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How to get market validation in Sweden

Is your business idea good enough? Here you find information about how you can test and improve your business idea and where you can turn for free professional advice.

Why e-learning can help you take control of the chaos that is re-starting your career in Sweden

9 April 2021 By Sofi Tegsveden Deveaux Leave a Comment

How do you restart your career in Sweden? Swedes like to describe their country as modern, equal, neutral, and ready for the next cup of coffee. Likewise, international professionals who move here have expectations on a progressive society, shared parental leave, a healthy work-life balance, and some hardcore weather. This is all, arguably, true, but […]

Filed Under: Sweden, Work Tagged With: e-learning, newbie learn, work, work culture

SWENCL: Sweden’s Engineers Club

Sweden’s Engineers Club works to create an opportunity for networking between native and newly arrived engineers in Sweden.

Dealing with cancer in Sweden – Betül’s story

4 December 2018 By The Newbie Team 2 Comments

Written by Sara Costa Betül is the most generous, positive and wonderful person that I have ever crossed paths with and I consider myself lucky for having met her. She is a proud scientist at Chalmers and she loves Sweden and her life in Gothenburg. She is also a Newbie like many of us.  Imagine […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: cancer, chemotherapy, costs, emergency, Friends, health, healthcare, Integration, medical, newbie story, sick leave, treatment, work

A complete guide to buying an apartment in Stockholm (Part 1)

22 October 2018 By The Newbie Team

Written by Teenie Fung Looking to buying an apartment in Stockholm? Are you browsing on Blocket for rental apartments in Stockholm? Then I highly recommend you to read this article. In less than 10 months from arriving in Sweden I bought my first apartment in Stockholm at a great bargain. Here are some tips and […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: accommodation, accomodation, apartment for rent, blocket, buy apartment, costs, expat, first year in sweden, flat find apartment, getting started, Housing, Integration, Living, newbie story, property, rental, room, stockholm, Sweden, work, working

Settle in Sweden within 1 year

14 October 2018 By The Newbie Team 2 Comments

Have you considered relocating to Sweden alone? Are you worried about the language, culture, job opportunities, cost of living etc? It can be extremely daunting to move from one place to another. However, life is short but remember that preparation is key and adaptation comes next.  Written by Teenie Fung Do your homework, measure the […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: accommodation, apartment for rent, culture, find a job, Housing, Integration, job in sweden, job interview sweden, job seeking tools, language, learn Swedish, move to Sweden, networking, newbie story, relocate, sfi, stockholm, Swedish, traditions, welcome to sweden, work

5 Rules for a Successful Job Hunt

25 January 2017 By The Newbie Team Leave a Comment

Over the past year, my team and I have provided around 1 000 job hunters with the necessary tools to find a job. I have personally talked to a majority of our users in one way or another. During this time, we have gained the knowledge of what it is that successful job hunters do […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: find a job, job hunt, job seeking tools, labour laws, newbie story, support for newbies, work, working

How to make a good impression at work – in Sweden

10 April 2016 By Sofi Tegsveden Deveaux 4 Comments

I once had a student who told me – with enthusiasm, that her impression of Sweden was ‘like Germany, but better’. A few years later, her opinion has changed. Sweden, she said recently, is ‘not at all like Germany, and not better’. Nor worse, she added. Just different. Especially when it comes to relationships at […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: culture, Sweden, Swedess, tradition, work

Employment help for Newbies

The Swedish Public Employment Service has several services specifically for Newbies so make sure you find everything useful.

Job seeking tools

The Swedish Public Employment Service has several general job seeking tools that can facilitate the processes of finding a job.

Fired?

There is no good way to loose your job. But there are better and worse ways. Learn the difference between “uppsagd” and “avskedad”.

Work searching tools for foreign-born graduates and professionals

Academic Newbies is a growing group in Sweden. The number of foreign-born graduates in Sweden are steadily increasing.

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