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[peter2012]

Hi i moved to sweden about 1 year ago and even though im elarning swedish through the course im not yet fluent and have not got enough to speak swedish in the work place and or university, is there any website for jobs that i can look at that are only for english speakers? theres lernia.se but all the jobs there require swedish speaking people.
Also failing this i would like to go to university as ive noticed if you got a degree in something then if you can only speak english suddenly it doesnt matter anymore.

So can you put the links down to english universitys and to jobs that require only english speaking people.

I am normally a Tire fitter but all the places i aproach require me to speak swedish even though changing a tire generally does not require speaking to a customer.

Any help would be greatly apriciated.

[Puffin]

Hi i moved to sweden about 1 year ago and even though im elarning swedish through the course im not yet fluent and have not got enough to speak swedish in the work place and o ... (show full quote)

Hi i moved to sweden about 1 year ago and even though im elarning swedish through the course im not yet fluent and have not got enough to speak swedish in the work place and or university, is there any website for jobs that i can look at that are only for english speakers? theres lernia.se but all the jobs there require swedish speaking people. ... (hide full quote)

How far have you got with Swedish studies? After a year you must have worked thorugh some of the modules

Also failing this i would like to go to university as ive noticed if you got a degree in something then if you can only speak english suddenly it doesnt matter anymore.

Getting a degree is not necessarily an easy option
Doe you have a full high school education/gymnasiet (A levels)? If so you will need Swedish in order to attend University - most courses require passes in
- SFI D
- SAS grund
- SAS gymnasiet A &B or a TISUS test pass
+ English GCSE (A-C)
+ Maths

So can you put the links down to english universitys and to jobs that require only english speaking people.

Not sure what you mean by English universities?? There are vitually no bachelor degrees taught in English - perhaps at the IT college - mostly it is international Masters degrees taught in English

I am normally a Tire fitter but all the places i aproach require me to speak swedish even though changing a tire generally does not require speaking to a customer.

Most workplaces are not willing to have to change the way they do buisiness and their corporate language/paperwork to meet the need of a single immigrant who is struggling with the language

Have you asked your language school or AF if they can fix you up with some language praktik? Where you could work unpaid and gain experience in the Swedish terminology? Most would want you to be at around SFI C or D level

[peter2012]

in relation to SFI studys it takes a long while to get into the actual course as you know i need my identkort first (this took 3 months), and then i had some issues wheere they saw fit to put me in a school over 5km away from where live (had to change school 2 times). ive had about 3-4 months school now, and i needed to go back to the UK for a few weeks and they take you off the course if your away for 1 month. so i am waiting to get back into my local school to learn some more swedish.
My level of swedish is Reading > on scale of 1 being poor and 10 being good im about 7 wrighting 7 speaking 4 listening and understanding 2-3 its the hardest part understanding, it doesnt help they dont explain why you use same words for different meanings so its quite hard in that respect. jag kan skriv och läsa lite! even though my grammer isnt up to scratch.

My education isnt so good, i passed school and even did some nvq in mechanics.
I then went to work as a Fitter and then after that i worked in a shop as a supervisor, worked as a dumper driver, 360 degree operatior, concrete finisher, worked on the LNG site in pembrokeshire and then as a tire fitter before moving here ! fun fun fun.
I also understand that there are very many jobs that are not in the public eye so i am optimistic that i can find something i can do even if its a meanial job.
I know some courses are in english only and sure i can go for an IT course its not so hard to work with a computer and i am computer literate.

And i understand that they are not going to change the way they work for an immagrant but on saying that i can still change a tire? ive worked in the business for some years and theres many days ive gone by and not spoken to a customer, also swed's are the most humble of people i mean if i say to a customer "Förlåt jag förstår inte så mycket men jag är i en svenska kurs och kan bara prata lite, jag kan prata på engelska."
and ofc you will understand and no i really dont think that will make the customer think "im never coming back here again"

[Puffin]

in relation to SFI studys it takes a long while to get into the actual course as you know i need my identkort first (this took 3 months), and then i had some issues wheere the ... (show full quote)

in relation to SFI studys it takes a long while to get into the actual course as you know i need my identkort first (this took 3 months), and then i had some issues wheere they saw fit to put me in a school over 5km away from where live (had to change school 2 times). ive had about 3-4 months school now, and i needed to go back to the UK for a few weeks and they take you off the course if your away for 1 month. so i am waiting to get back into my local school to learn some more swedish.

My level of swedish is Reading > on scale of 1 being poor and 10 being good im about 7 wrighting 7 speaking 4 listening and understanding 2-3 its the hardest part understanding, it doesnt help they dont explain why you use same words for different meanings so its quite hard in that respect. jag kan skriv och läsa lite! even though my grammer isnt up to scratch. ... (hide full quote)

It sounds as though you are making progress - so stick with it -
- sometimes SFI can help you find praktik that will help you learn useful terms
- Arbetsförmedling sometimes have schemes although very few EU citizens are eligible these days
- try all your contacts as well

My education isnt so good, i passed school and even did some nvq in mechanics.
I then went to work as a Fitter and then after that i worked in a shop as a supervisor, worked as a dumper driver, 360 degree operatior, concrete finisher, worked on the LNG site in pembrokeshire and then as a tire fitter before moving here ! fun fun fun.
I also understand that there are very many jobs that are not in the public eye so i am optimistic that i can find something i can do even if its a meanial job.
I know some courses are in english only and sure i can go for an IT course its not so hard to work with a computer and i am computer literate.

You need AS/A levels to attend Uni - so you would either need these or you would need to take these in Swedish (gymnasiet)

You could also look at vocational courses - yrkesutbildningar - although most will not accept you until you have a minimum of SFI D

You could also try your luck at English/Irish bars and pubs in the short term - they often employ native English staff

And i understand that they are not going to change the way they work for an immagrant but on saying that i can still change a tire? ive worked in the business for some years and theres many days ive gone by and not spoken to a customer, also swed's are the most humble of people i mean if i say to a customer "Förlåt jag förstår inte så mycket men jag är i en svenska kurs och kan bara prata lite, jag kan prata på engelska."
and ofc you will understand and no i really dont think that will make the customer think "im never coming back here again"

There are very few jobs that require no speaking - the boss wants someone who can speak to customers/suppliers use the computer answer the phone if needed and with the unemployment situation as it is they are likely to prefer to employ someone who is fluent in Swedish, OK in English and can possibly get by in another language as well

It's hard to say how customers will react - usually not a problem for the younger generation BUT many older people never learned English (until the world war II german was taught/ many immigrants do not speak English and many other people resent having to be forced to remember their high school English from 30 years ago and will simply ring the next tire place on their list

However keep up with the Swedish and I's sure it won't take long

[Gordy]

Peter, there is a thread on here somewhere if you do a search about getting work as a forklift driver.

Are you registered as unemployed with Arbetsförmedling? If you are then they will pay for the course for you, otherwise it's a couple of hundred quid.

I did SFI evening classes so most people on the course were working. There were a few doing warehouse/forklift jobs another worked for a moving company and most of the rest had skills such as carpenters, diesel mechanic etc.

See if you can get in touch with others in your area who have found jobs, maybe even transfer to SFI evening class to do so.