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Living and Working in Sweden
Lena Westling Seljee
EURES Adviser
Göteborg
[email protected]
What is EURES?
• EURopean Employment Services
• A network of Public Employment Services and partners in
the EU/EEA and Switzerland,
• Objective: working to increase and facilitate international
mobility. EURES provides service to jobseekers and
employers.
• More than 700 EURES advisers in Europe, 40 in Sweden.
• http://eures.europa.eu
Facts About Sweden
• Sweden is the third largest country in EU 25 and has
96 000 km coastline.
• 9 million inhabitants, 85% live in the southern parts.
• Sweden has been a member of EU since 1995.
• Currency: Swedish Crown (SEK) 9.30 SEK = 1 € (May 2008)
www.sweden.se
Kiruna
Kiruna
21 Counties
Umeå
1574 km
20 inhabitants / km2
Stockholm
Göteborg
Malmö
Ystad
290 Municipalities
Right to work in Sweden
Citizens
Residence
Residence
Residence
right
card
permit
Nordic
-
-
-
EU/EEA*
X
X
(X)
Family members
Swiss
X
Non-EU, long-
X
Work permit
-
term resident
Non-EU
* workers, self-employed, students, ”sufficient funds”
X
Language skills
• In Sweden we speak Swedish
• The Scandinavian languages are similar
– Swedish, Norwegian and Danish
• English skills are important in many professions
• Language skills in labour shortages and surpluses
Labour Market Statistics
• 80,8 % of men and 76,2 % of women aged 16-64 are in
employment. Good child care facilities make this possible.
• Unemployment rate 5,2 % (July 2008)
• Statistics from the Public Employment Services (July 2008)
• Unemployment rate 2,9 %
• Subsidized employment 1,7 %
• Labour market programmes 1,3 %
Shortages
2008
• Medical doctors
• Nurses (emergency, operation,
psychiatric care and geriatric)
• Pre-school teachers
• Upper secondary school teachers,
vocational subjects
• Teachers, for students with special needs
• Computer specialists,
programmers and systems developers
Shortages
2008
• LGV truck drivers and lorry drivers
• Truck mechanics
• Machine engineers
• Construction engineers
• Electricians
• Welders
• Machine tool operators (NC/CNC)
• Chefs
Working in Sweden
• Temporary or Permanent contracts
• 6 months probationary employment
• Full time, 40 hours per week
• 25 days vacation per year (right to take 4 consecutive
weeks holiday in the summer)
• Average wage: SEK 26,600 (men) SEK 22,000 (women)
• No national minimum wage. Collective agreements in
most occupations ensure fair wages.
Finding a Job
• Public Employment Services
Platsbanken and
Söka jobb / Länkar
www.arbetsformedlingen.se
• EURES
www.eures.europa.eu
• Swedish newspapers
www.onlinenewspapers.com/sweden.htm
• Adecco
• Lernia
• Manpower
• Proffice
www.adecco.se
www.lernia.se
www.manpower.se
www.proffice.se
• Company websites
Other ways to a job
Open application
www.gulasidorna.se
www.foretagsfakta.se
CV database
• www.arbetsformedlingen.se (Swedish)
• www.eures.europa.eu
Applying for Work in Sweden
• E-mail is frequently used and accepted.
• Applications should be typewritten in Swedish or English.
• Generally you do not enclose a photo.
• An application consists of:
- personal letter (no more than 1 page, often less)
- your CV (1-2 pages)
- References (can also be given at the interview)
• You may be asked to present evidence of professional
qualifications and diplomas later on.
• Recognition of foreign diplomas
Recognition of
foreign diplomas
Regulated professions – NARIC
The Swedish National
Agency for Higher Education
www.hsv.se
Health care professions
www.socialstyrelsen.se
NRP (Vocational
education and training)
www.senrp.se
Public Employment Services
when you are a resident in Sweden
Service through:
- Internet www.arbetsformedlingen.se (24 hour service)
- by telephone via Customer Service Centres (7 day
service) 0771-416 416
- The Public Employment Office – “Arbetsförmedlingen”
(over 300 offices)
Taxes
• Council Tax between 26-34 %, average 31 %.
