Dear friend,
spring is slowly but clearly coming. While I still wear my cosy (in Danish terms: hyggelig) jacket, I can see people walking around already in T-shirts. They clearly lead the way. Last week we pointed on our facebook-page to the Sagura festival in Copenhagen. I hope you made it there and could enjoy the festival and the weather.
Stay up-to-date with activities and interesting information happening around.
What topics do you want to know more about? Let us know and we will answer your questions about Denmark.
CBS Executive MBA: a global world, a global classroom Franziska Bock, Siemens Wind Power A/S, is currently pursuing her Executive MBA at Copenhagen Business School. Working in a global company, she finds the international curriculum and class composition at CBS extremely valuable to her learning experience. Hear Franziska’s story and find out how she benefits from the CBS Executive MBA experience by clicking
here or on the image to the right.
Find out more about the CBS E-MBA, get to know the staff and teaching methods, hear from former students and pose your questions in the
CBS E-MBA LinkedIn Group.
Courses in English for finding work For those who cannot find work, various organizations offer now courses also in English. The intention of the courses is to make the participants more fit for the Danish labor market, to educate them on how they can turn their knowledge about the country they come from and their native language into an asset for the Danish economy.
Read more here.
Work-survey If you have not participated yet in our survey, you still have the chance to help other expats to get deeper insights into the routes for finding a job in Denmark. Invite your friends to contribute to this material.
Take the survey
How did you find work in Denmark? and contribute to our research meant to provide information about the challenges people experience when looking for a job in Denmark.
May 1 - Danish labour day On May 1, Denmark celebrates labour day. What happens on this day and how do Danes celebrate it?
Read more about that here.
DOs and DON'Ts in Denmark A picture by Hasse Ferrold from the event of Expat in Denmark / Consortium for Global talent at Simcorp
with my two
Worktrotter books about Denmark. Find out more about the books and how they can be of help to you.
Meet the Worktrotter-volunteers Today it is Nicola Strand's turn to be introduce as one of our great volunteers. She is from London, UK and has moved to Denmark in 2012 with her Danish husband. Nicola's professional background is in marketing and with her experience she helps us to make the Worktrotter-newsletters more powerful - in the same way as she has done in her previous job. At the moment she studies Danish intensively four times a week and is involved in an e-commerce project which is in very early stages, where she primarily provides marketing consultation.
Would you like to join the volunteer team? Right now, we are running an online / off-line marketing initiative. You will get great chances to learn about online research, Search Engine Optimization and online marketing. No up-front marketing knowledge required - only a strong motivation and an interest in writing in your native language or English. Read more here.
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Have a great day,
Dagmar Fink