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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...

Tell me: What’s the short version of your (working) life?

...foreign-born people like myself who are working in Norway, I advise them to practice and perform giving ... communication,international workplace,working in norway, Working in Norway Have you ever thought about practicing...

Integrating in Norway: Why you should join a volunteer board

One of the fastest ways to integrate yourself in society here is to join a volunteer board. I didn’t ... integration,living in Norway,Norwegian language,Norwegian workplace,working in norway, Working in Norway One...

LinkedIn Learning: Summarizing Yourself in Five (Easy*) Steps

...answers in part the question about why, for example, a website … LinkedIn profile, Working in Norway My most ... answers in part the question about why, for example, a website like LinkedIn hasn’t taken off in Norway...

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...

The Italian Job: Network(ing) Failure at Its Finest

The scene was a cathedral fellowship hall in Bologna, Italy in September last year. My chamber choir was ... LinkedIn profile,Norwegian business culture, Working in Norway Sometimes I really bomb at this networking thing...

How is blockchain being used today?

LIVE on the 3.th of November at 5.00 PM TeknaX Enjoy a seminar with the stories on how and where blockchain ... topics. We make the unknown known at high speed, in a social setting. Each post lasts a maximum of 12...

Article Tema: IKT Nov. 3 2022 Streaming

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...

‘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...

Paying It Forward: A Culture of Sharing in Business

...forward instead of back is not new, but rather has been in circulation for several years. The concept is that ... another individual – in whatever great or small way this may be – by doing it in person. paying it forward...

The circular economy: Biomaterials and biorefining

LIVE 26.th of September at 9:00AM In this seminar we explore how biobased materials can be utilized from ... small scale to large scale industrial processes, in biorefineries or using bioprocessing to create biobased...

Article Tema: Bio- og klima Sept. 26 2022 Streaming

A Few Thoughts on a Foreigner’s Comfort Zone

A couple of weeks ago I sat in the audience listening to a professional speaker give a short motivational ... of our ‘Comfort Zone’. She told us different ways in which we could do this, ranging from the smaller...

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...

Impact at Work: What’s Yours?

Out of the many buzz words currently circling in the working world today, ‘impact’ has to be one of the ... technology changing our lives to individuals changing our thoughts about how we live our lives. One of the dictionary...

Understanding the Underground: Why Foreign Speakers Sometimes Can’t Stop Speaking

...communication,international workplace, Working in Norway “But do you know what: I am convinced that we ... Dostoyevsky) It doesn’t happen often, but every once in awhile I’m reminded of books I read years ago, or...

How to Break My Language Barrier

...workday in the global workplace, several small and seemingly insignificant events may take place in the life ... intercultural communication,language barrier, Working in Norway Patience and Participation: The Keys to the Communication...

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...

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...

Business Culture Clash: What’s in a (LinkedIn) photo?

...surprise me. Was running yet another LinkedIn course in Norway last week, and had gotten to the point where I ... culture,Norwegian workplace,working in norway, Working in Norway People’s preferences about what’s professional...

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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...

What Not to Say to a Foreigner

...intercultural communication, Working in Norway Don’t make fun of a co-worker’s accent! In the global workplace, there ... work. Unfortunately, in an attempt at humor, some native speakers occasionally get in these people’s way...

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

...group of people working in Norway how to make a high-quality presentation in English after learning my ... perform well in front of a large audience. Or so I thought. When questioned further in an advance e-mail...

Say What? Foreign Language Anxiety in the Global Workplace

...anxiety,intercultural communication, Working in Norway The only thing worse than not understanding someone ... understood when doing the same. Recently, during the break in one of my evening business communication courses...

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...