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Joined Tekna when he didn’t get any vacation pay

...enjoys is developing new IT products – preferably in start-up companies. When he didn’t get any vacation ... We’re meeting Ali Akhtarzada (40) at his apartment in Oslo’s Grünerløkka district. Having a full head of...

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

...insurance alone. It’s gotten more expensive to live in Norway in 2022; we have bigger expenses, and so it’s ... What can you cut down on, and what will pay off in the long run? – Check your finances even more carefully...

Pension in Norway

...retirement pension (AFP) in the private sector Contractual early retirement pension (AFP) in the public sector ... employment terms. In Norway, everyone collects pension benefits in the National Insurance Plan; in addition,...

Photonics enabled by Artificial intelligence, or vice versa?

...opportunities in different industries? IKT-bloggen Increased specialization, knowledge sharing in photonics ... photonics-based solutions in Norwegian industry can have a major impact on Norway's economic growth. NORCE...

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Egenmelding: What to do if you can’t work because you’re sick/injured

Sometimes life throws you a curve ball in the form of a sudden illness or injury that prevents you from ... calm down and focus on getting better. Working in Norway You wake up on Monday morning feeling terrible...

Highly educated adults are the new trade unionists

...immigrant groups have been taken from Statistics Norway and are based on tax returns where a deduction ... shown. The figures have been obtained for professions in which Tekna members are working, the different groups...

Membership benefits from A-Z

...salary, or the CV builder, require logging in. You log in with the email address you have registered ... night by organising pre-examination crash courses in a range of your foundation subjects – completely...

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Sky-high growth of digital paper tablet

...says organizational development head Haakon Knoph in the Norwegian IT company reMarkable. Last year TIME ... Magasinet’s list of «The 15 leading companies in IT sector job growth – in other words companies with the strongest...

– A simple country boy from Sunnmøre

...has also been heavily involved in reorganizing his company, Equinor. In the middle of all this activity ... he’s been doing a top-to-bottom remodel of his house in Bergen. – There’s so much I’d like to do and get...

Lars Olav Grøvik elected as Tekna’s new president

Tekna’s head company representative in Equinor as well as a board member in Tekna Private and the head of Tekna ... and participating in Parliamentary hearings. He has also held other board positions in several volunteer...

Is this why we all want to work in Norway?

...nationals work in Norway and a high number of foreign nationals want to work in Norway. Can the Norwegian ... unions be a part of the explanation? Working in Norway Having been a ‘permanent resident alien’ of the...

Record growth in Tekna

(Statistics Norway). Aktuelt Tekna has had a strong membership growth rate for several years in a row, and ... (Statistics Norway). - This past year was a challenging one for many Tekna members, and many of them lived with...

Employee Wellness in the Norwegian Work Culture

...his wife so much, he almost told her? Working in Norway This old joke brings a smile to many faces, Norwegians ... called intercultural communication. For instance, in 1959 one of ‘int com’s’ founders, American anthropologist...

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

...search,job seeker,Norway,older job seeker, Working in Norway But what to leave in and what to leave out ... for new work. Case in point and a quick update for unaware readers: The drastic fall in oil prices over...

When Just Being Nice Won’t Cut It: Why You Need Interview Adjectives/Examples

...anybody actually enjoy being interviewed? Sitting in the hot seat being grilled and judged and found…acceptable ... anybody actually enjoy being interviewed? Sitting in the hot seat being grilled and judged and found…acceptable...

‘Why didn’t I get the job?’: Our Need for Post-Interview Answers

...interview in Norway. I had answered a newspaper ad posting a teaching job at a newly started school in the ... area. The student body was made up of adults (as in age 19 and over) who were either going back … Find...

Interview Poker: The Danger of Keeping Your Cards (Too) Close to Your Chest

While a job interview should be a lively, interesting conversation between two professionals exchanging ... the employer. While a job interview should be a lively, interesting conversation between two professionals...

The Unspoken Yet Real Reason You Didn’t Get Called For That Job Interview

Job’ by LI Influencer Liz Ryan in which she lists five potential changes in the company at which ‘you’ have ... search,job seeking,LinkedIn profile, Working in Norway I just finished reading an article on LinkedIn...

Minding the Gap of Underemployment

Halfway through my course on interview technique (in English) last week, I brought up the slide on which ... Halfway through my course on interview technique (in English) last week, I brought up the slide on which...

CV Writing Tips: What’s your 2020 story?

...story – what’s yours? Working in Norway If you’ve been working in Norway the past year, it’s very likely ... some aspect of your work has changed: Maybe your living room has turned into your office. Maybe your hours...

Make the Call: Five Great Questions to Ask Before Applying for a Job

‘contact person’ listed on a job posting? Working in Norway Many people would answer no to that question. ... person will give you the chance to write their name in your cover letter should you end up applying for...

All or nothing?: Managing your e-mail inbox

...question about dealing with unread mails in their inbox. Working in Norway “What”, I wondered aloud, “do you ... responsibly on the job. After a second, I took a breath in preparation to give them a few tips on how to separate...

This is how you get elected as a Tekna Representative

...members' rights and interests in their working life and play an important role in what is called the "Norwegian ... professional life: Education from Tekna - often called Norway's best education program for mid-level managers...