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Traveling and Finding Work in Scandinavia
Hello everyone:
I am interested in traveling and finding work in Scandinavia so I can prolong my stay, and, if I like it enough, maybe reside permanently. I have recently gained EU citizenship and am about to finish a Business Management curriculum at an American university. Countries I am thinking about a Sweden, Finland, Norway, and maybe The Netherlands (in that order). I understand, tho, before I look for a job in a specific country, I should spend time learning the language (which I plan to do). What I was thinking of is saving some money in the U.S., and after graduation packing up my stuff and heading to one of the above countries and staying at a hostel or cheap place of residence while looking for work (which the EU citizenship should allow). On the other hand, I have heard that finding work in, say, Sweden is very difficult, even for McDonald's type jobs. Would there be any kind of lower-tier work most people dislike left for me, to at least perfect my language skills or assist me in adapting to the country? I would not mind working in a restaurant or doing some menial work until eventually, whatever time it takes, I find a job in the field for which I got an education. I am sure some here might have some knowledge about these topics, especially as they relate to Scandinavia, given that this forum is very travel and budget oriented. One possibility is finding work beforehand, but since that may be very difficult, I am looking for the worst case scenario and to find out if it is in fact true that there are no menial jobs in Scandinavia for someone with an EU citizenship. Thanks in advance! |
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Traveling and Finding Work in Scandinavia
the netherlands is NO Scandinavia!!!!!! i.m from the NL and I can assure
you: Scandinavia is more beautiful, also democratic and with loads of people and little nature. So if I were you...... good luck! "?ystein" schreef in bericht om... (Kool Jammer) wrote in message om... Hello everyone: I am interested in traveling and finding work in Scandinavia so I can prolong my stay, and, if I like it enough, maybe reside permanently. I have recently gained EU citizenship and am about to finish a Business Management curriculum at an American university. Countries I am thinking about a Sweden, Finland, Norway, and maybe The Netherlands (in that order). I understand, tho, before I look for a job in a specific country, I should spend time learning the language (which I plan to do). You should alter you focus a bit. Swedish, Danish and Norwegian are fairly alike, While Finnish is completly different (One of the few Finn-Ugric languages in Europe) and Dutch is very different. What I was thinking of is saving some money in the U.S., and after graduation packing up my stuff and heading to one of the above countries and staying at a hostel or cheap place of residence while looking for work (which the EU citizenship should allow). On the other hand, I have heard that finding work in, say, Sweden is very difficult, even for McDonald's type jobs. In Norway and Sweden the rules for puting up a tent in nature is very liberal indeed. Not to much luxury of course, but as cheap as possible One possibility is finding work beforehand, but since that may be very difficult That is not very difficult. In Scandinavia most vacancies are put in the papers and on websites for vacancies. www.monster.no, www.finn.no, www.stepstone.no and www.aetat.no are the best websites. Aftenposten is the best paper for vacancies in Norway. To read the job descriptions and apply, for of course normally have to read and write the language, but that is no different if you go to say Norway first. Tourist guiding in English and trainee / entry possitions in multinationals can be an option for Native English speakers, if they have the competence for that line of work. best regards, Jan |
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Traveling and Finding Work in Scandinavia
?ystein wrote in message
om... (Kool Jammer) wrote in message om... You should alter you focus a bit. Swedish, Danish and Norwegian are fairly alike, While Finnish is completly different (One of the few Finn-Ugric languages in Europe) and Dutch is very different. I've found that Swedish is easiest for me to learn, but Finnish is a good challenge! havign said that, In two trips to Finland, I've only ever met one person who didn't speak English. Everyone else was amazed that we had learnt Finnish before our trip! Sarah -- |
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