Finland - Norway - Sweden Day

North is calling - are you listening?

This is your chance to take your career to the next level and challenge yourself to a new career path! Give the north a chance. Finland, northern Norway and northern Sweden are arranging an online recruitment event to provide you with the chance to find job opportunities in our countries.

During the Finland-Norway-Sweden Day recruitment event on March 11, 2020 between 10am and 4pm (CET), you will have the chance to meet employers from a variety of sectors:

• Tourism: hotel workers, cooks, waiters - add some Nordic flavors to your life!
• Metal: metalworkers (welding, CNC, machinery) - make a precise move to cut yourself a new career path! 
• Mining: get a golden opportunity!
• Construction:  workers and supervisors – build a new career! 
• ICT:  professionals (programmers, coders, web specialists) – turn the byte into a job!
• Health sector (medical specialists, nurses and support workers): - take care of your career and make a healthy move! 
• Other sectors
• Summer jobs: discover a warm north!

Start exploring how you can take your personal and work life in a new, positive direction. Join the event, register, submit your application, chat with employers, interview and get a job.

As well as the job opportunities on offer, anyone who registers will receive useful information on living and working in Finland, northern Norway and northern Sweden on issues such as taxes, social security, etc.

To join us on March 11, 2020 at Finland-Norway-Sweden Day, you have to register in advance!

Be with us on March 11, 2020 to find out how you can become a part of our Nordic family.

For employers:

this event is the perfect opportunity to promote your recruitment needs in different sectors throughout Europe. 

You’ll have the chance to meet a wide range of jobseekers who are highly motivated and have the relevant qualifications and experience.

The event is targeted to employers in Finland, Northern Norway and Northern Sweden.

We are looking forward to your registration and participation.

Dear Participant,

Thank you for joining the Finland-Norway-Sweden Day, taking place online on the 11th of  March.

In order to get the most of this event, you should:

• Improve your profile / CV

Pay attention to your language, technical or soft skills, as well as educational fields. You can add your picture and, if you have one, your Skype account ID. If you haven’t done so yet, we strongly advise you to have your CV uploaded in English or have it retrieved from the EURES portal. You can as well add your LinkedIn profile or any online portfolio. 

Watch the video

• Apply for jobs & confirm your attendance to interviews

There will be plenty of jobs waiting for you in the platform. Browse through these vacancies and apply as soon as possible to those matching your skills and expectations. Uploading your CV is not enough, the employer can only view your profile/ CV when you apply for their jobs.

Companies may also invite you for one or more online interviews, to take place on the event day.

In case you are pre-selected, you will get a notification by the employer(s) on possible timeslots for the interview, to which you should answer as quickly as possible.

If you have already applied, you might have some invitations pending your confirmation. Please check on a regular basis. 

Watch the video

• Prepare for the interview(s)

In order to better prepare, you should thoroughly research available information on the participating companies, their main projects and recruitment needs. Select the companies you want to approach, or who have invited you for an interview, identify the questions you may want to ask and try to anticipate possible questions from the employer.

A cared personal look is important (even if the interview is online) and a good level of English combined with a positive attitude, will prove highly beneficial.

Please make sure, ahead of the day of an online interview, you have access to:

• PC, laptop, tablet / iPad or another mobile device plus a headset with a microphone and a webcam;
• a stable internet connection;
• a Skype account .

If you have an interview time slot confirmed – the employer will contact you on the time agreed upon by contacting your Skype id.

• If you don't have any pre-set interviews...

On the event day, you can still make exploratory contacts with employers and get advice with info points on different services supporting your job search or mobility project by contacting available info points or companies through chat with exhibitors which will activate on the day.

• If you are not an EU/EEA or Swiss citizen

Please bear in mind that, while you may participate in this event and use the www.europeanjobdays.eu platform for job search and meeting employers, you will still have additional legal obligations and administrative procedures to go through to get access to the European labour market.

We advise you to check beforehand for additional information:

• the basic EU labour market accessing principles for different non-EU country nationals,
• the EU Immigration Portal

You should also be aware that employers may decide not to go through your application, due to the expected length of immigration procedures related to your hiring.

• Still having some doubts?

Contact us via helpdesk@europeanjobdays.eu or for further info, visit the event website (on permanent update).

We look forward to meeting you online on March 11th, and wish you luck for your job search!

Work

Public Employment service

www.workinnorway.no

www.nav.no/en   

www.ec.europa.eu/eures  EURES, the European Job Mobility Portal

www.finn.no/jobb  private job database

NAV Service Centre EURES Phone: 0047 55 55 33 39 (press 2)  

Email: eures@nav.no  (Information about jobs search in English)

Looking for work

We recommend that you register your CV on the EURES portal www.eures.europa.eu, where Norwegian employers are likely to be looking for European candidates.

