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  1. Quick Tips for Teleconferencing

    ...someone face-to-face on a screen is much worse. It’s the need for making the instant right reply that ... what’s being said. Modern communication technology at its nervewracking finest. So we talk about what they...

    Article Working in Norway Apr. 27 2020

  2. Working Overtime While Living Abroad

    ...where the Working Environment Act doesn’t apply, it’s important for employees to remember that they’re ... protection” is often applied here. However, when it comes to work hours, there’s reason to take notice...

    Article Råd og tips Feb. 21 2021

  3. Are you making these interview mistakes?

    BE PRESENT IN THE MOMENT: Jon Fredrik Alfsen says it’s important to be present during your interview. Photo: ... think through your responses before speaking You owe it to yourself and the employer to give as good and...

    Article Råd og tips Sept. 21 2021

  4. GAP Analysis

    Råd og tips Why When starting out in your career, it’s important to take the time to stop what you’re doing ... efficiency tracker and looks to improve whatever it is that you’re not doing well at work. This exercise...

    Article Råd og tips Apr. 19 2022

  5. Will this year’s julebord be the best ever?

    ...behave now that the pandemic is apparently over? Is it okay to hug one another? Can you shake your boss’ ... social animals who need to be around others, so it’s super important to have in-person social events...

    Article Råd og tips Nov. 30 2021

  6. What Not to Say to a Foreigner

    ...immediately followed it up with ‘Oh, don’t know why I said that, didn’t mean anything by it’ and looked at ... replied with a smile and assured her that it was fine, I was used to it, knew I sounded that way, could laugh...

    Article Working in Norway Apr. 6 2016

  7. Highly educated adults are the new trade unionists

    According to numbers from Statistics Norway, highly educated adults have the highest rate of ... immigrants than for non-immigrants in this group. It’s also lower for managers and ICT consultants than...

    Article Tekna Magasinet Oct. 8 2021

  8. LinkedIn Titles: Tell the Truth and Nothing but the Truth (Please)

    ...artistic freedom? We readers would be a lot poorer for it, so bring on writers’ free license and liberty. But ... First I read: Member’s Name And then right underneath it: Transforming Mediocrity into Greatness via Reinventing...

    Article Working in Norway Aug. 18 2017

  9. Photonics enabled by Artificial intelligence, or vice versa?

    ...movement, and balance Abstract: The human brain: what is it good for? One can argue that movement and balance ... (fNIRS) is an exciting brain cerebral cortex modality. It reflects the activities of glial cells in terms of...

    Article IKT-bloggen Dec. 10 2021 Streaming

  10. Pregnancy and employment

    ...yes, the employer has done something illegal. – It’s absolutely forbidden to ask about these subjects ... interview, or during the hiring process in general. It’s also not allowed to ask an interviewee about their...

    Article Råd og tips Sept. 12 2023

  11. Employee Wellness in the Norwegian Work Culture

    ...alike. Why is this so? Perhaps because as silly as it is on the surface, the joke has a kernel of truth ... seen not only outside of the workplace but inside it as well. But ‘reserved’ as compared with what, exactly...

    Article Working in Norway Apr. 15 2021

  12. Downsizing: How to prepare yourself for a meeting if you’ve been dismissed

    ...conducted and how you can best prepare yourself for it. Råd og tips What’s this kind of meeting about? Before ... disadvantage to you of being dismissed. That’s why it’s important that you express every bit of information...

    Article Råd og tips June 13 2023

  13. Sickness and Sick Leave

    NAV eller din tillitsvalgt. Forløpet ved sykdom Anyone can be struck down by illness. If it happens to you ... over the course of a 12-month period, during which it makes no difference if the absence is 1, 2 or 3 days...

    Article Råd og tips Sept. 15 2021

  14. How can I start a Tekna group?

    ...there isn’t already a Tekna group at your workplace, it’s easy to start one. A group can be started if there ... have the opportunity to make a positive impact on it and your fellow Tekna members. You get access to...

    Article Råd og tips Mar. 21 2023

  15. Making New Connections: (How to) Write a LinkedIn Message

    ...expecting a positive response isn’t going to cut it anymore. Maybe it used to, but as LI activity is heating up ... expecting a positive response isn’t going to cut it anymore. Maybe it used to, but as LI activity is heating up...

    Article Working in Norway Oct. 4 2017

  16. Integration in Norway: Find Your Tribe

    What did it really mean to them? A woman raised her hand and asked, “What do you think? Is it okay to ... What did it really mean to them? A woman raised her hand and asked, “What do you think? Is it okay to...

    Article Working in Norway Nov. 10 2017

  17. Unemployment benefits and your rights

    Unemployment benefits are designed to partially compensate you for loss of income when you’ve been laid ... unemployed. Råd og tips In order to qualify for unemployment benefits, you have to meet the following requirements:...

    Article Råd og tips Nov. 18 2022

  18. 11 things you need to check before signing an employment contract

    ...your employment contract carefully before signing it. Råd og tips According to Working Environment Act ... possible. For example, if the stated workplace is Asker, it’ll be more difficult for your employer to decide...

    Article Råd og tips June 17 2024

  19. Egenmelding: What to do if you can’t work because you’re sick/injured

    English – a definition that doesn’t make any sense on its own. A better definition that makes more sense is ... up to 3 days of absence from work when you’re ill. It is, but there are some rules to go along with this...

    Article Working in Norway Nov. 3 2021

  20. Employment in the public sector

    ...to the qualification principle described below. It’s important that the most qualified candidate is offered ... 7) include the law’s first paragraph stating that it’s possible to make an exception for, among other things...

    Article Råd og tips Feb. 22 2021

  21. Saves over NOK 30,000 a year by being a Tekna member

    ...alone. It’s gotten more expensive to live in Norway in 2022; we have bigger expenses, and so it’s natural ... rate difference sounds so little; but over a year, it grows to be quite a lot. This means that she’s saving...

    Article Sept. 15 2022

  22. Are You Working in Norway…or Wanting to Work in Norway?

    "The Norwegian Model" and your rights with regard to it. Program: Working in Norway. How does The Norwegian ... important here? How to be temporarily employed – How is it different from other types of employment? What are...

    Article Working in Norway Dec. 13 2022 Streaming

  23. Can you work somewhere else during a layoff?

    ...employee are also ‘frozen’ during the layoff period. It’s easy to point out two conflicting interests that ... laid off, you have the right to apply for unemployment benefits in accordance with the National Insurance...

    Article Råd og tips May 3 2021

  24. LinkedIn Connections: Time to grow/weed your garden?

    ...profile, Working in Norway Is it time to grow your LI Connections garden? Or weed it? Back when I was first ... attending courses on how best to use it to ‘grow my network’, it was indeed more like a social network...

    Article Working in Norway Jan. 28 2020

  25. What Not to Ask a Foreigner

    ‘of course I do’, while my mind asks questions of its own: Why is this person asking me this? What do they ... operate as one extended unit. Yet when thinking it through, it’s not fair to say that people here are more...

    Article Working in Norway Apr. 5 2016