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COP26: What Will It Mean for Climate Change?
The dust has settled on the COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow. What happened and ... CICERO, where he has worked for over ten years and managed several large interdisciplinary research projects...
Article Tema: Bio- og klima Feb. 23 2022 Streaming -
Norwegian Work Culture
...applies if he/she disagrees with their coworker or manager. However, once a final decision has been made, ... take initiative. Don't wait for orders from your manager, and ask questions if you are uncertain about anything...
Article Mar. 13 2015 -
Choose the right type of business
Choosing a type of business is key to determining what your rights and obligations, liability, ... future. It also determines your company’s formal management and leadership style. For example, how do you...
Article Tips og triks Oct. 1 2021 -
Avoid these mistakes in your annual salary review
It is also a good idea to find out what your manager is looking for and to update yourself on the financial ... of a pay rise,” Olsson explains, adding “When managers divide up the pot of money, they will look at...
Article Råd og tips Nov. 10 2023 -
Try this Twitter tip when writing your next cover letter
Why the low number of words? It’s because hiring managers and recruiters are now reading applications on ... enjoy working with your team members – project managers, authors, editors and formatters – to produce...
Article Working in Norway Sept. 10 2020 -
What’s your look on ‘Link’?
...survey just put out by CareerBuilder where hiring managers gave reasons for why they had/had not hired job ... inappropriate picture with something that a hiring manager would consider appropriate. Look at the numbers...
Article Working in Norway Mar. 19 2020 -
– You have nothing to lose by trying to negotiate a higher starting salary
...working in a temporary position as production manager on the production line; but during his salary negotiations ... negotiations for his original position as operations manager, an important point was that he’d be getting managerial...
Article Aktuelt Dec. 17 2021 -
You’re not safe from attacks on your home office – and have to take this stuff seriously!
...society, it’s absolutely necessary to use a password manager, which is a digital (and much more secure) method ... must never reuse passwords! Choose a password manager that suits your needs, and always use a two-factor...
Article Råd og tips Feb. 24 2022 -
The Unspoken Yet Real Reason You Didn’t Get Called For That Job Interview
...their English text correctly, how well will they manage the heavier responsibilities required by a serious ... Experience. One job seeker had been an ‘Execution Manager’, clearly confusing the (potentially violent) verb...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 3 2021 -
Paying It Forward: A Culture of Sharing in Business
...having trying to schedule a meeting with an HR manager in the region’s largest offshore manufacturing ... services her consulting company could provide. This manager had cancelled several meetings at the last second...
Article Working in Norway Jan. 20 2016 -
No, Really: Why Didn’t I Get the Job? Foreign Speakers’ Need to Be in the Interview Feedback Loop
...perfect post-interview world, she claims, a hiring manager/recruiter would take the time to give the unsuccessful ... follow the example above, pretending to be a hiring manager and sending a letter to this foreign speaker, it...
Article Working in Norway Dec. 16 2016 -
Strong salary growth for scientists and technologists
Salary development for scientists and technologists has been good, and the labor market ... fact that both the private and public sectors are managing to keep and recruit competent employees is important...
Article Aktuelt Dec. 7 2021 -
Rule of Thumb: Don’t write references on your CV (do this instead)
Did you know that you don’t need to list references on your CV? Working in Norway Back in ... requests them). Why? Rather simple, really - hiring managers assume you already have contacts who’ll vouch...
Article Working in Norway Aug. 17 2020 -
How Not to Get Burned in the Interview Hot Seat
...about their organization. Have been told by hiring managers that it’s surprising how few people do this before ... phone number of my contact person. Again, hiring managers tell me how quite a few people forget to do this...
Article Working in Norway Feb. 27 2020 -
“Why Do You Want the Job?”: Your Words Lost and Found
...attention of/impress the reader (in your case: hiring manager) similarly, you know from reading enough on the ... attention of/impress the reader (in your case: hiring manager) because of all the above, you feel like you’re...
Article Working in Norway Mar. 5 2017 -
LinkedIn Titles: Tell the Truth and Nothing but the Truth (Please)
When you study literature, you quickly hear about the term ‘poetic license’: Definition: license ... title plain and simple (for example, ‘Account Manager’ or ‘Senior Executive Officer’), then do it. Save...
Article Working in Norway Aug. 18 2017 -
Salaries for PhD candidates in the public sector
I mellomoppgjøret for 2019 ble det gjort endringer som har betydning for stipendiatenes ... table, it has a potential advantage: If you do manage to negotiate a higher starting salary, our agreement...
Article Råd og tips June 24 2021 -
A lot of employees want to work from home – changes must be made before people start getting sick
Tekna representatives, 44 % of members and 34 % of managers in the selection have taken the survey, which ... equals 572 representatives, 1,820 members and 594 managers. There are 87,000 Tekna members, who all have...
Article Aktuelt Mar. 3 2021 -
Older Job Seekers: The Painful Need to Leave Your Past Behind
...version of their story. Max two pages, most HR managers say. The job search world today I was reminded ... them, but absolutely necessary, as overworked HR managers looking through digital stacks of jobseekers’...
Article Working in Norway Apr. 12 2021 -
CV Writing Tips: What’s your 2020 story?
Everyone’s got a COVID story – what’s yours? Working in Norway If you’ve been working in ... difficult during this time. Any recruiter or hiring manager knows that already (and has probably gone through...
Article Working in Norway Dec. 10 2020 -
Say What? Foreign Language Anxiety in the Global Workplace
...switched jobs and began trying to speak with his new manager if they, for example, found themselves facing one ... merely trying to make light small talk with his manager over lunch, he was not only trying to fit in but...
Article Working in Norway Feb. 3 2016 -
How to Explain a [Hole/Gap] in Your CV
When talking about your past, is there any difference between using the word “hole” or ... understandable, as it’s a widely held belief that hiring managers look so negatively at these “holes” that they...
Article Working in Norway Mar. 11 2018 -
Have You Looked at Your LinkedIn Headline Lately?
What are you? Maybe you were raised with the thought that you’d ‘be’ something when you ... headlines that often contain only two words: Product Manager, Software Engineer, Senior Adviser and the like...
Article Working in Norway Jan. 21 2020 -
Tekna representatives help you with your salary level
Tekna has hundreds of representatives who help you get the right salary through annual salary ... minds prior to negotiating this point with their managers, she says. As a representative, she and the other...
Article Aktuelt July 7 2020 -
Making New Connections: (How to) Write a LinkedIn Message
You need to write a message every time you send someone a connection request. You really do. Just ... and/or e-mail inbox. Have spoken with several managers and recruiters over the past year who say they...
Article Working in Norway Oct. 4 2017