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Phone Follow-up: Job Seeking in a Perfect World

If there’s one thing I’d wish for you as a job seeker, it’d be that whenever you called the organization ... international workplace,job search tips,job seeking tips,jobbsøk,jobs in Norway,Norwegian business culture...

North Sea Decommissioning: Norway’s New Oil Adventure?

...presentation two months ago about how oil-producing Norway was handling its recent economic downturn. Not ... person myself, I was easily impressed … job opportunities in Norway,North Sea decommissioning,Norwegian economy...

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

Are you a job-seeking casualty of companies that have gone remote, too? Working in Norway My sad story ... story A few weeks ago I applied for a job appearing in my LinkedIn feed. The phrase ‘I applied for…’ should...

What Does Integration Mean to You?

You foreigners who are working in Norway are of course living in Norway; which part is easier? By ‘living’ ... included in your 37.5 hour work … Working in Norway You foreigners who are working in Norway are of course...

Me, overqualified? How to show you’re not by a long shot

...full-time work hamster wheel and want to get off? Most job seekers give the impression that they want to speed ... skills,job seeking,LinkedIn profile,Norwegian business culture,working in norway, Working in Norway Have...

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 natural ... What can you cut down on, and what will pay off in the long run? – Check your finances even more carefully...

– You have nothing to lose by trying to negotiate a higher starting salary

Roger did in his new job Aktuelt You’re done with your studies and heading out to your new job with employment ... employment contract in hand. The salary proposal is there in black and white, but you’re not completely...

By the numbers: Use metrics to improve your CV

Do you mean the metric system? Working in Norway When English is your second language, it can be awfully ... means describing what you’ve accomplished at work in a quantifiable way through writing numbers. Hiring...

We’re going for more content in English

Our English webpages, Tekna.no/en , were improved in 2020, along with the rest of tekna.no. There was ... published, in addition to having Tekna’s salary statistics published in English for time first time in 2020...

Opinions

...promote our political views. Our opinions appear in Tekna's policy documents. Tekna is an independent ... policy. Collaboration and local collective bargaining in each company ensure that centralized compensation...

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...

CV/Cover Letter Writing Tips: Experience never gets old

...our experience never gets old. Working in Norway A mid-career job seeker recently sent their CV and cover ... cover letter to me for editing and feedback. In case you didn’t know, ‘mid-career’ or ‘late-career’ are...

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...

Make the Call: Five Great Questions to Ask Before Applying for a Job

...called the ‘contact person’ listed on a job posting? Working in Norway Many people would answer no to that ... you can ask this person the next time you see a job you might want to apply for… …or should ask because...

Membership benefits from A-Z

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...

ICT and software engineers have lowest rate of trade union membership

...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...

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...

Working in Norway: The Colleague Conversation

...another reason to be happy that you’re working in Norway? Consider the Norwegian term medarbeidersamtale ... nouns together to form a new one. Which they do a lot in this country, much to the confusion of foreigners...

Integration: How to Move to Norway

If you’ve moved to Norway, learn something about Norway. Then tell Norwegians what you’ve learned. As ... before moving here. I was certainly no expert on the ins and outs of Norwegian life before getting off the...

How Not to Get Burned in the Interview Hot Seat

I’ve got a job interview on Monday morning. I know no one at this workplace and know only a bit about ... do know is something about the job itself, as I’ve held onto the job description (more about this below)...

So, You (Think You) Have a Bad Job?

Are you working in Norway? Sometimes wishing you weren’t? That working life might be better somewhere ... woken up last week while sitting in the chair at a new salon I was trying in Tucson, Arizona, USA. … employee...

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...

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 … innovation in Norway,international...

Egenmelding: What to do if you can’t work because you’re sick/injured

Sometimes life throws you a curve ball in the form of a sudden illness or injury that prevents you from ... calm down and focus on getting better. Working in Norway You wake up on Monday morning feeling terrible...