Hei hei!

So as the title says, I moved to Norway (Near Oslo) some time ago and I have had struggle finding a job here. I have sent many applications both on finn.no and going to many places to give out CVs. (Important to say: I have graduated from high school in Switzerland and had completed a year in university in physics field but I don't want to study anymore, at least for now.) Anyway, I figured that between Switzerland and Norway, perhaps there are different things that people might say and/or do to increase their chances with applications? Like is it better to go talk to a place and talk in Norwegian even if it's not perfect or stick to English?

Tusen Takk!

by ImFoxxo

6 comments

  2. It depends on what kind of job you are looking for.

    >I have graduated from high school in Switzerland

    This qualification is way too low to get any meaningful job. Many unskilled/ semi skilled full-time jobs (eg. Driver, Courier guy, security) require a decent grasp of Norwegian. Norwegian is not required for many jobs in the hospitality industry in big cities.

    >Like is it better to go talk to a place and talk in Norwegian even if it’s not perfect or stick to English?

    I would do it. Trying to talk Norwegian will demonstrate that you are willing to learn the language. Start with Norwegian and switch to English if the other person is impatient of struggling hard to understand your Norwegian.

  3. Learning and speaking is a must. Like your country we have a high degree of English proficiency, but everything will be harder if you don’t speak the language.

  4. Since you’re Swiss, I’m assuming you also speak German and/or French as well. That should help make your cv stand out in a more touristy business/area I think. You need to learn Norwegian. I would also advice to send/give cv’s to businesses that aren’t actively advertising that they’re hiring, if you’re not already. 100% of all my job interviews have been the result of that. Shows initiative, saves them the effort of making an ad on finn, and makes it so you’re competing with less people.

  5. It’s always a struggle to find a job appropriate for your competence. Easiest is to learn language as much as possible and look for simple jobs like warehouse employee or some production through a job agency. Delete from your CV that you’ve finished university as it is my experience and many others that if you are educated they don’t want to hire you for a simple job and that makes your start much harder. When you live and work here for some time, learn how to speak norwegian, maybe go through a process of acceptance for your diploma you got abroad then you can go up and look for work related to your education. A nice CV in norwegian is a must and an application letter that you sent with itv(GPT is a great tool for that if you don’t speak norwegian yet). If you can get any letters of recommendation get them too as these are of great value here and often are mandatory.

  6. If speak german look for something in tourism. A lot of germans want tour guides and other services in german. Just search for german language jobs on finn

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