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LinkedIn Connections: Time to grow/weed your garden?
...profile, Working in Norway Is it time to grow your LI Connections garden? Or weed it? Back when I was first ... attending courses on how best to use it to ‘grow my network’, it was indeed more like a social network...
Article Working in Norway Jan. 28 2020 -
Competency mapping
...few simple tools, Tekna helps you put in words what it is you can do as well as what interests and motivates ... competency is valuable, so it’s important that you keep it updated. It’s also important for you to be...
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Understanding the Underground: Why Foreign Speakers Sometimes Can’t Stop Speaking
...and talk….” Notes from Underground (F. Dostoyevsky) It doesn’t happen often, … communication skills,intercultural ... and talk….” Notes from Underground (F. Dostoyevsky) It doesn’t happen often, but every once in awhile I’m...
Article Working in Norway Jan. 4 2017 -
LinkedIn Titles: Tell the Truth and Nothing but the Truth (Please)
...artistic freedom? We readers would be a lot poorer for it, so bring on writers’ free license and liberty. But ... First I read: Member’s Name And then right underneath it: Transforming Mediocrity into Greatness via Reinventing...
Article Working in Norway Aug. 18 2017 -
Will this year’s julebord be the best ever?
...behave now that the pandemic is apparently over? Is it okay to hug one another? Can you shake your boss’ ... social animals who need to be around others, so it’s super important to have in-person social events...
Article Råd og tips Nov. 30 2021 -
Car deal
...membership ID As a member Tekna, you gain access to benefits from several partners, including BMW, XPeng, Bilia ... Our agreement with XPeng and Bilia gives you member benefits on car purchases and leasing, as well as service...
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Working Overtime While Living Abroad
...where the Working Environment Act doesn’t apply, it’s important for employees to remember that they’re ... protection” is often applied here. However, when it comes to work hours, there’s reason to take notice...
Article Råd og tips Feb. 21 2021 -
Future of work in the age of AI with Utkarsh Amitabh
LIVE on the 6th of September at 4:30 PM Tekna Big Data Video: Future of work in the age of AI with ... Utkarsh Amitabh The future of work is here, and it's changing everything. Join us to discover how to...
Article Tema: IKT Sept. 6 2024 Streaming -
Photonics enabled by Artificial intelligence, or vice versa?
...movement, and balance Abstract: The human brain: what is it good for? One can argue that movement and balance ... (fNIRS) is an exciting brain cerebral cortex modality. It reflects the activities of glial cells in terms of...
Article IKT-bloggen Dec. 10 2021 Streaming -
What you should know if you’ve been laid off
...connected to the organization (and not the employee). It's a pre-requisite that layoffs happen only when there’s ... starting any layoff process. The company must inform its employees why layoffs are necessary and which employees...
Article Råd og tips Dec. 5 2025 -
Are you making these interview mistakes?
BE PRESENT IN THE MOMENT: Jon Fredrik Alfsen says it’s important to be present during your interview. Photo: ... think through your responses before speaking You owe it to yourself and the employer to give as good and...
Article Råd og tips Sept. 21 2021 -
Free training courses for Tekna members
...that include NITO, Norsk Olje og Gass and EL- og IT-forbundet, Tekna has been involved in developing ... Individuals who are getting unemployment benefits won’t lose these benefits, and active employees can combine...
Article Råd og tips Jan. 27 2022 -
11 things you need to check before signing an employment contract
...your employment contract carefully before signing it. Råd og tips According to Working Environment Act ... possible. For example, if the stated workplace is Asker, it’ll be more difficult for your employer to decide...
Article Råd og tips June 17 2024 -
Highly educated adults are the new trade unionists
According to numbers from Statistics Norway, highly educated adults have the highest rate of ... immigrants than for non-immigrants in this group. It’s also lower for managers and ICT consultants than...
Article Tekna Magasinet Oct. 8 2021 -
Your rights when laid off or unemployed
...can I be laid off? Can my employer pay my unemployment benefits in advance? Can my employer pay me the difference ... difference between my salary and unemployment benefits when I’m laid off? Can my employer reduce my salary...
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Things you need to know when renting a home
...account that is set up in the renter’s name; so it’s illegal for your landlord to require that you make ... A rental relationship can in theory last forever; it can also be terminated by having a three-month notice...
Article Aktuelt June 7 2023 -
Salary in Norway: 6 things you need to know
...know about Norwegian wages. Working in Norway When it comes to the labour market, Norway is famous for ... wages that tend to confuse new arrivals. “For some, it might take a little bit adjusting to get used to...
Article Working in Norway May 18 2022 -
Advent of Code: Exploring Programming Languages and Techniques
...released, and participants have 24 hours to solve it. The problems are designed to be solvable in any ... of Code calendar that they found exciting to solve it in their programming language. You will get an opportunity...
Article Tema: IKT Mar. 23 2023 Streaming -
What you should know about severance agreements
Entering into a severance agreement is voluntary; it’s also not unusual for a severance agreement to contain ... certain conditions in order to be considered valid: It must be objectively justified, respect an agreed...
Article Råd og tips Dec. 5 2025 -
Five steps to landing your first dream job
...a new student or have been studying for awhile, it’s never a bad idea to start thinking about your future ... helping members find their career path. She says that it’s a smart idea to start thinking about where you’d...
Article Råd og tips Mar. 17 2022 -
Cross-Cultural Confusion: What’s Not to Love at an Interview?
Rather, it was what followed in the article that made me stop and think about how challenging it can be ... when trying to get a new job. And how challenging it is to teach, for example, English-based interview...
Article Working in Norway Aug. 10 2016 -
Egenmelding: What to do if you can’t work because you’re sick/injured
English – a definition that doesn’t make any sense on its own. A better definition that makes more sense is ... up to 3 days of absence from work when you’re ill. It is, but there are some rules to go along with this...
Article Working in Norway Nov. 3 2021 -
LinkedIn Learning: Summarizing Yourself in Five (Easy*) Steps
...hasn’t taken off in Norway as it has in countries like the US and UK. Could it be that the stereotype of ... don’t want to overdo it and appear full of myself. And that makes me insecure, so it’s easier not to do anything...
Article Working in Norway Nov. 1 2016 -
CV Writing: Don’t Just Be Responsible, Be Active
It happened once again – the course takers (mine) taught the course instructor (me) something new. At ... been retired, never to be put to work again. Putting it bluntly, who cares what you was responsible for at...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 10 2021 -
Mars and Venus: (Not) Talking to Strangers in Norway
...on a crowded train next to another woman her age. It was a beautiful day outside, a rare thing in November ... comment on this weather. Maybe it would lead to a conversation, and maybe it wouldn’t. But at least we’d...
Article Working in Norway Dec. 29 2017
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