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1
The Job Plan and Denmarks New Strategy for
International Recruitment
  • Niels Højensgård, EURES Manager, Denmark

2
The Situation at a Glance
  • Unemployment in Denmark 1.8 of Workforce

3
The Situation at a Glance
Workers from the new EU Countries 2004 - 2008
4
The Situation at a Glance
Recruitment Situation for Danish Companies
Successful 35
Not seeking staff
No luck! 22
39 of all recruitment attempts unsuccessful
5
The Situation at a Glance
  • 66.000 vacancies 3.3 of workforce
  • Largest categories
  • Sales assistants
  • Carpenters
  • Electricians
  • Kindergarten staff
  • Social- and health care assistants
  • Nurses
  • etc.
  • But also higher educated groups
  • Engineers
  • IT Specialists
  • Doctors
  • etc.

6
Challenges
  • Ageing population
  • Draining the public sector
  • Increasing demands on services
  • Huge number of transfer recipients (20 of
    population app. 750,000)
  • Low labour market affiliation for immigrants
  • Participation rate (app. 55-60 )
  • Unemployment rate (app. 8 )
  • Total, immigrants age 16-66 278,000 persons
  • Emerging bottleneck situations

7
Increasing Labour SupplyThe Job Plan,
February 2008
  • 6 Major initiatives to increase labour supply
    from Denmark
  • National Action Plan for International
    Recruitment

8
Increasing Labour SupplyNational Action Plan
for International Recruitment
  • Six main areas
  • Marketing Denmark Abroad
  • Easier Access (primarily with regard to non-EU
    countries)
  • Better Service for Companies and Foreign Job
    Seekers
  • Recruiting to Public Sector
  • Integration and Retention
  • Documentation, Monitoring

9
Increasing Labour SupplyNational Action Plan
for International Recruitment
  • Marketing Denmark Abroad
  • Large-Scale Action Plan for Offensive Global
    Marketing of Denmark
  • Focus on Foreign Media
  • Campaign to Attract Health Care Staff

10
Increasing Labour SupplyNational Action Plan
for International Recruitment
  • 2. Easier Access to Denmark
  • (primarily with regard to non-EU countries)
  • More Job Categories on Positive List
  • Lowering the Income Bar
  • Green Card Scheme
  • More Attractive Tax Schemes for Researchers and
    Specialists
  • etc

11
Increasing Labour SupplyNational Action Plan
for International Recruitment
  • 3 Better Service for Companies and Foreign Job
    Seekers, e.g.
  • Task Force (LEAN process) to Simplify Rules and
    Break Down Barriers
  • New Internet Portal www.workindenmark.dk
  • including CV- and Job Bank
  • workindenmark centres
  • 3 regional centres in Denmark
  • 1 in New Delhi (pilot)

12
Increasing Labour SupplyNational Action Plan
for International Recruitment
  • COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE PACKAGE
  • www.workindenmark.dk
  • One access point for companies and job seekers
  • Giving all relevant information
  • Focus on self service, including
  • CV- and Job Bank
  • Joint project for 6 ministries
  • workindenmark centres 3 regional centres in
    Denmark
  • Focus on import
  • Staff of app. 35 people in all
  • EURES, Cross Border and Seasonal Work integrated
  • Grand Opening 1 October 2008

13
Increasing Labour SupplyNational Action Plan
for International Recruitment
  • Recruiting to Public Sector
  • Analyses
  • Fast Track Approval of Qualifications
  • Integration and Retention
  • Family Packages
  • Danish
  • Documentation, Monitoring
  • Tri Partite Monitoring
  • Key Figure System
  • Special Grant for Infomation on Danish Labour
    Market

14
Key figures 2007-08
  • Population 5,4 mill (16-66 3,7 mill)
  • Labour force 2,9 mill
  • Participation rate 78 (women 73 , men 80,
    50-59 years, 81 , 60-66 years 28 )
  • 140.000 absence due to illness 5,0
  • Pension age 65/Average retirement age 62
  • Members of Unemployment Insurance Funds 80-85
  • Unionization rate 75-80
  • Collective agreement coverage 70-75
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