Title: The
1The Job Plan and Denmarks New Strategy for
International Recruitment
- Niels Højensgård, EURES Manager, Denmark
2The Situation at a Glance
- Unemployment in Denmark 1.8 of Workforce
3The Situation at a Glance
Workers from the new EU Countries 2004 - 2008
4The Situation at a Glance
Recruitment Situation for Danish Companies
Successful 35
Not seeking staff
No luck! 22
39 of all recruitment attempts unsuccessful
5The 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.
6Challenges
- 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
7Increasing Labour SupplyThe Job Plan,
February 2008
- 6 Major initiatives to increase labour supply
from Denmark - National Action Plan for International
Recruitment
8Increasing 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
9Increasing 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
10Increasing 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
11Increasing 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)
12Increasing 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
13Increasing 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
14Key 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