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2. WORKINDENMARK – Rome, 28th November 2012
Dawid S. Andersen

3. About Workindenmark
Established by the Ministry of
Employment in 2008
Aim:
To increase the volume of qualified
candidates wishing to work in
Denmark
3 centres:
Copenhagen, Odense and Århus

5. Browse job ads in English

6. Create your profile and CV

7. The Danish labour market today and in
the future
• Unemployment rate today: 6,3%
• Many companies are on stand-by
• Job openings within highly specialized functions
• Denmark will continue to lack skilled employees in
the future (due to the demography, the labour force
will shrink henceforward)

8. Denmark

9. Facts about the country
 Capital: Copenhagen (1.2 million)
 Population : app. 5.5 million
 Area: 43.094 km² (7.400 km coast
line)
 Currency: Krone (1 € = ca. 7,50 DKK)
 Governance: constitutional monarchy
 5 regions and 98 municipalities

10. Life and work in Denmark
• High salaries
• 37 hours working week
• 5 weeks of vacation + 9,5 official
holidays
• 8 months of maternity leave
• Taking care of kids – with pay –
during illness
• Excellent day care system
• Free education
• Free health care

11. More information about Denmark
• Taxes app. 38 %
- Researchers: 26 % during the first 5 years
for more information visit www.skat.dk
• No additional health payment
• Apartments in Copenhagen area, 2 rooms: app. € 800
• Excellent public transportation system
• High percentage of English speaking
• General public willingness to help

12. Language skills
• English at a high level
• Danish courses: free of charge during
the first three years of stay

13. Danish working culture
• Flat hierarchy – high level of
independence and responsibility
• Culture of discussion and consensus
• Informal tone
• Work-life balance
• Flexible working hours
• Danes enjoy their work
• Danes are reserved
• Humour is important
• Social events and activities

14. Job opportunities

15. Opportunities for specialists with experience
– Health – MD/Specialists:
- Cardiologists
- General Practitioners
- Neurologists
- Psychiatrists
- Oncologists
- Radiologists

16. ICT specialists
Software & Web development:
.Net / ASP.Net (C#, VB, J#, ADO, VS)
Agile
Ajax
Applications
C / C++
CMS (Sitecore, Drupal, EPiServer)
Frontend (CSS, HTML, XHTML, Javascript)
Java (J2EE, J2SE, JEE5, etc.)
JQuery
Microsoft Dynamics AX / NAV (Axapta, Financials)
Perl
PHP
SAP
SharePoint
Software architecture
SQL
Visual Studio
Web development/webdesign/Ebusiness/portals
Very important for all ICT jobs:
working experience and good English skills!

17. ICT specialists
Implementation/Consultancy System operation/Administration
Applications Active Directory
Business Intelligence / Data Warehouse Backup
Infrastructure Cisco
IT strategy Citrix
ITIL / Service Management Exchange
Microsoft Dynamics AX / NAV (Axapta, ITIL
Financials) LAN/WAN
Microsoft technology SQL Server
(LAN / WAN) Storage
SAP Unix / Linux
SharePoint Maintenance
Windows clients
Windows servers
Test/Quality Assurance

18. Engineers
• Oil engineers,
• Gas engineers,
• Engineers with experience in project management,
• Engineers dealing with large constructions,
• Engineers specialised in underground construction –
metro/road/railway,
• Railway engineer,
• Local safety engineer
• Engineers specialised in Metallurgy
• Hydraulic engineers
• Electrical engineers
Good English skills are mandatory. Extensive
experience is needed in most positions

19. Biotech pharma specialists
• Regulatory Affairs
• Chemists
• Experienced salesmen of medical devices
• Automation Engineer
• Quality Engineer
• HSE consultant
• Patent
• RAS
• Senior Engineer within HVAC
• Fill finish process engineers
• Researchers:
• - cancer, neurology, protein, biosustainability, metabolism etc.

20. Medicon Valley

21. Medicon Valley
One of the largest life science clusters in Europe
• Bi-national life science cluster
• Greater Copenhagen and the region of southern Sweden
• 150 biotech and pharma companies
• 200 medtech companies
• 33 hospitals
• 9 science parks
• 11 universities

22. Graduate Programs

23. Graduate Programs
Novo Nordisk

24. Graduate Programs
NNE Pharmaplan

25. Research at academic institutions
PhD/Postdoc/Doctor
• Technical University of Denmark: www.dtu.dk
• University of Copenhagen: www.ku.dk
• University of Aalborg: www.en.aau.dk
• University of Aarhus: www.au.dk/en
• University of Southern Denmark: www.sdu.dk

26. CV
We DON’T use EUROPASS in Denmark.
So, how to write an effective CV?

27. How to Structure a Chronological CV
1. Personal details
2. Personal profile
3. Education
4. Work experience
5. Skills
6. Interests
7. References

28. How to Structure….
2. Personal Profile
= brief and targeted summary about yourself
• What are your main skills? What are your personal
qualities?
• Think in keywords
• Target the content
• Keep it short and to the point
Inspiration on www.workindenmark.dk > search field ”CV”

29. Thank you for your attention
Questions? workindenmark@workindenmark.dk