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Parental leave in Norway? What you should know

...can freely be divided between both parents. The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV) will pay ... learn what the customary practice is at your workplace. Many employers, although not all, will pay the...

“Why Do You Want the Job?”: Your Words Lost and Found

...page, I came across a short article written in Norwegian where the author was responding to job seekers ... skills,English language skills,international workplace,job search,job seeking, Working in Norway How...

Working in Norway: “Do Norwegians Like Foreigners?”

...up … intercultural communication,international workplace,internationalization,living in Norway, Working ... time (short enough to know only a few words of Norwegian). I had just finished the first part of my course...

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Leading and particularly independent positions

...positions. Managerial position According to the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority, a “managerial position” ... employee representative if one is available at your workplace. They can raise broader concerns about how working...

Record growth in Tekna

(Statistics Norway). - Have adapted to the new workplace Holten believes that Tekna’s growth is a result ... trade union in Akademikerne (The Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations) and has 38 percent...

Record growth – Tekna membership passes 100,000

...trade union in primary organization Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations (Akademikerne), representing ... members In 2004, Tekna changed its name from the Norwegian Civil Engineers Association to Tekna. One of the...

Negotiate your starting salary: If you don’t, you can lose out on a lot of money

...people find salary negotiation scary. Half of Norwegian workers accept the job before they even ask about ... is a fixed amount set once a year (in norwegian) by the Norwegian government. It is used as the basis for...

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

...you really want is yours. career,international workplace,interview skills, Working in Norway Even though ... while ago) stated something vaguely polite in Norwegian about thanking me for my time, but that the position...

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

...skills,intercultural communication,international workplace, Working in Norway “But do you know what: I am ... Norway only a short time, so spoke very limited Norwegian. It all started when I asked her how it was that...

Paying It Forward: A Culture of Sharing in Business

...minutes a day to help out another individual in the workplace, not only will this change our own lives for the ... touch more wonderful place to be. Don’t speak Norwegian? Interested in developing your professional skills...

Privacy Policy

We use your contact information, education and workplace to approve your membership application as well ... information will generally be limited to names and workplaces. Presenters, exhibitors and partners Tekna arranges...

Contact us

...make changes to my contact, education and/or workplace information? Can I recruit a colleague/fellow ... educational background that differs from the Norwegian academic model, you can apply to receive recognition...

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

...communication,intercultural communication,international workplace,interview skills, Working in Norway This may be ... made in conversations I’ve had with other non-Norwegians, dividing them into the following: Where to start:...

But It’s Not My Fault: Business E-Mail Etiquette When Your Sender Can’t Write Right

...experience of having been a foreign speaker of Norwegian for many, many years while living in the country ... go as regards e-mail etiquette in the global workplace, protecting feelings and getting important messages...

Vacation rights in Norway

Taking holiday leave The main purpose of the Norwegian Holiday Act is to ensure that you take annual ... holiday than what the law guarantees. Under the Norwegian Holiday Act, you are entitled to 25 working days...

Probation

Probation is very common in Norwegian employment contracts. The purpose of probation is to establish ... they are not happy in the position or at the workplace. Agreement on probation In the private sector...

Hiring Discrimination

...backgrounds in order to strengthen inclusive government workplaces; consequently, employers must give positive preferential ... Practices in Public Administration Chapter 5 (in Norwegian) on a party’s right to inspection with regard...

The year that went downhill fast – this is how they experienced it

Minister Erna Solberg told us on March 12th that Norwegian society had to shut down. Since this time many ... Andersen Rødsrud has already managed to change his workplace. – It had no connection to the Corona situation...

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...management collaboration with Sjømannskirken – The Norwegian Church Abroad Advice and counselling on studying ... go to My Profile and Consents (“Samtykker” in Norwegian). What: if you have agreed to accept invoices...

Here’s what you should know about a contractual early retirement pension (AFP)

...must be validated for all workplaces in a company in order for these workplaces to be covered. [1] Based ... within these same parameters. NAV pension (in Norwegian) [2] AFP is life expectancy adjusted using ratios...