Recruitment Program Stockholm

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Recruitment Program Stockholm
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Recruitment Program Stockholm

• The purpose with the programme is to increase
  the frequecy of employment among refugees and
  immigrants and thereby
• Create better conditions for increased
  integration
• Reduce the city councils costs for economic
  assistance
• Facilitate in finding the right labour for
  employersthis is carried out by
• Identifying branches with recruitment needs
• Giving participants the necessary
  vocational/business language
• Giving participants the necessary knowledge
  regarding Swedish society and the work climate
• Tailor-making relevant vocational programmes in
  partnership with employers
• Providing support to both the participants and
  work place during the whole process
• Following-up, evaluating and developing the
  service
• Never giving up

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Recruitment Program Stockholm
Tailor-made training in cooperation with
respective companies with business Swedish
The company selects the instructor Everyone is
offered training A plan to practise at the
company is set up
Contains business Swedish, Preparation for the
actual Vocational course, efforts for Increased
motivation, social- competence etc.

Preparatory training
Temp/Trainee worker pool
Vocational courses
WORK
Cleaning services, rail services, demolition
and construction work, retail/service sector etc
. Coaches responsible for - Problem
solving/support - local practise plan -
following-up
100 places morning 100 places afternoon 3
hours/session 3-5 months
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Results

• From 22 May 2000 31 Dec 2007 more than 1000
  persons have got jobs and gone from welfare to
  supporting themselves
• This equates to close on 85 of all participants
  who have finished vocational courses
• The majority today are still self-sufficient
• 2006 was the Programme for Employments most
  successful year ever. 324 persons went from
  welfare to supporting themselves

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Profitability

• People that go from welfare dependency to
  supporting themselves creates large gains for
  everyone!
• For the City this results in per person/per
  month
• 5000 SEK reduced costs for economic assistance
• 5000 SEK increased tax income 10 000 SEK
  per person/per month
• Therefore a typical annual result should
  result in
• savings/gains
• 200 people x 10 000 SEK 2 000 000 SEK every
  month
• The overall costs for the programme are less
  than 700 000 SEK per month

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Success factors

• Close cooperation with companies
• Preparation for participants, business language
  training, motivation, social competence
• The work of the coaches
• Following up, evaluations and development
• Engagement

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Thank you for your attention

• If you would like further information please
  contact me on one of the following
• 46 8 508 25 520
• magnus.axell_at_utbildning.stockholm.se