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How do you integrate last year’s refugees into the labour market? forskning

How do you integrate last year’s refugees into the labour market?

Refugees represent a different type of group compared to labour immigrants. The integrating of last year’s record number of refugees to the Nordic region will therefore probably take longer than for labour immigrants. There is also a risk that labour market integration runs into problems after five to ten years, warned researches at a Nordic seminar held in Oslo.
Nordic focus on getting more newly arrived women into work tema
| April 2018

Nordic focus on getting more newly arrived women into work

To succeed in getting more newly arrived women into work, the Nordic countries need more employment measures, an increased focus on childcare and documented results from measures, according to a new study.
Finland's Tuula Haatainen sees positive gender signals in EU interview

Finland's Tuula Haatainen sees positive gender signals in EU

The European Union is seriously looking at the challenges of gender equality, while many member states have no option but to address the problem of how work and family life can be combined.
Is there gender equality among Nordic entrepreneurs? tema
| March 8

Is there gender equality among Nordic entrepreneurs?

Both in Sweden and in Finland there are more male than female entrepreneurs. What happens to gender equality when women live with men who are entrepreneurs? Are male and female entrepreneurs motivated by different things?
Annette changes tack tema

Annette changes tack

Annette Pedersen decided she wanted to become an electrician. She simply changed tack to get out of unemployment.
The best mix: old and young together tema

The best mix: old and young together

“We should look after our senior staff, but it is not our intention to turn Linjegods into a workplace exclusively for older workers. We must also attract the young, so that we get what we call a success mix of age groups, says Asbjørn Aanesen, who is organisational director at Linjegods.
Understanding each other – digital services ease cultural exchange tema
| LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGY

Understanding each other – digital services ease cultural exchange

A common digital platform for topical conversations with Nordic profiles could raise awareness about what is going on in our neighbouring countries – just like television once did. New technology makes it easier to cross national borders.
Job-related Swedish language training boosts employment tema

Job-related Swedish language training boosts employment

Several larger municipalities in Sweden are making Swedish lessons for immigrants more targeted to the labour market. Language lessons are mixed with practical learning. Örebro municipality west of Stockholm represents one example where vocational education is mixed with language lessons.
From opera to Slush – how #metoo is changing the Nordics nyhet
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From opera to Slush – how #metoo is changing the Nordics

The global #metoo campaign, which sheds light on sexual harassment and aims to break the culture of the silence surrounding it, has arrived in the Nordics. Many groups in Sweden, from actors and journalists to lawyers and trade union members, have signed petitions. We take a closer look at the situation in Denmark and Finland.
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Need for closer co-operation on labour force mobility between Nordic and Baltic countries

Ministers of labour from the Nordic countries and Baltic states have agreed to increase bilateral and multilateral dialogue and the exchange of views on common labour market policy issues actively and on all levels.
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