Job Sweden : How to find a job in Sweden

Hej! Good news ! After applying for jobs for a month, going on Monster, LinkedIN and other job search sites … I got a great job! So, as it worked for me, I want to write an article to give you some tips on how to find a job in Sweden ! Mission : job sweden !

MISSION JOB SWEDEN : HOW TO FIND A JOB IN SWEDEN

Basically, there is no big difference when looking for a job here or somewhere else in Europe. Despite the language, of course. One of the main obstacles for finding a job here is : not speaking Swedish. Yeah, because unfortunately, and it’s normal… as we are in Sweden … but for a huge majority of the jobs, it’s a requirement.

As I don’t speak Swedish so well for now, this is the srategy I adopted :

• Apply online : Monster, EURES-Europa, Jobbsafari.se

These 3 websites are pretty good and gather a lot of job offers in Sweden. What to do if, like me, you are in Sweden (or planning to go), you want to find a job and you don’t speak Swedish :

1. Focus on the job offers where the title and content are in English. It means that the company wants international people to understand this offer, and that they might opened in hiring an English-speaking person.
2. Don’t waste your time translating swedish job offers and applying in english : For me it didn’t work at all. I think in this case, the recruiters don’t even bother reading your application.
3. In the search bar of your job website, type your language, for example “French” : if you are Lucky, maybe there are some job offers out there where they need an international profile speaking your mother tongue, to work on a specific market.  For me it worked : I found over 2 months approximately 5 job offers in French. And that’s how I found my job : in an international company, with English as a corporate language, but I am working in the department which is dealing with the french (and spanish – because I speak spanish too) markets.

• Apply face to face  :

If you wanna start with an easy job, like bartender, waiter etc., it’s possible. Swedish people are so good at English that it’s not rare to find bars/restaurants employees here that speak only English (especially if it’s a hype place, with Young people, music, etc… you see, a place to go out at night / or like Starbucks, big brands). Same for shops. It could be a good idea to print some resumes and go out there give some to some places.

It can also be a good way to start Learning swedish… and integrate in the society slowly 🙂 Good luck !

HOW IT WORKED FOR ME :

Since the job ad on LinkedIN, I was very attracted by the job, by the company. Start-up, success story climbing like Google or Apple in their infancy, super young and dynamic employees, international, interesting job missions …!

I immediately thought : “If I could get this job, it would be the dream! ‘.

The scandinavian culture at work : probably one of the best

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