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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...
Article Working in Norway Nov. 3 2021 -
11 things you need to check before signing an employment contract
Before starting any new job, you should have an employment contract which spells out the rights you and ... your job title and/or a job description. We advise you to get an employment contract with a job description...
Article Råd og tips Oct. 15 2021 -
Choose the right type of business
...obligations, liability, risk and taxation will be in the future. It also determines your company’s formal ... also other ways of running a business, you’ll see in the descriptions below. Starting as a freelancer...
Article Ledelsesbloggen Oct. 1 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 -
The bottom line: European immigrants 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...
Article Aktuelt Sept. 3 2021 -
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...
Article Aktuelt Aug. 18 2021 -
Membership benefits from A-Z
Interest profile and e-mail Invoice payment Job-seeker courses Job seeking, writing a CV and completing an ... night by organising pre-examination crash courses in a range of your foundation subjects – completely...
Article Råd og tips Aug. 16 2021 -
Get started with your membership in Tekna
Interest profile and e-mail Insurance Invoice payment Job-seeking and career advice Legal advice Legal advice ... agreement gives our members the right to participate in discussions of key questions concerning conditions...
Article Råd og tips Aug. 16 2021 -
Sky-high growth of digital paper tablet
...says organizational development head Haakon Knoph in the Norwegian IT company reMarkable. Last year TIME ... leading companies in IT sector job growth – in other words companies with the strongest job growth rates during...
Article Aktuelt June 21 2021 -
Important political breakthroughs made in spring 2021
Tekna’s made several important political breakthroughs in areas including the workplace, competency, technology ... Lise Lyngsnes Randeberg. Politisk Tekna has weighed in at 36 Parliamentary hearings this spring. Here are...
Article Politisk June 21 2021 -
Is this why we all want to work in Norway?
...nationals work in Norway and a high number of foreign nationals want to work in Norway. Can the Norwegian ... unions be a part of the explanation? Working in Norway Having been a ‘permanent resident alien’ of the...
Article Working in Norway June 9 2021 -
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...
Article Aktuelt June 1 2021 -
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...
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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 -
Employee Wellness in the Norwegian Work Culture
...his wife so much, he almost told her? Working in Norway This old joke brings a smile to many faces, Norwegians ... called intercultural communication. For instance, in 1959 one of ‘int com’s’ founders, American anthropologist...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 15 2021 -
Repeat As Needed: What Job Seekers Should Tell Themselves
...before throwing yourself off the deep end of the job search swimming pool doesn’t mean you’re an egomaniac; ... yourself what you need to keep your head above water in the upcoming process that will at times try … Saying...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 14 2021 -
Don’t Buzz: How to Avoid Using the Overused When Writing Your CV
...superficial buzzwords to describe your abilities in your CV/LinkedIn profile. The old phrase ‘I’m stuck ... superficial buzzwords to describe your abilities in your CV/LinkedIn profile. CV writing skills,English...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 13 2021 -
Older Job Seekers: The Painful Need to Leave Your Past Behind
– especially if we’re actively looking for a new job. But what … Since we’re so often told that all of ... new job. international workplace,job search,job seeker,Norway,older job seeker, Working in Norway But...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 12 2021 -
Application Letter Writing: A Little (List) Goes a Long Way
In my most recent blog post, I wrote about how job-seekers need to use active verbs in their writing ... writing in order for the reader to understand what they actually did/are doing at work. An extension of this...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 11 2021 -
CV Writing: Don’t Just Be Responsible, Be Active
...for at your last job? cv writing,international workplace,jobseeking, Working in Norway It happened once ... cares what they were responsible for at their last job? Anyone holding that position would be responsible...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 10 2021 -
When Just Being Nice Won’t Cut It: Why You Need Interview Adjectives/Examples
...anybody actually enjoy being interviewed? Sitting in the hot seat being grilled and judged and found…acceptable ... yet necessary, situation when trying to land a new job. At a recent evening course on this … Does anybody...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 9 2021 -
‘Why didn’t I get the job?’: Playing the Sympathy Card
...article about not getting the first job I ever interviewed for in Norway triggered a certain number of comments ... Working in Norway My recent article about not getting the first job I ever interviewed for in Norway triggered...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 8 2021 -
‘Why didn’t I get the job?’: Our Need for Post-Interview Answers
...interview in Norway. I had answered a newspaper ad posting a teaching job at a newly started school in the ... area. The student body was made up of adults (as in age 19 and over) who were either going back … Find...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 7 2021 -
The Intercultural Interview Dating Game: Us vs Them?
...another in order for them to decide if they want to take their new relationship to the next level. job interview ... interview, Working in Norway Sometimes the best thing to come out of a training course for students is...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 5 2021 -
Interview Poker: The Danger of Keeping Your Cards (Too) Close to Your Chest
While a job interview should be a lively, interesting conversation between two professionals exchanging ... interrogation of the jobseeker by the employer. While a job interview should be a lively, interesting conversation...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 4 2021
