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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...
Article Working in Norway Sept. 30 2019 -
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.
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Hot job market for STEM graduates
...technology, engineering and math) subjects is the hottest it’s been in a long time. In fact, five months after ... Solli thinks that when recruiting starts so early, it’s a sign that there’s stiff competition among organizations...
Article Aktuelt Feb. 25 2022 -
Module 2 – Figure out what you want to do
...have a job you like, you’ll be more productive at it. You’ll probably also feel a strong sense of mastery ... jobs that may appear interesting on the surface, it’s important to ask yourself if they’re the right ones...
Article Råd og tips Mar. 31 2022 -
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...
Article Aktuelt Dec. 21 2020 -
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...
Article Råd og tips Feb. 24 2022 -
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...
Article Aug. 17 2023 -
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...
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Tekna’s 2020 Salary Statistics
This year has been unlike any other coming before it. Tekna’s salary statistics shows that this ‘year ... year of huge salary increases. At the same time, it’s important that the companies which have seen good...
Article Aktuelt Dec. 22 2020 -
Conference Speakers: Do they ever learn?
...important or powerful a person is, the more difficult it is for them when they lose their power or importance’ ... important or powerful a person is, the more difficult it is for them when they lose their power or importance’...
Article Working in Norway Jan. 28 2016 -
‘Why didn’t I get the job?’: Our Need for Post-Interview Answers
Even though it took place a good many years ago, I still remember my first interview in Norway. I had ... workplace,interview skills, Working in Norway Even though it took place a good many years ago, I still remember...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 7 2021 -
What are your rights when either you or your children get sick?
...change? Have a solid plan and work as a team, because it’s bad enough when your child’s sick. Focus on the ... your child. Call during your lunch hour and ask how it’s going, and try to go home an hour earlier, even...
Article Råd og tips June 2 2023 -
Salary settlement in Akademikerne Health
Negotiations in Akademikerne Health Akademikerne Health (Helse) is ... Akademikerne’s negotiating committee in the hospital sector; it enters into central agreements on how local collective...
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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’...
Article Working in Norway Feb. 25 2017 -
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:...
Article Working in Norway Feb. 23 2016 -
Looking for work?: Tips on how to write about your skill set
...set”. Given his convincing tone of voice (and that it’s a Hollywood film), we have no doubt that he’ll succeed ... about your own skill set? Have you thought about what it is? (In Norwegian they call this ‘kompetanseområde’...
Article July 30 2020 -
How should you prepare yourself for a job interview?
...motivated by and interested in working for them. – It’s your job as the interviewee to highlight and clarify ... focusing on what the position needs, says Alfsen. So it’s a good idea to have practiced a bit beforehand and...
Article Råd og tips Sept. 20 2021 -
Q&A Salary Survey
...salary survey to all employed members. We also send it to newly graduated members who have completed their ... have not yet stated where they work. We do not send it to students, retirees, or those unable to work. Why...
Article Nov. 2 2021 -
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...
Article Råd og tips Nov. 30 2021 -
I’m getting new tasks and more responsibility at work. What kind of salary offer should I expect?
...managerial responsibility, you can read more about it here. Don’t wait Sometimes employers say that they ... Changing tasks isn’t ordinary; on the contrary, it’s extraordinary. And extraordinary changes should...
Article Råd og tips Jan. 16 2025 -
By the numbers: Use metrics to improve your CV
Working in Norway When English is your second language, it can be awfully confusing when new and seemingly nonsensical ... think at first glance that it has something to do with numbers, which it does. That is, when writing...
Article Working in Norway Dec. 18 2020 -
Integration: How to Move to Norway
Norwegians what you’ve learned. As often as you can. It doesn’t surprise me how little some newcomers know ... Norwegians what you’ve learned. As often as you can. It doesn’t surprise me how little some newcomers know...
Article Working in Norway Jan. 12 2018 -
Business Culture Clash: What’s in a (LinkedIn) photo?
...like it she looks too fakey, I don’t trust it she looks like she’s trying too hard, I don’t get it Tough ... persuade them otherwise, but they were having none of it. You’d never catch them dressing like that for their...
Article Working in Norway Feb. 8 2018 -
The Intercultural Interview Dating Game: Us vs Them?
...their new relationship to the next level. Most often, it seems like interviewees are ready for this development ... organization. Will I get "the call" or not? After it’s all over and they’ve returned home once more filled...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 5 2021 -
Five reasons to take the salary survey
...is one of our most important and sought-after benefits for members who are looking for a new job and ... law. – Look at it as helping out your teammates. In under ten minutes, which is the time it takes to answer...
Article Aktuelt Sept. 16 2021
