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Pension payment
Funds and pensions at member rates As a Tekna member, you get access to one of Norway’s best offerings ... experience of using the Kron app: Download it and try it for yourself. Smart to keep your pension with...
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Application Letter Writing: A Little (List) Goes a Long Way
...people have such trouble following them. That is, it’s easy enough for people to apply this tip to their ... their life-work story. It’s the application letter (or ‘cover letter’ as it’s sometimes called) that...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 11 2021 -
What’s Your Feeling About Phone Interviews?
...left hand column in big, bold letters. Only to open it up and read that you’ve been chosen for a phone interview ... conversation is an inexpensive way of doing this. It’s also a time saver, an interview taking anywhere...
Article Working in Norway Dec. 18 2019 -
How Not to Get Burned in the Interview Hot Seat
...description once again, looking for key words in it that I’ll try to work into my answers during the ... hiring managers that it’s surprising how few people do this before an interview. It’s as if they’re just...
Article Working in Norway Feb. 27 2020 -
Integrating in Norway: Why you should join a volunteer board
...society here is to join a volunteer board. I didn’t say it was one of the easiest – why? Because you have to ... society here is to join a volunteer board. I didn’t say it was one of the easiest – why? Because you have to...
Article Working in Norway Dec. 21 2017 -
Why join a trade union today?
Many people take several of the Norwegian welfare benefits – which have all been negotiated by the union ... salary increases, reorganizations or even lay-offs, it pays to have a union representative in the room.
Article Råd og tips Apr. 19 2021 -
Can you work somewhere else during a layoff?
...employee are also ‘frozen’ during the layoff period. It’s easy to point out two conflicting interests that ... laid off, you have the right to apply for unemployment benefits in accordance with the National Insurance...
Article Råd og tips May 3 2021 -
Minding the Gap of Underemployment
...heard it before? It described their situation perfectly! After talking a bit more about what it means ... means to be underemployed, I assured my students that it is one of several perfectly acceptable reasons for...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 2 2021 -
Thoughts on Working While Walking an Indian Trail
...familiar with the area. Who was Cochise, and why is it … Working in Norway Have you ever heard of the Cochise ... familiar with the area. Who was Cochise, and why is it a stronghold? I needed a couple of quick definitions:...
Article Working in Norway Mar. 11 2019 -
Norwegian companies need more technology experts
Technology – Engineering – Math), fields. Must strengthen IT skills In this report three out of four companies ... respond that there is a need to strengthen employees’ IT skills in their organization. This need also emerges...
Article Aktuelt Apr. 28 2021 -
Changing jobs makes sense
...long-lasting for the workplace environment, because it is often difficult to reverse the mistake. Is the ... if the salary is better, then it makes the choice that much easier. It would have taken a lot for me...
Article Råd og tips Feb. 9 2026 -
Pension in Norway
...employment terms. In Norway, everyone collects pension benefits in the National Insurance Sheme; in addition ... 1963 If you were born in/after 1963, you earn pension benefits based on 18.1% of your salary up to 7.1 times...
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Tekna Health and technology
...or are interested in technology related to health. It is completely free and non-binding to participate ... and introduction of technology in health, whether it’s about quality, innovation and business development...
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Job seeking in the informal job market
...hidden informal job market Although many people think it’s difficult to get into the informal market, a lot ... get filled through networking and relationships. It’s been claimed that out of all the open jobs currently...
Article Råd og tips Apr. 19 2022 -
Highly educated adults are the new trade unionists
...and higher education teachers Other ICT instructors IT professionals Systems analysts Software developers ... immigrants than for non-immigrants in this group. It’s also lower for managers and ICT consultants than...
Article Aktuelt Sept. 10 2021 -
How is ChatGPT shaping the future of AI?
Live at 1st of June Video: Developing products with openai and chatgpt The technical and ethical ... mentor, and a manager for a team of developers at NAV IT, the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration...
Article Tema: IKT June 13 2023 Streaming -
Must secure rights for working remotely
...use of home offices after the pandemic is over, it’s important that we insist on employees getting written ... point for creating new contracts and guidelines. -It’s important for us to establish a set of regulations...
Article Aktuelt Oct. 6 2021 -
Interview Poker: The Danger of Keeping Your Cards (Too) Close to Your Chest
...professionals exchanging experiences and ideas, all too often it can turn into something resembling an interrogation ... professionals exchanging experiences and ideas, all too often it can turn into something resembling an interrogation...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 4 2021 -
Tekna Science teachers
As a part of the network, you get: Attend free seminars, courses, and digital meetings to enhance ... our archive of relevant content whenever you need it. Connect with fellow science teachers for knowledge...
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- Employers have to assume more responsibility for employees who are working from home
...offices are also causing more physical issues. - So it’s important that employers start taking responsibility ... responsibility and looking after individual employees. It’s important and correct that the Labor Department is...
Article Aktuelt Nov. 16 2020 -
Module 1 – What are you good at?
...only a discipline and/or area of expertise. Yet it’s a good idea to be aware of your own competency areas ... seems like a tough job and takes awhile to get done, it’s a good way to invest in yourself and your future...
Article Råd og tips Mar. 28 2022 -
Working in Norway: Who’s the Boss?
...organizational structure is among the flattest in the world. It’s part of The Norwegian Model, which I’ve spoken about ... appreciate this aspect of working in Norway. One woman put it quite simply one evening when I asked her what she...
Article Working in Norway Mar. 19 2017 -
Temporary lay-off notices to be sent out in connection with possible strikes
...notices may also be sent out by companies that find it necessary to lay off employees in spite of the fact ... a strike as a means of leveraging their demands. It’s common for both sides to spend the time up to the...
Article Råd og tips Apr. 20 2023 -
Jobseeking – Interview Greeting
...second before repeating what she’s heard – pronouncing it completely wrong. What do you do? While discussing ... before answering. For instance, just how important is it to you that other people say your name correctly...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 1 2021 -
Lecture: Philosophy of Leadership
If you look up an English translation for the Norwegian word ‘leder’, there are often two words that ... both in the working world and outside of it as well. It’s easy enough to call someone a leader. Yet...
Article Working in Norway May 15 2018 Streaming
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