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Are You Working in Norway…or Wanting to Work in Norway?

Working in Norway…or Wanting to Work in Norway? Are you working in Norway…or wanting to work in Norway? FREE ... FREE SEMINAR: What characterizes working life in Norway, and how can you understand Norwegians and their...

Article Working in Norway Dec. 13 2022 Streaming

Social welfare in Norway: The nuts and bolts

Social welfare in Norway: The nuts and bolts What is a welfare state and how does it work? Here is an ... available. Working in Norway There are several different types of welfare states in the world. Some are...

Article Working in Norway Dec. 20 2022

Joined Tekna when he didn’t get any vacation pay

Bahrain, the path to Norway passed through IT studies in Pakistan, bar work in New Zealand and a Norwegian ... any vacation pay While Ali Akhtarzada’s CV lists jobs as both an arts journalist and bar owner, what he...

Article Råd og tips Sept. 15 2022

Want to apply for a remote job? Some tips to get you started

...remote job? Some tips to get you started Do you want to apply for a ‘remote only’ job? Working in Norway ... brought about a lot of changes to everyone working in Norway, including the move for many to ‘hjemmekontor’...

Article Working in Norway Nov. 16 2020

Norwegian companies need more technology experts

STEM expertise. – There’s a growing competency gap in business that we have to fill, says Tekna President ... ‘competency barometer’ to chart Norwegian companies’ needs in different categories. This year, 41 percent of the...

Article Aktuelt Apr. 28 2021

Is this why we all want to work in Norway?

senior advisor in Tekna Karin Lee, Tekna Is this why we all want to work in Norway? A high number of ... nationals work in Norway and a high number of foreign nationals want to work in Norway. Can the Norwegian...

Article Working in Norway June 9 2021

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...

Article Aktuelt Sept. 10 2021

CV/Cover Letter Writing Tips: Experience never gets old

Tips: Experience never gets old Go after new opportunities with the confidence that combining our energy ... our experience never gets old. Working in Norway A mid-career job seeker recently sent their CV and cover...

Article Working in Norway June 23 2020

Parental leave in Norway? What you should know

Parental leave in Norway? What you should know How long will you be entitled to parental benefits and ... about paternity and maternity leave. Working in Norway The intent of parental benefits is to provide...

Article Working in Norway Apr. 27 2022

North Sea Decommissioning: Norway’s New Oil Adventure?

...presentation two months ago about how oil-producing Norway was handling its recent economic downturn. Not ... North Sea Decommissioning: Norway’s New Oil Adventure? job opportunities in Norway,North Sea decommissioning...

Article Working in Norway Nov. 3 2017

Pension in Norway

...retirement pension (AFP) in the private sector Contractual early retirement pension (AFP) in the public sector ... perks Pension in Norway Pension is an important part of your employment terms. In Norway, everyone collects...

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Remotely possible? Getting no response to your (carefully crafted) job application

...response to your (carefully crafted) job application Are you a job-seeking casualty of companies that have ... too? Working in Norway My sad story A few weeks ago I applied for a job appearing in my LinkedIn feed...

Article Working in Norway Oct. 29 2020

Working in Norway: What’s your added value?

Have we in Norway (over) enhanced becoming an entrepreneur as the only way to make it in business? “Value ... headline in The Scotsman announcing: Record number of Scots want to … Karin Lee Working in Norway: What’s...

Article Working in Norway Jan. 19 2018

CV Writing Tips: What’s your 2020 story?

...had to juggle child care while working full time in the same house Karin Lee CV Writing Tips: What’s ... story – what’s yours? Working in Norway If you’ve been working in Norway the past year, it’s very likely...

Article Working in Norway Dec. 10 2020

Conference Speakers: Do they ever learn?

...phrase in English that warns against what can happen when people gain too much power and status in society ... conference speakers,speakers, Working in Norway There is an old phrase in English that warns against what can...

Article Working in Norway Jan. 28 2016

Intellectual property rights (IPR)

...enterprises have intellectual property rights, whether in the form of business secrets, know-how, patents, ... established on the basis of the employees’ performance. In such cases, there will often be a need for clear...

Article Råd og tips Oct. 31 2022

Have you reached retirement age – but still want to keep working?

...working? The recent pension reform has created the opportunity for you to have a great deal of flexibility to ... The pension reform has brought about adjustments in the National Insurance Plan’s (Folketrygden) life...

Article Råd og tips May 13 2022

Minding the Gap of Underemployment

Halfway through my course on interview technique (in English) last week, I brought up the slide on which ... tell me/us, why do you want to leave your current job?” A few minutes before these fear-inducing words...

Article Working in Norway Apr. 2 2021

Rule of Thumb: Don’t write references on your CV (do this instead)

...need to list references on your CV? Working in Norway Back in the day, we all wrote our three references ... so, and b) it made us look like solid, qualified job applicants. But somewhere down the CV-writing road...

Article Working in Norway Aug. 17 2020

Are you (at all) interested in what you do at work?

Are you interested in what you do at work? If so, are you able to tell someone else about why you are ... are? These questions came up in connection with a course I was teaching last week, where we’d come to a...

Article Working in Norway Apr. 29 2018

Let’s be perfectly clear: Writing the Summary on your CV

...there is no clear right or wrong in resume writing frustrates some job seekers, especially engineers, whose ... tips,English writing skills,job search,job seeker,job seeking, Working in Norway The fact that there is no...

Article Working in Norway June 30 2019

The Norwegian Model: It Works

...people want to work in Norway? A high number of foreign nationals work in Norway; a high number of foreign ... foreign nationals want to work in Norway. Having been a ‘permanent resident alien’ of the country for...

Article Working in Norway Sept. 10 2019

Working in Norway: “Do Norwegians Like Foreigners?”

...still not satisfied with the eventual answer she gave in response to it. It happened during an (English) evening ... course called ‘Living and Working in Norway’ that I was running last month in Trondheim, a major city making...

Article Working in Norway Feb. 11 2017

Representatives

...representatives in Tekna. The overall goal of the campaign was to show pride for each representative in addition ... local activities and professional development opportunities. Some union representatives represent Tekna...