living & working in sweden
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Lena LundkvistEURES AdviserÖrnsköldsvik
Living and working in Sweden
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• Sweden is the third largest ountr! in EU "# and has$% &&& km oastline.
• $.' million inhabitants( )#* live in the southern +arts.
• Sweden has been a member of EU sine ,$$#.
• -urren! Swedish -rown /SE01 $(#$ SE0 2 , 3 /4t "&,,1
www.sweden.se
Facts about Sweden
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• 9n Sweden we s+eak Swedish
• :he Sandinavian languages are similar; Swedish( <orwegian and =anish
• English skills are im+ortant in man! +rofessions
• Language skills in labour shortages and sur+luses
Language skills
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• >'(> * of men and %>($ * of women aged ,#?> are in
em+lo!ment. 6ood hild are failities make this +ossible.• Unem+lo!ment rate )(, *
• Statistis from the ubli Em+lo!ment Servies
Labour Market StatisticsSeptember 2011
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Labour market shortagesand surpluses
• Shortages S+eialists in health are( re?shool teahers(:eahers in voational subBets( -hefs( =entists( -raneo+erators( Aountants( Engineers in building and onstrution(9:?s+eialists( Cualified metal workers /heating and ventilation1.
• Surpluses 5otor Dehile o+erators( 4+erators /metal( rubber(+lasti1( 5ahine o+erators( ournalists( 4ffie lerks(:ele+hone o+erators7ree+tionists( Fiologists( hotogra+hers(6ardeners
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• :em+orar! or ermanent ontrats
• % months +robationar! em+lo!ment
• Gull time( & hours +er week
• "# da!s vaation +er !ear /right to take onseutive weeksholida! in the summer1
• <o national minimum wage. -olletive agreements inmost ou+ations ensure fair wages.
orking in Sweden
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• ubli Em+lo!ment Servies Platsbanken and Söka jobb / Länkar www.arbetsformedlingen.se
• EURES www.eures.euro+a.eu
• Swedish news+a+ers www.onlinenews+a+ers.om7sweden.htm
• Adeo www.adeo.se• Lernia www.lernia.se• 5an+ower www.man+ower.se• roffie www.+roffie.se
• -om+an! websites
Find a !ob
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• E?mail is freCuentl! used and ae+ted.
• A++liations should be t!+ewritten in Swedish or English.
• 6enerall! !ou do not enlose a +hoto.
• An a++liation onsists of
? +ersonal letter /no more than , +age( often less1
? !our -D /,?" +ages1? Referenes /an also be given at the interview1
• Hou ma! be asked to +resent evidene of +rofessional
Cualifiations and di+lomas later on.
• Reognition of foreign di+lomas
$ppl# %or a !ob in Sweden
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Service through
? 9nternet www.arbetsformedlingen.se /" hour servie1
? b! tele+hone via -ustomer Servie -entres /> da! servie1I% /&1 >>,?,% ,%
? :he ubli Em+lo!ment 4ffie ; JArbetsförmedlingenK /over'&& offies1
&ublic 'mplo#ment Serviceshen #ou are a resident in Sweden
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www.skolverket.se
Pre-school Age 1-5, volontary
Pre-school class Age , 1 year
!ompulsory school Age 7-1, " years
#pper secondaryschool
Age 1-$%, & years
#niversities and
university colleges Age 1'-
Advanced vocational
education (KY) Age 1'-'ducational
s#stem
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Sweden olland Grane 6erman! <orwa! , kg butter 4,7$ #(&$ %(%& #(,' >('>
, l milk %,77 &(>$ ,(&' &($# ,($
, kg heese ',$7 )(& ,"("' $()# ,&()", kg hiken &,$$ ("> '(#) ($% >(%#
, kg roast beef 1&,'7 ,>()& ,%(>, "$(> ""(,'
, kg bread "('# 1,4' ('% ,(>) '(&#
, kg +otatoes ,('" %, ,("$ &($$ ,(,,
, kg a++les "(> 1,&' "(') "() '(&)
, kg offee 5,15 #(#' %("> )(#' $('#
Food costs ()*
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• JGlatK organisations
• :eam work
• Hou must be able to take initiatives and ada+t to newsituations.
• K=uK ; first name basis ; informalit!M
• 6ender eCualit!
• Strong :rade unions
$ t#pical Swedish work place
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• Gresh air( lean water( untouhed wilderness( o+ens+ae ; JRight of ubli AessK
• ersonnummerM %#&%&?%'#
• Shoes off indoors
• JS!stembolagetK
Sweden and Swedes
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• :end to avoid onflitsN
• Sweden JlosesK for the summer
• Fetween A+ril ; Se+tember Swedes beome sun worshi++ers
• 9nternet ; DERH im+ortant in the Swedish soiet!
Sweden and Swedes
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Frohure Living and Working in Sweden www.arbetsformedlingen.se under Other languages
Lena Lundkvist
+hank #ou %or #our attention,
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