Navigation

Newsletter

Subscribe to the latest news from the Nordic Labour Journal by e-mail. The newsletter is issued 9 times a year. Subscription is free of charge.

(Required)

Tags

Fitness industry seeks millennium-old skills – and knowledge of how to become bootylicious tema
| Sep 2017

Fitness industry seeks millennium-old skills – and knowledge of how to become bootylicious

Sep 19, 2017 More than four million Nordic citizens are members of gyms like Sats Elixia. As a result, the demand for skilled instructors is considerable. We joined one student of theology, one accountant and one brand expert in their spinning, yoga and shape classes.
How Sats Elixia works to secure the right competency tema
| Sep 2017

How Sats Elixia works to secure the right competency

Sep 19, 2017 Competency is a moving target, since the knowledge needed to manage a job always changes. In the fitness and exercise industry this is doubly true. Not only does one trend replace another. Competency also often means knowing the right movements and how to make people move.
How do you motivate adult Danes to retrain? tema
| Sep 2017

How do you motivate adult Danes to retrain?

Sep 19, 2017 The Danish adult and continuing education system is being reorganised in order to get more Danes to choose to take part in continuing training. One in three say they are not interested.
Older colleagues’ experience needed as the 80’s generation take over the Viking ferries tema
| Sep 2017

Older colleagues’ experience needed as the 80’s generation take over the Viking ferries

Sep 19, 2017 Viking Line is facing a real challenge. The largest age group onboard their Baltic Sea passenger ferries is 50 to 59 year olds. When they retire, a big chunk of competence disappears. The company has decided to treat this as a challenge and not a problem.
Restaurants break with old language norm – English makes an entrance tema
| Sep 2017

Restaurants break with old language norm – English makes an entrance

Sep 19, 2017 Finnish restaurateurs are worried about the lack of Finnish-speaking waiters. As a result, more and more restaurants now seek English-speaking staff. Meanwhile, trade unions sound a warning that many young people are leaving the trade because of low pay and a lack of workplace training opportunities.
This is themeComment