• State Tax
+ 20% of the income over 340 900 SEK
+ 25% of the income over 507 100 SEK
Example:
20 000 SEK net income of 15 221 SEK
30 000 SEK net income of 21 833 SEK
Tax deductions includes social insurance and pension
fees, but not unemployment benefits
www.skatteverket.se
Unemployment Benefits
•
Are not a part of the Social Benefits scheme.
•
Consist of two parts:
1. Basic insurance (Alfakassan): For all workers after a
qualifying period: No membership requirement, max
320 SEK/day
2. Voluntary insurance: For members of an
Unemployment Insurance Fund. After the qualification
period, 80% of earlier income, max 680 SEK/day
•
300 days, 5 days per week. Tax will be deducted.
www.iaf.se
Health care
and sickness benefits
Patient fee
100 – 300 SEK
Children < 20 years
free
Hospital fee
max. 80 SEK/day
Medicine (prescriptions)
max. 1 800 SEK/year
Sick pay/sickness benefit 80 % of the income*
21 – 654 SEK/day
First day = no pay
*income < 307 500 SEK/year
Family benefits
Parental benefit:
390 days with 80 % of income (max. 872 SEK/day)
+ 90 days with 180 SEK/day to be shared equally
between both parents (apart from 60 days)
+ 10 days to the father of new-born baby
Temporary parental benefit:
60 days per child and year
Child allowance
and Child care
•
1 child
1 050 SEK/month
•
2 children
2 200 SEK/month
•
3 children
3 604 SEK/month
•
4 children
5 514 SEK/month
Municipalities are obliged to provide
childcare to children aged 1 -12 years.
“Maxtaxa”
Educational System
Universities and
university colleges
Age 18-
Advanced vocational
education (KY)
Age 18-
Upper secondary
school
Age 16-20, 3 years
Compulsory school
Age 7-16, 9 years
www.skolverket.se
Pre-school
Age 1-5, volontary
Pre-school class
Age 6, 1 year
Accommodation
•
Rent an apartment or house
1 bedroom apartment, average rent 4,595 SEK/month, 68 m2
•
“Buy” an apartment
•
Buy a house
Accommodation costs vary greatly
Food Costs
(€)
Sweden
Holland
France
Germany
Norway
1 kg butter
4,72
5,09
6,60
5,13
7,37
1 l milk
0,77
0,79
1,03
0,95
1,49
1 kg cheese
8,27
8,40
12,23
9,85
10,82
1 kg chicken
3,22
4,27
3,58
4,96
7,65
13,87
17,80
16,71
29,74
22,13
1 kg bread
2,35
1,48
4,36
1,78
3,05
1 kg potatoes
1,32
0,66
1,29
0,99
1,11
1 kg apples
2,47
1,38
2,38
2,48
3,08
1 kg coffee
5,15
5,53
6,27
8,53
9,35
1 kg roast beef
A Typical Swedish Work Place
• “Flat” organisations
• Team work
• You must be able to take initiatives and adapt to
new situations.
• ”Du” – first name basis – informality!
• Gender equality
• Strong Trade unions
Sweden and Swedes
•
Fresh air, clean water, untouched wilderness, open
space – “Right of Public Access”
•
Personnummer! 650604-6435
•
“Fikapaus”
•
Shoes off indoors
•
“Systembolaget”
Sweden and Swedes
• Tend to avoid conflicts…
• Sweden “closes” for the summer
• Between April – September Swedes become sun
worshippers
• Internet – VERY important in the Swedish society
Thank You
for Your Attention!
[email protected]
Brochure: Looking for work in Sweden?
www.arbetsformedlingen.se under Other languages