Lena From Gloria Cunha Byström EURES Advisers eures@arbetsformedlingen.se Living and Working IN...

Lena FromGloria Cunha ByströmEURES Advisers

eures@arbetsformedlingen.se

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

Tack! Thank you!Obrigado!

EURES Swedenwww.eures.se