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ICT and software engineers have lowest rate of trade union membership

...immigrant groups have been taken from Statistics Norway and are based on tax returns where a deduction ... have been obtained for professions in which Tekna members are working, the different groups being listed...

Membership benefits from A-Z

...part-time employment T Tekna Magasinet V Viaplay W Work Here you get a complete overview of the membership ... salary, or the CV builder, require logging in. You log in with the email address you have registered...

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Writing a business plan

A business plan is a tool that shows in detail how you want to establish your business. It helps you ... business in order to feel secure that your undertaking is achievable and have a solid working foundation...

Sky-high growth of digital paper tablet

...says organizational development head Haakon Knoph in the Norwegian IT company reMarkable. Last year TIME ... Magasinet’s list of «The 15 leading companies in IT sector job growth – in other words companies with the strongest...

– A simple country boy from Sunnmøre

...has also been heavily involved in reorganizing his company, Equinor. In the middle of all this activity ... he’s been doing a top-to-bottom remodel of his house in Bergen. – There’s so much I’d like to do and get...

Lars Olav Grøvik elected as Tekna’s new president

Tekna’s head company representative in Equinor as well as a board member in Tekna Private and the head of Tekna ... Oil and Gas. He has extensive experience from his work as a company representative and has represented...

Important political breakthroughs made in spring 2021

Tekna’s made several important political breakthroughs in areas including the workplace, competency, technology ... Lise Lyngsnes Randeberg. Politisk Tekna has weighed in at 36 Parliamentary hearings this spring. Here are...

Is this why we all want to work in Norway?

...foreign nationals work in Norway and a high number of foreign nationals want to work in Norway. Can the Norwegian ... labor unions be a part of the explanation? Working in Norway Having been a ‘permanent resident alien’ of...

We’re going for more content in English

Our English webpages, Tekna.no/en , were improved in 2020, along with the rest of tekna.no. There was ... benefits have been translated, while at the same time work is being done to better explain trade unions’ value...

Opinions

Tekna's opinions and policies Tekna works actively through the media and directly with the Government ... promote our political views. Our opinions appear in Tekna's policy documents. Tekna is an independent...

International work

Union (IAE) Nordic IN IndustriAll Global Union (IGU) Support for trade unions in Kenya and Uganda Nording ... EUROPE UNI Global Union We’re engaged in international work in several arenas for cooperation and knowledge...

Record growth in Tekna

(Statistics Norway). Aktuelt Tekna has had a strong membership growth rate for several years in a row, and ... employed, according to numbers from SSB (Statistics Norway). - This past year was a challenging one for many...

Bank

...bank to get in touch with. In addition, they are the best major bank in customer satisfaction in the private ... digital user experiences. Handelsbanken invests widely in the development of technology, and is now building...

Why join a trade union today?

...union movement – for granted, declares Katrine Olsson in Tekna. Råd og tips She thinks that more people should ... should join a trade union. -When participating in discussions with employers and political officials,...

Employee Wellness in the Norwegian Work Culture

...loved his wife so much, he almost told her? Working in Norway This old joke brings a smile to many faces ... High-context vs. low-context Researchers have long been at work trying to explain and classify how businesspeople...

Repeat As Needed: What Job Seekers Should Tell Themselves

...yourself what you need to keep your head above water in the upcoming process that will at times try … Saying ... above water in the upcoming process that will at times try to pull you under. Working in Norway A very water-oriented...

Don’t Buzz: How to Avoid Using the Overused When Writing Your CV

...superficial buzzwords to describe your abilities in your CV/LinkedIn profile. The old phrase ‘I’m stuck ... superficial buzzwords to describe your abilities in your CV/LinkedIn profile. CV writing skills,English...

Older Job Seekers: The Painful Need to Leave Your Past Behind

...search,job seeker,Norway,older job seeker, Working in Norway But what to leave in and what to leave out ... looking for new work. Case in point and a quick update for unaware readers: The drastic fall in oil prices...

Application Letter Writing: A Little (List) Goes a Long Way

In my most recent blog post, I wrote about how job-seekers need to use active verbs in their writing ... writing in order for the reader to understand what they actually did/are doing at work. An extension of this...

CV Writing: Don’t Just Be Responsible, Be Active

...talked about how and what to write when filling out ‘Work Experience’. I told those present that the traditional ... responsible for…’ has been retired, never to be put to work again. Putting it bluntly, who cares what you was...

When Just Being Nice Won’t Cut It: Why You Need Interview Adjectives/Examples

...anybody actually enjoy being interviewed? Sitting in the hot seat being grilled and judged and found…acceptable ... anybody actually enjoy being interviewed? Sitting in the hot seat being grilled and judged and found…acceptable...

‘Why didn’t I get the job?’: Playing the Sympathy Card

...getting the first job I ever interviewed for in Norway triggered a certain number of comments. While ... skills, Working in Norway My recent article about not getting the first job I ever interviewed for in Norway...

‘Why didn’t I get the job?’: Our Need for Post-Interview Answers

...interview in Norway. I had answered a newspaper ad posting a teaching job at a newly started school in the ... area. The student body was made up of adults (as in age 19 and over) who were either going back … Find...