Sweden’s national employment agency Arbetsförmedlingen is closing more than half of its local job centres across the country over the next two years. The decision was announced earlier in March, as The Local reported at the time, just a month after the agency said it would lay off around …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.se/20190328/these-are-the-towns-across-sweden-where-job-centres-are-closing

The latest edition of a key Swiss report sheds light on how much people can expect to earn in Switzerland – police and priests included. Taking in over 9.400 jobs, the hefty Lohnbuch Schweiz 2019 was compiled by Zurich’s economy and employment department and is based on intense mining of data …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.ch/20190326/the-best-and-worst-paid-jobs-in-switzerland-in-2019

Doctors are in demand in Sweden, just like in many other countries, and it’s one of the jobs with a predicted shortage of workers over coming years. But working as a medical professional in Sweden comes with some specific requirements, so here’s what you need to know. The very first thing …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.se/20190327/career-guide-how-to-work-as-a-doctor-in-sweden

MY SWEDISH CAREER: When French native Audrey Leclercq moved to Sweden, she did not expect to be dismantling stereotypes as an entrepreneur just a couple of years later. Months after Audrey Leclercq moved from France to Sweden in January 2016, she confronted Francophiles in the unlikeliest of places: her son’s preschool. At …read more Source:: […]

December 2018 saw an eight-year low for the number of people receiving Denmark’s basic social welfare payment for unemployment, according to government figures. A total of 123,800 people received the benefit in the final month of last year, 32,700 fewer than in April 2016 with seasonal variation factored in, the Ministry …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.dk/20190325/fewer-people-receiving-social-welfare-payment-in-denmark-ministry

Spain’s Socialist cabinet on Friday approved a plan to persuade some of the roughly one million workers who left the country during its 2008-2013 economic slump to return home. Among the 50 measures included in the two-year plan are scholarships and grants for scientific researchers and lower social security payments …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.es/20190322/spain-launches-plan-to-lure-back-workers-who-left-during-crisis

When The Local asked our readers for practical measures Swedish institutions and companies could take to make the country a better place for international workers, you had plenty of suggestions. Here are ten key ways foreign workers in Sweden think things could be improved. READ ALSO: Reader voices – …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.se/20190321/ten-things-sweden-should-do-to-make-life-better-for-international-talent-according-to-the-locals-readers

Sweden has been relying on foreign workers to plug its skills shortage for years, and the country is known both for an enviable work-life balance and for bureaucracy that can complicate work permit applications. The Local asked our readers about their experiences in Sweden: the good, the bad, and what …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.se/20190321/what-is-it-like-working-in-sweden-as-an-international

Teaching English is one of the most sought-after jobs for internationals arriving in Germany. But do you have to speak German? Or be a native English speaker? Here’s what you need to know. Do I need any qualifications to teach English in Germany? Ideally, yes. It’s best to have a Teaching English …read more Source:: […]

MY SWEDISH CAREER: For most people, a wrong turn is an unremarkable moment in a day. For marketing manager Allisa Lindo, it landed her at the heart of Malmö’s startup community. When the New Yorker first came to Sweden in August 2015, she had one clear objective: to earn a master’s …read more Source:: https://www.thelocal.se/20190319/a-wrong-turn-took-me-deep-into-swedens-startup-world