lifescience opportunities in denmark

WORKINDENMARK – Rome, 28th November 2012Dawid S. Andersen

About Workindenmark

Established by the Ministry of Employment in 2008

Aim: To increase the volume of qualified candidates wishing to work in Denmark

3 centres: Copenhagen, Odense and Århus

Browse job ads in English

Create your profile and CV

• Unemployment rate today: 6,3%

• Many companies are on stand-by

• Job openings within highly specialized functions

• Denmark will continue to lack skilled employees in

the future (due to the demography, the labour force

will shrink henceforward)

The Danish labour market today and in the future

Denmark

Capital: Copenhagen (1.2 million)

Population : app. 5.5 million

Area: 43.094 km² (7.400 km coast line)

Currency: Krone (1 € = ca. 7,50 DKK)

Governance: constitutional monarchy

5 regions and 98 municipalities

Facts about the country

• High salaries

• 37 hours working week

• 5 weeks of vacation + 9,5 official

holidays

• 8 months of maternity leave

• Taking care of kids – with pay –

during illness

• Excellent day care system

• Free education

• Free health care

Life and work in Denmark

• Taxes app. 38 %

- Researchers: 26 % during the first 5 years

for more information visit www.skat.dk

• No additional health payment

• Apartments in Copenhagen area, 2 rooms: app. € 800

• Excellent public transportation system

• High percentage of English speaking

• General public willingness to help

More information about Denmark

Language skills

• English at a high level

• Danish courses: free of charge duringthe first three years of stay

• Flat hierarchy – high level of

independence and responsibility

• Culture of discussion and consensus

• Informal tone

• Work-life balance

• Flexible working hours

• Danes enjoy their work

• Danes are reserved

• Humour is important

• Social events and activities

Danish working culture

Job opportunities

Opportunities for specialists with experience

– Health – MD/Specialists:

- Cardiologists

- General Practitioners

- Neurologists

- Psychiatrists

- Oncologists

- Radiologists

Software & Web development: .Net / ASP.Net (C#, VB, J#, ADO, VS) AgileAjaxApplicationsC / C++CMS (Sitecore, Drupal, EPiServer)Frontend (CSS, HTML, XHTML, Javascript)Java (J2EE, J2SE, JEE5, etc.)JQueryMicrosoft Dynamics AX / NAV (Axapta, Financials) PerlPHPSAPSharePointSoftware architectureSQLVisual StudioWeb development/webdesign/Ebusiness/portals

ICT specialists

Very important for all ICT jobs: working experience and good English skills!

ICT specialists

Implementation/Consultancy

Applications

Business Intelligence / Data Warehouse

Infrastructure

IT strategy

ITIL / Service Management

Microsoft Dynamics AX / NAV (Axapta, Financials)

Microsoft technology

(LAN / WAN)

SAP

SharePoint

System operation/Administration

Active Directory

Backup

Cisco

Citrix

Exchange

ITIL

LAN/WAN

SQL Server

Storage

Unix / Linux

Maintenance

Windows clients

Windows servers

Test/Quality Assurance

Engineers• Oil engineers, • Gas engineers, • Engineers with experience in project management, • Engineers dealing with large constructions, • Engineers specialised in underground construction –

metro/road/railway, • Railway engineer, • Local safety engineer • Engineers specialised in Metallurgy • Hydraulic engineers • Electrical engineers

Good English skills are mandatory. Extensive experience is needed in most positions

Biotech pharma specialists

• Regulatory Affairs • Chemists • Experienced salesmen of medical devices • Automation Engineer • Quality Engineer • HSE consultant • Patent • RAS • Senior Engineer within HVAC • Fill finish process engineers

• Researchers:

• - cancer, neurology, protein, biosustainability, metabolism etc.

Medicon Valley

Medicon ValleyOne of the largest life science clusters in Europe

• Bi-national life science cluster

• Greater Copenhagen and the region of southern Sweden

• 150 biotech and pharma companies

• 200 medtech companies

• 33 hospitals

• 9 science parks

• 11 universities

Graduate Programs

Graduate ProgramsNovo Nordisk

Graduate ProgramsNNE Pharmaplan

Research at academic institutionsPhD/Postdoc/Doctor

• Technical University of Denmark: www.dtu.dk

• University of Copenhagen: www.ku.dk

• University of Aalborg: www.en.aau.dk

• University of Aarhus: www.au.dk/en

• University of Southern Denmark: www.sdu.dk

CV

We DON’T use EUROPASS in Denmark.

So, how to write an effective CV?

How to Structure a Chronological CV

1. Personal details

2. Personal profile

3. Education

4. Work experience

5. Skills

6. Interests

7. References

How to Structure….

2. Personal Profile= brief and targeted summary about yourself

• What are your main skills? What are your personal qualities?

• Think in keywords

• Target the content

• Keep it short and to the point

Inspiration on www.workindenmark.dk > search field ”CV”

Thank you for your attentionQuestions? workindenmark@workindenmark.dk