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  1. Intellectual property rights (IPR)

    ...intellectual property rights, whether in the form of business secrets, know-how, patents, trademarks, designs ... right is linked to utilising the invention in business activity. This means that you can prevent others...

    Article Råd og tips Oct. 31 2022

  2. Choose the right type of business

    Choosing a type of business is key to determining what your rights and obligations, liability, risk and ... have a lot of possibilities when starting up a business. If you’re alone, you can choose between starting...

    Article Tips og triks Oct. 1 2021

  3. Membership benefits from A-Z

    ...dedicated network for members who run their own businesses – Tekna Egen bedrift – with legal advice, special ... fee for the first two years after you start your business if you earn less than a 50 per cent salary in...

    Article Råd og tips Aug. 16 2021

  4. Get started with your membership in Tekna

    ...fee in the first two years after you start your business if you earn less than a 50 per cent salary in ... members: Tekna Egen Bedrift (Tekna Self Employed in English). We offer a mentoring scheme, legal advice, special...

    Article Råd og tips Aug. 16 2021

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

    ...had applied for was teaching different levels of English to these students, some of whom really wanted to ... teachers’ viewpoint in that since the school was a business, their teaching would be evaluated by students...

    Article Working in Norway Apr. 7 2021

  6. The Intercultural Interview Dating Game: Us vs Them?

    ...way. For example, in the arena of international business, job interviews taking place between people whose ... not being called back on their lack of perfect English skills (‘It was my accent that put them off…I messed...

    Article Working in Norway Apr. 5 2021

  7. Quick Tips for Teleconferencing

    Is English your second language? Do you have a job that’s gone remote? Does that mean you have to do ... Over the course of my many years teaching business English courses to second language speakers, that’s...

    Article Working in Norway Apr. 27 2020

  8. How/Why Should You Write a CV Summary?

    ...must be the season for CV writing, as I’ve been busy lately editing an extraordinary number of them, ... I’ve noticed that the CV a … CV writing skills,English CV writing skills,job search tips,job seeking tips...

    Article Working in Norway Feb. 18 2020

  9. LinkedIn Connections: Time to grow/weed your garden?

    Connections in your personal profile business English,business networking skills,LinkedIn profile,writing ... it was indeed more like a social network. For business purposes, mind, but more personal, if you can...

    Article Working in Norway Jan. 28 2020

  10. Working in Norway: The Colleague Conversation

    ...roughly translated, … annual performance review,business culture in Norway,international workplace,medarbeidersamtale ... in Google Translate and got appraisal up as the English equivalent. Which isn’t quite as nice, is it? The...

    Article Working in Norway Nov. 15 2019

  11. Hate Your CV? Try Some TLC

    CV- tip: Do you hate your CV? Don´t you recognice yoursef? Try some TLC (tender loving care) ... the words until you like it. business English,CV writing skills,English writing skills,job search,job...

    Article Working in Norway Oct. 29 2019

  12. Your job search: How to show how smart you are?

    ...people there expressed a … business English,CV writing skills,cv writing tips,English writing skills,job search ... because English isn’t your first language, so you think that you need to use big words and business phrases...

    Article Working in Norway Sept. 30 2019

  13. Business Emails: Using a Format to Clear Up Your Writing Style

    ...rounds of … business communication,business email writing skills,business emails in English,Email writing ... writing skills,English writing skills, Working in Norway Do you sometimes struggle with getting clear replies...

    Article Working in Norway June 14 2019

  14. Job Seekers: Can you write less and get more?

    ...cover letter writing skills,CV writing skills,English writing skills,job seeking, Working in Norway The ... ‘elaborate embellishment’. Given that I teach business writing, my mind automatically went to CVs and...

    Article Working in Norway May 31 2019

  15. CV Writing: Giving up before you even start?

    After spending as much time proofreading CVs as I have, I can write with certainty that people ... they have to in … business communication skills,CV writing skills,english CV,English writing skills,writing...

    Article Working in Norway May 11 2019

  16. Lecture: Philosophy of Leadership

    If you look up an English translation for the Norwegian word ‘leder’, there are often two words that ... first word seems limited to the private world of business, the second comprises so much more – qualities...

    Article Working in Norway May 15 2018 Streaming

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

    ...intercultural communication,LinkedIn profile,Norwegian business culture, Working in Norway Sometimes I really ... down next to one of the tenors, a 40ish man whose English was quite good and who was therefore easy to talk...

    Article Working in Norway Feb. 23 2018

  18. Working in Norway: What’s your added value?

    ...an entrepreneur as the only way to make it in business? “Value added: describes the enhancement a company ... an entrepreneur as the only way to make it in business? “Value added: describes the enhancement a company...

    Article Working in Norway Jan. 19 2018

  19. Job Applications: Why Do You Seek Approval?

    ...my instruction: Why do you … CV writing skills,english CV,international workplace,job search,job seeking ... entrenched belief, that they have to use fancy business words and phrases in order to impress the reader/recruiter...

    Article Working in Norway Oct. 22 2017

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

    ...version? Because you should be aware that when … English speaking skills,globalization,intercultural communication ... without having made a potentially interesting business connection. The sound of your own voice Back to...

    Article Working in Norway Oct. 15 2017

  21. Making New Connections: (How to) Write a LinkedIn Message

    ...accepting the increasing number of requests coming … English writing skills,international workplace,job seeking ... that they’ve sent it to you. You wouldn’t write a business e-mail to a new contact without introducing yourself...

    Article Working in Norway Oct. 4 2017

  22. Your LinkedIn Summary: Be Smart, Write Smart

    ...exception; I headed back to my … business communication,CV writing skills,English writing skills,international ... way. You might be feeling this even more because English isn’t your first language, and you believe that...

    Article Working in Norway Sept. 24 2017

  23. First Impressions and Foreigners: Which Language Should You Speak?

    I meet so often and speak to me right away in English? Why do they assume that I can’t speak Norwegian ... author Richard Gesteland’s book, Cross-Cultural Business Behavior, where he puts out the idea that there...

    Article Working in Norway Sept. 17 2017

  24. It’s All Good: How to Answer (Exasperating) E-Mails

    ...their linguistic challenge has now landed on your business plate. Several problems here This is a problem ... even bigger when the two writers involved have English as their second language. A second problem is that...

    Article Working in Norway June 20 2017

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

    ...speaking with a participant after giving a recent business course in Oslo on interview technique. I had spoken ... had a question for me about grammar. She spoke English fluently but had lived in Norway only a short time...

    Article Working in Norway Jan. 4 2017