Where to find the jobs

The easiest way if you don’t speak Norwegian is to search for jobs on the EURES portal www.eures.europa.eu. Indeed, all the job vacancies published by NAV are listed on this portal. You can then use the search function in your own language and access the job vacancies. Check first the job vacancies “with EURES flag”, as 

You can also access job vacancies in English which are listed on the NAV website www.arbeidsplassen.no. Use “english” as key word search

Staffing and recruitment agencies

www.stillinger.no     Employment portal

Recruitment agencies

The private recruitment agencies have a big share of the job market in Norway, and there are numerous. You should consider registering at a few of them. A few examples: - www.manpower.no  www.adecco.no  www.proffice.no  www.jobzone.no   

There are many more recruitment agencies, you can find them via the Yellow Pages www.gulesider.no. Write “bemanningsbyrå” in the search field.

Public services

www.nyinorge.no New in Norway guide - practical information from public administrations

www.nav.no/en  the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration

https://helsenorge.no/foreigners-in-norway  Healthcare and social security

www.sua.no Service Centre for Foreign Workers in Oslo

https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/person/foreign/Tax information for foreign workers in Norway

www.udi.no the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration

www.politi.no the Norwegian Police

www.arbeidstilsynet.no The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority

www.toll.no Customs

www.grensetjansten.com  Cross border service Sweden/Norway

www.innovasjonnorge.no Innovation Norway

www.ssb.no Statistics Norway

www.mattilsynet.no Norwegian Food/Animal Safety Authority

www.government.no Information from the Government and the Ministries

Cities & Municipalities

www.oslo.kommune.no/startpage/

www.stavanger.kommune.no

www.bergen.kommune.no

www.trondheim.kommune.no

www.tromso.kommune.no

www.kristiansand.kommune.no

To find the website of any municipality: www.name-of-municipality.kommune.no

Newspapers

www.aftenposten.no  Oslo

www.aftenbladet.no Stavanger

www.bt.no Bergen

www.adressa.no Trondheim

www.nordlys.no Tromsø

www.fvn.no Kristiansand

Search engines

www.google.no , www.bing.no, www.kvasir.no, www.startsiden.no

Recognition of Education and Qualifications

www.nokut.no Recognition of foreign education

www.helsedirektoratet.no/English  Authorisation and Licence for Health personnel

Trade Unions

www.lo.no The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

www.akademikerne.no The Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations

www.ys.no The Confederation of Vocational Unions

www.unio.no The Confederation of Unions for Professionals

Start your own company in Norway

www.altinn.no/en  see “start and run business”

Language courses in Norway

www.ntnu.edu/learnnow  free online Norwegian language course

www.kompetansenorge.no/English See “Immigrant integration” for all the accredited language course providers in Norway

www.folkeuniversitetet.no/  Class room courses

www.aof.no Class room courses

https://felles.oslovo.no/ Courses in Oslo

Study in Norway

www.studyinnorway.no the guide to higher education in Norway

www.diku.no Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education

www.samordnaopptak.no/info/english/ The Norwegian Universities and College Admission service

Traineeships and Internships in Norway

www.trainee.no The Norwegian trainee guide

http://aiesec.org  Student organization - Internships

www.karrierestart.no Job portal and lots of advice and other relevant information

www.europlacement.com (Intern and internship in Europe)

Housing

www.finn.no/eiendom market place for rental “bolig til leie” and purchase «bolig til salgs»

www.hybel.no rentals and home share agency

www.utleiemegleren.no rentals agency

Diverse/Other

www.visitnorway.com the official Travel guide to Norway

www.gulesider.no  the Yellow Pages in Norway

www.petro.no News website for the oil and gas industry

Jobseekers toolkit for Sweden

 Do you want to work in Sweden?

If you live in another EU/EEA country you can get certain help from our EURES advisers if you want to work in Sweden. Here is some information about living and working in Sweden.

Sweden - More about Sweden and the Swedish culture

Swedish taxation

Taxes – The Swedish Tax Agency about taxes in Sweden

Social Insurance

Social Insurance – The Swedish social insurance

Regulated professions – Regulated professions and your qualifications in Sweden

Working in Sweden

Working in Sweden – Your Guide to working or running a business in Sweden

Forms of employment - Different forms of employment and self-employment

Statistics on average salaries - Statistics on average salaries in Sweden by profession are available on Statistics Sweden’s website

Learning the Swedish language

Swedish Institute – Learn Swedish

Swedish for all – How to begin learning Swedish

Extra information

Work permit – General information for citizens in EU/EEA countries and Switzerland as well as non-EU/EEA citizens

The Swedish Migration Agency – Information about work permits in Sweden