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Lena FromGloria Cunha ByströmEURES Advisers
Living and Working
IN SWEDEN
Living and Working
IN SWEDEN
• Sweden is the third largest country in EU
• 9.5 million inhabitants
• 85% live in the south
• Currency: Svenska kronor (Swedish Crown)
SEK 100 = EUR 83.60
• EU-member state since 1995
Facts about Sweden
Our dear neighbours!
450.
000
km
2Stockholm
Malmö
Göteborg
157
4 k
m
Kiruna
Umeå
Famous Swedes
- Alfred Nobel - Nobel prize- Zlatan Ibrahimovic – football- Astrid Lindgren – Pippi books- Stieg Larsson – Millenium books- Ingmar Bergman – film director- Alexander Skarsgård – True Blood- ABBA, Swedish House Mafia- IKEA, H&M- VOLVO
• Most jobs require good level of Swedish
• In some highly skilled jobs you can get by using English only. (Still expected that you learn Swedish)
• Few jobs for low skilled workers with no Swedish.
www.si.se
Language skills
Unemployment rate
• General approx 8%• Engineers approx 1 %
October 2013
Labour Market Statistics
Engineering and IT shortages
- Power Systems Engineers- Electrical Engineers- Automation Engineers- Mechanical Engineers- Software Developer- System Developer- IT Architects- Software Test Engineer- Mining and Metallurgy Engineers- HVAC Engineers- Civil Engineers
Other shortages
• Physicians• Surgical Nurses• Nurses, psychiatric care• Nurses in emergency care• Geriatric Nurses• Chefs• Preschool teachers• Car Mechanics, heavy vehicles
• Full time, 40 hours per week
• 25 days vacation per year
• No national minimum wage
• Collective agreements between trade unions and employers
Working in Sweden
Engineers working in Sweden Median monthly salaries, gross
• Bachelor of Science in EngineeringStarting: 28,500 SEK 10 years experience: 41,000 SEK
Figures from: www.sverigesingenjorer.se (2012)
Working in Sweden
• All EU/EEA or Swiss citizens have the right to work in Sweden
• After 3 months – register with the Swedish Migration Board
• Citizens of a non-EU country - need a work permit
• www.migrationsverket.se
• Public Employment Serviceswww.arbetsformedlingen.se
Many links to other major job websites
• EURES http://www.eures.europa.eu/
• Swedish newspapers www.onlinenewspapers.com/sweden.htm
• Jobs in Englishwww.jobsinstockholm.com www.thelocal.se/jobs
Finding a job
• Applying via web site, online or e-mail
• Applications should be typewritten
in Swedish or English.
• An application consists of:
Cover letter (1 page)
CV (1-2 pages)
Study Swedish on-line and in Portugal:
www.workinginsweden.se
Applying for a job in Sweden
• Regulated professions – NARIC
• The Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, www.hsv.se
• New authority, Swedish Council for Higher Education, www.uhr.se
Recognition of foreign diplomas
• Municipal tax between 29-35 %, depending on where you live
• Most people pay only municipal tax
• State tax is paid on taxable incomes above 413,200 SEK – 20% above 591,600 SEK – 25 %
www.skatteverket.se (2013)
Income Tax
Social Insurance
• Sickness• Parental leave• Dental carewww.forsakringskassan.se
• Pensionswww.pensionsmyndigheten.se
• Is not a part of the Social Insurance scheme
• Basic insurance: No membership requirement,max 320 SEK/day
• Voluntary insurance: For members of an unemployment insurance fund, max 680 SEK/day
• 300 days, 5 days per week. Tax will be deducted. www.iaf.se
Unemployment insurance
• Rent an apartment or house (cooker, fridge and freezer included)
• 1 bedroom apartment, average rent4,595 SEK/month, 68 m2 (heating included)
• Buy into a housing co-op
• Buy a house
• Accommodation costs vary greatly
Housing
• Flat organisations
• Team work and consensus
• ”Du” – first name basis – informality!
• Gender equality
• Strong trade unions
Swedish work place culture
• Coffee and coffee breaks
• Tend to avoid conflict
• Shoes off indoors (in people’s homes)
• Light summer nights and dark winters
Sweden and Swedes
Your first EURES job
Your first EURES job can make it easier for you to move to and to start working in another EU country. You can get payed for your interview trip and get relocation support.
You have to be:•aged 18-30•citizen of an EU country •legally resident in an EU country
Information and applicationwww.yourfirsteuresjob.se