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What’s your look on ‘Link’?
...outsider whose job is to help them put their best writing foot forward so they’ll quickly land a job after finishing ... writing tips,job search tips,job seeking advice,LinkedIn writing tips, Working in Norway Lately, I’ve...
Article Working in Norway Mar. 19 2020 -
How Not to Get Burned in the Interview Hot Seat
I’ve got a job interview on Monday morning. I know no one at this workplace and know only a bit about ... do know is something about the job itself, as I’ve held onto the job description (more about this below)...
Article Working in Norway Feb. 27 2020 -
How/Why Should You Write a CV Summary?
...writing skills,job search tips,job seeking tips,resume writing skills, Working in Norway Wondering what ... been writing back to all these job seekers encouraging them to put in a Summary right under their heading...
Article Working in Norway Feb. 18 2020 -
Have You Looked at Your LinkedIn Headline Lately?
...something when you grew up? Maybe that something was a job with a title? Because it’s an important part of your ... else what you do. Many people are proud of their job titles, and that’s not a bad … LinkedIn profile,LinkedIn...
Article Working in Norway Jan. 21 2020 -
What’s Your Feeling About Phone Interviews?
Maybe you applied for a job a few weeks ago — ? One you really wanted and actually felt quite qualified ... You open your e-mail one day, and there’s one in your in box from the company where you’re trying to get...
Article Working in Norway Dec. 18 2019 -
Can You Find the Mistake?
...as follows: There are 16 mistakes in grammar/spelling/punctuation in the following paragraph. Find them ... English writing skills,job search tips,job seeking,job seeking tips, Working in Norway Last week I had to...
Article Working in Norway Nov. 27 2019 -
Working in Norway: The Colleague Conversation
...another reason to be happy that you’re working in Norway? Consider the Norwegian term medarbeidersamtale ... nouns together to form a new one. Which they do a lot in this country, much to the confusion of foreigners...
Article Working in Norway Nov. 15 2019 -
Phone Follow-up: Job Seeking in a Perfect World
If there’s one thing I’d wish for you as a job seeker, it’d be that whenever you called the organization ... international workplace,job search tips,job seeking tips,jobbsøk,jobs in Norway,Norwegian business culture...
Article Working in Norway Oct. 31 2019 -
Hate Your CV? Try Some TLC
...writing skills,job search,job seeking tips,working in norway,writing skills, Working in Norway I’ve realized ... realized lately how many job seekers have written to me saying — more or less — that they hate their CV. “More...
Article Working in Norway Oct. 29 2019 -
Your job search: How to show how smart you are?
Especially when you’re looking for a job. But just write about yourself in a simple, clear way when doing this ... this, okay? Awhile back while teaching a course for job seekers, several of the people there expressed a...
Article Working in Norway Sept. 30 2019 -
The Norwegian Model: It Works
...people want to work in Norway? A high number of foreign nationals work in Norway; a high number of foreign ... foreign nationals want to work in Norway. Having been a ‘permanent resident alien’ of the country for...
Article Working in Norway Sept. 10 2019 -
The Most Common Mistake CV Writers Make
Can you spot the mistake? Recently, a job-seeking engineer sent me their CV to proofread for grammatical ... skills,job search,job seeking tips, Working in Norway Can you spot the mistake? Recently, a job-seeking...
Article Working in Norway Aug. 29 2019 -
Me, overqualified? How to show you’re not by a long shot
...full-time work hamster wheel and want to get off? Most job seekers give the impression that they want to speed ... skills,job seeking,LinkedIn profile,Norwegian business culture,working in norway, Working in Norway Have...
Article Working in Norway Aug. 22 2019 -
Let’s be perfectly clear: Writing the Summary on your CV
...there is no clear right or wrong in resume writing frustrates some job seekers, especially engineers, whose ... tips,English writing skills,job search,job seeker,job seeking, Working in Norway The fact that there is no...
Article Working in Norway June 30 2019 -
Job Seekers: Can you write less and get more?
The Wiki definition says that it was first used in 1947 by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. It was ... he felt architectural design ought to be; meaning, in other words, 1) simplicity is better than elaborate...
Article Working in Norway May 31 2019 -
Shopping and CV Writing: Can you curb your urge?
...that shopping and writing your CV have something in common?— —I didn’t either, until two things happened ... when I got in a CV for proofreading … CV writing skills,English writing skills,job seeker,job seeking,...
Article Working in Norway May 26 2019 -
CV Writing: Giving up before you even start?
...like writing about themselves because they have to in … business communication skills,CV writing skills ... English writing skills,writing skills, Working in Norway After spending as much time proofreading CVs as...
Article Working in Norway May 11 2019 -
Relationships Working for You?
...popped into your mind right away was all the people in your life outside of work. All the people with whom ... business culture,relationship skills, Working in Norway How do you feel about relationship? When you read...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 30 2019 -
Good Boss Bad Boss: What Have You Had?
...bad boss there are no good jobs, and with a good boss there are no bad jobs.’ Is it true? Well, over the ... management,management skills,working in norway,workplace culture, Working in Norway Have you ever heard this workplace...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 12 2019 -
Cover Letter Writing: It’s All About (What) You (Can Offer)
I’ve been getting in quite a few with the following about why the writer wants the job. Have a look at: ... summer job at your company can offer me what I want in a working day: collaboration, … Working in Norway...
Article Working in Norway Mar. 19 2019 -
So, You (Think You) Have a Bad Job?
Are you working in Norway? Sometimes wishing you weren’t? That working life might be better somewhere ... woken up last week while sitting in the chair at a new salon I was trying in Tucson, Arizona, USA. … employee...
Article Working in Norway Mar. 4 2019 -
Are you (at all) interested in what you do at work?
Are you interested in what you do at work? If so, are you able to tell someone else about why you are ... are? These questions came up in connection with a course I was teaching last week, where we’d come to a...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 29 2018 -
How to Explain a [Hole/Gap] in Your CV
...a course, I don’t often correct anyone’s English. In fact, just the opposite – when starting out, I emphasize ... to get a grammar-free experience. We’re not back in grammar school English … CV writing skills,cv writing...
Article Working in Norway Mar. 11 2018 -
Working in Norway: What’s your added value?
Have we in Norway (over) enhanced becoming an entrepreneur as the only way to make it in business? “Value ... headline in The Scotsman announcing: Record number of Scots want to … innovation in Norway,international...
Article Working in Norway Jan. 19 2018 -
Integration: How to Move to Norway
If you’ve moved to Norway, learn something about Norway. Then tell Norwegians what you’ve learned. As ... before moving here. I was certainly no expert on the ins and outs of Norwegian life before getting off the...
Article Working in Norway Jan. 12 2018