Living and Working in Norway

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Living and Working in Norway

NAV EURES Hamar, Norway EURES Adviser Ragnhild
Synstad
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up north
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Norway

• Statistics
• Length 1750 km
• 7th largest in Europe
• 4,5 mill. inhabitants
• 19 Counties
• Largest cities
• Oslo (522 000)
• Bergen (237 000)
• Trondheim (154 000)
• Stavanger (112 000)

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Language

• Most Norwegians speak English
• .. But most of the employers require that you
  speak Norwegian, or an Scandinavian language
• Ask your local Eures Adviser about language
  courses in your country
• The Norwegian authorities do not offer EU/EEA
  citizens language courses free of charge

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Labour Market I

• Unemployment 1,8 in average (September 2007)
• Increase Industry and Construction
• Decline Public Sector (inkl. Health)
• Education and special skills is the best
  guarantee to stay
• in, or make an easy entry into, the labour market

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Labour Market II

• Vocational education and relevant experience
• Shortages Mechanical Industry, Construction and
  Property Industry (craftsmen), Health sector
  (dentists, doctors), Hotel and Tourism (chefs and
  waiters), Service Sector (hairdressers)
• Surpluses Academic professions, IT sector,
  educational sector (teachers)

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Mechanical Industry

• Welders
• Industrial Plumbers
• Industrial mechanics
• Machine Operator (CNC)
• Industrial Painters
• Fire Proofers
• Insulators
• Scaffolders

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Offshore Industry

• Large competition for the jobs
• Highly skilled personnel with long experience
  only
• Shortages Petroleum engineers
• Recruit from Mechanical Industry

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Construction Property Industry

• Carpenters
• Joiners
• Bricklayers
• Construction Frame workers
• Tinsmiths
• Plumbers

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IT

• Large activity in the late 90s
• 2002/2003 bankruptcy and dismissals
• 2006 Increasing demand
• Highly skilled personnel
• Currently a small surplus in national labour force

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Health

• Dentist Public Sector
• Doctors Specialists
• Doctors Rural areas
• Nurses Special educated
• Nurses Surplus
• Unskilled No demand

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Hotel and Tourism

• Chefs
• Waiters
• Bartenders
• Good language skills
• Seasonal work
• Largest demand in Oslo area

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Fishing Industry

• Norways second largest export industry
• Small demand for labour within seasonal
  processing industry
• Good English skills is important
• No demands on the boats

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Transport

• Lorry drivers
• Truck drivers
• Construction machinery drivers
• Valid certificate
• Seasonal variations

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Farming/ Agriculture

• Unskilled Harvesting
• Strawberries
• cabbage
• ect.
• Skilled Farm relievers
• Milking (machine operated)
• Tractor (with equipment)

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Jobseeking I

• Make a Curriculum Vitae (CV) in English
• Personalia (name, address, phone, e-mail ect.)
• Education (describe shortly)
• Work Experience (describe shortly)
• Courses
• Language skills
• Interest
• References (name of former employer phone
  numbers)

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Jobseeking II

• www.nav.no
• www.eures.no
• www.eures.europa.eu
• NAV Service Centre Phone [phone]
• (Monday Friday 0800 1800)
• Contact the EURES Adviser in your area

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Jobseeking III

• 60 / 70 of the jobs are not advertised!
• Use www.gulesider.no (yellow pages)and
• Companies web sites
• Contact employers directly
• Use your personal network

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• Residence permit with entitlement to work
• See www.udi.no for more information
• You can apply
• at a Norwegian foreign service or
• in person (Norwegian Police Station) or
• the employer can apply on your behalf
• FELIZ SUERTE!