Eight Steps to Find Hidden Jobs in Sweden

How do you find Hidden Jobs in Sweden? Well, let’s look into that. A huge part of the job market is hidden and not seen on job boards. Here is eight steps you can use to find hidden opportunities in companies that are not posting their positions:

1. 1. Go to LinkedIn

1. 1. Search for “your title + city you want to work in”. Example: “construction engineer stockholm”In this search, we can see that there are 517 people in Stockholm alone that has the words “construction engineer” in their profile. Cool!

1. 1. Look at these search results and make a list. Write down names of the companies where these people have worked and where they are working currently.

1. 1. On your list, Google the first company name (in this case Strängbetong):

      

1. 1. Go to the website of the Company.

1. 1. Read about the company. If the site is in a language you cannot understand, feel free to use Google Translate. When reading, think about one question:
      

      For this business, what value can I deliver with my skills and experience?

1. 1. • • Introduce yourself
      • • Explain what value you can provide for them.
      • Ask them about some of their current challenges that they are having. Offer to solve one of those challenges.When you have a clear idea about what value you can provide, send a very targeted email to the CEO or HR manager of the company. In the email:

      This approach will work best with companies with less than 30 employees which is a majority of the companies in Sweden.

1. Go back to point 4 on this list and repeat.

Written by Andreas Wennberg

Andreas Wennberg is the founder of 400contacts, an app that helps people find a job in eight weeks. He blogs about jobs, how to find that elusive job and how to tweak your experiences and skills to become attractive on the Swedish job market. For more help on finding a job – sign up at 400contacts