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Choose the right type of business

...obligations, liability, risk and taxation will be in the future. It also determines your company’s formal ... possibilities when starting up a business. If you’re alone, you can choose between starting up as a freelancer...

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

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Writing a business plan

A business plan is a tool that shows in detail how you want to establish your business. It helps you ... systematically through how you’ll establish your business in order to feel secure that your undertaking is achievable...

– 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...

Important political breakthroughs made in spring 2021

Tekna’s made several important political breakthroughs in areas including the workplace, competency, technology ... Lise Lyngsnes Randeberg. Politisk Tekna has weighed in at 36 Parliamentary hearings this spring. Here are...

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...

International work

Union (IAE) Nordic IN IndustriAll Global Union (IGU) Support for trade unions in Kenya and Uganda Nording ... Nording ENGINEERS EUROPE We’re engaged in international work in several arenas for cooperation and knowledge...

Record growth in Tekna

(Statistics Norway). Aktuelt Tekna has had a strong membership growth rate for several years in a row, and ... organization during ‘the Corona year’ as well. At the start of 2021, Tekna had 86,868 members, 69,000 who are...

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...

Repeat As Needed: What Job Seekers Should Tell Themselves

...yourself what you need to keep your head above water in the upcoming process that will at times try … Saying ... above water in the upcoming process that will at times try to pull you under. Working in Norway A very water-oriented...

Don’t Buzz: How to Avoid Using the Overused When Writing Your CV

...superficial buzzwords to describe your abilities in your CV/LinkedIn profile. The old phrase ‘I’m stuck ... superficial buzzwords to describe your abilities in your CV/LinkedIn profile. CV writing skills,English...

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...

Application Letter Writing: A Little (List) Goes a Long Way

In my most recent blog post, I wrote about how job-seekers need to use active verbs in their writing ... writing in order for the reader to understand what they actually did/are doing at work. An extension of this...

CV Writing: Don’t Just Be Responsible, Be Active

...writing,international workplace,jobseeking, Working in Norway It happened once again – the course takers (mine) ... write briefly what they had actually done at work, as in what they had accomplished during their time there...

‘Why didn’t I get the job?’: Playing the Sympathy Card

...getting the first job I ever interviewed for in Norway triggered a certain number of comments. While ... Working in Norway My recent article about not getting the first job I ever interviewed for in Norway triggered...

‘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 ... the area. The student body was made up of adults (as in age 19 and over) who were either going back … Find...

When Your Foreign Best Isn’t Good Enough: Transferring Higher Education Across Borders

...abroad can be having the education you completed in your home country rejected by your new country. Am ... educational authorities do not express it that way in the letter they send out to inform you of just …...

The Intercultural Interview Dating Game: Us vs Them?

...answers, as both parties try to get to know one another in order for them to decide if they want to take their ... relationship to the next level. job interview, Working in Norway Sometimes the best thing to come out of a training...

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

...workplace,interview skills, Working in Norway This may be especially true in the case of a foreign applicant ... to new heights in such a pressure-filled atmosphere. If an interview is being run in a traditional manner...

Tekna professions will survive COVID-19

Statistics Norway’s most recent jobs report based on last year’s data shows a significant decrease in Norway’s ... sector, while Tekna professions showed growth – even in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Aktuelt There...

Dismissal in the public sector

For most employees in Norway, the rules on hiring and dismissal are regulated by the Working Environment ... Environment Act. But in the case of public sector employees, a separate law has been passed that guides hiring...

Tekna Entrepreneurship

...development, starting your own business, innovation and development Participate for free in our events ... are a self-employed, entrepreneur, working in a start-up or have an idea and want to gain more knowledge...