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My Swedish Career - Archive
The archive of our 'My Swedish Career' interviews with foreign-born professionals making a life and a career for themselves in Sweden.
Published: 21 May 2013 09:34 CET
The British barber a cut above the rest
Having thrown down the towel in Swedish class, new Stockholmer Paul Davies picked up a brush and razor to build His Swedish Career on trendy Swedish men's new-found love of a full beard.
UK's 'humble gardener' sows Swedish TV career
John Taylor is perhaps best known as the man with the green thumbs and a slight English accent on a weekly gardening show on television. He tells The Local how he made a career out of "digging holes" in Sweden.
'Sweden saved my career from Spain's meltdown'
For the longest time, architect Jon-Ander Azpiazu Juaristi held Spain's economic fizzle at arm's length, until rising unemployment caught up with him too. He tells The Local how moving to Sweden saved his career.
'If you've got a unique idea - just go for it'
A 25-year-old dog lover from Texas unleashed an unusual business idea when she moved to Gothenburg three years ago, charting an unexpected path in building up her Swedish career.
'Be employable and ready to work damn hard'
In our series profiling careers of foreigners who've moved to Sweden, The Local catches up with Australian Benedict Hugosson who came to Sweden for love and ended up launching a career in politics.
We wanted to do good, have fun and make money
Ronia Virginia speaks to The Local about the transition from being a full-time homemaker to helping Swedish firms trying to enter the Indian market.
Swedes don't want to see gaps in your CV
Mexican love refugee and political science grad Paola Pancardo explains how she ended up working at the Tanzanian embassy in Stockholm.
I decided I had to chase down a job myself
The Local catches up with Australian Mel Todaro whose wanderlust saw him end up in Sweden and settle down at a job with Universal Pictures in Stockholm.
Getting a job in Sweden is about who you know'
The Local catches up with Charles Schuettinger who arrived from the US to play handball before a detour in construction eventually led to a career in sales.
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Your Swedish Career
Unable to find good Mexican food after moving to Stockholm to study in 2008, Monterrey native David Licona now finds himself running La Neta, one of the most popular Mexican eateries in the Swedish capital. The Local finds out more.
Want more money? Want to learn how to convince your Swedish boss that you are indispensable? Sure, but make sure you do your homework first, explains union ombudsman Anna-Karin Mattsson.
Having thrown down the towel in Swedish class, new Stockholmer Paul Davies picked up a brush and razor to build His Swedish Career on trendy Swedish men's new-found love of a full beard.
What are the unwritten rules that foreigners should keep in mind while doing business in Sweden? Our latest JobTalk gives you the top ten tips for showing your colleagues you're on the ball when it comes to Swedish business etiquette.
John Taylor is perhaps best known as the man with the green thumbs and a slight English accent on a weekly gardening show on television. He tells The Local how he made a career out of "digging holes" in Sweden.
Wondering how to write a cover letter that will convince employers in Sweden they've found the candidate they're looking for? The Local asks a Swedish HR expert about crafting a winning letter.
Swedish Employment News
One in four workers employed in Sweden's public sector last year was foreign-born, according to new statistics published on Tuesday, a figure experts claim reflect Sweden's own diversifying society.
The unemployment figures for Sweden rose to 8.8 percent last month, with almost 450,000 Swedes without a job across the country, according to new statistics released on Tuesday.
John Taylor is perhaps best known as the man with the green thumbs and a slight English accent on a weekly gardening show on television. He tells The Local how he made a career out of "digging holes" in Sweden.
Swedish citizens are the most pampered in the world, according to a new rating that measures non-economic needs and aims to replace GDP as a well-being indicator.
Researchers have found that job applicants with Swedish sounding names are 50 percent more likely to be called back for an interview than people with Arabic names, based on a randomly generated experiment with CV and cover letters.
Private sector job coaching firms are earning double-digit profit margins from taxpayer-funded contracts with Sweden's Employment Agency to help unemployed Swedes back into the workforce.
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