that you express every bit of information...

International and Nordic cooperation

The professional network Tekna Norwegian Association of Surveyors represents Norway ... Surveyor – professional interests in the European Union; it currently has 35 member countries. Nordic cooperation...

Digital spare parts supply in the energy sector

...model makes it possible to move from a linear supply chain to digital supply network. The benefits are many ... ecosystem approach. Operators need to validate the benefits and safety. Vendors must be convinced that offering...

Article Energibloggen Sept. 15 2021 Streaming

Dismissal in the public sector

...specific rules that apply to civil servants. What does it take for an employer to terminate employment? Dismissal ... mentioned above, it is not considered justified if the employer can offer you other tasks. It is a prerequisite...

Can my employer refuse to give me overtime pay?

...in data technology. He’s been offered a job at an IT company with a good salary and terms of employment ... from the laws on overtime pay. «Thomas» asks if it’s correct that he as a recent graduate can be considered...

CV/Cover Letter Writing Tips: Experience never gets old

...them. This is because ‘old’ is a loaded word, isn’t it? Implying that someone has become tired and lacks ... because of their age, which is not only not fair – it’s not legal. As am sure you already knew.) Yet even...

Changes to home office laws finally passed

...being positive to this idea. - At the same time, it’s important that working remotely is voluntary. You ... to use these regulations as cost-saving measures. It’s also important that these regulations don’t call...

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Your LinkedIn Summary: Be Smart, Write Smart

...extra pressure Put rather bluntly, but there you have it. Many heads nodded in agreement. So I went on and ... wording doesn’t help your cause. In fact, it does the opposite. It makes you look fake and like you can’t...

A Few Thoughts on a Foreigner’s Comfort Zone

...short motivational talk on among other things why it’s important for us to get out of our ‘Comfort Zone’ ... short motivational talk on among other things why it’s important for us to get out of our ‘Comfort Zone’...

How to Break My Language Barrier

...education and skill – so that’s not the issue. Rather, it’s one of communication – perhaps they’re at that linguistic ... time they head out the door at the end of the day. It’s now early morning at the office coffee machine:...

The experts’ best advice on how you should combine your home office and personal life

...between work and leisure can easily become blurred. It’s a challenge for many of us to be so organized that ... this is to be very conscious of how you organize it. – As long as you don’t have a full day of meetings...

Monument to Northern Lights research

...his travels to Vardø to study the passage of Venus. It was the first scientific expedition to northern Norway ... alongside Prestvannet, a lake lying high above the city; it’s here the monument stands as well. Birkeland claims...