{"id":1548,"date":"2010-07-20T22:03:38","date_gmt":"2010-07-20T22:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=1548"},"modified":"2010-07-20T22:03:38","modified_gmt":"2010-07-20T22:03:38","slug":"experiences-with-arbetsformedlingen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/experiences-with-arbetsformedlingen\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiences with Arbetsf\u00f6rmedlingen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plenty of people are looking for work when moving to a new country.\u00a0 As Jennie pointed out<\/a>, there are several places to search for jobs.\u00a0 Even English speaking ones. When I first moved to Sweden, I didn\u2019t have a job.\u00a0 I was in search of just about anything, English or Swedish. I had managed to set up a couple of interviews to be had right when I arrived, but nothing was guaranteed.\u00a0 So my time in Sweden was spent covering all of my job seeking bases.\u00a0 The first being Arbetsf\u00f6rmedlingen.<\/p>\n

Arbetsf\u00f6rmedlingen is the Swedish Public Employment Service.\u00a0 Essentially, Arbetsf\u00f6rmedlingen exists in order to help unemployed people get jobs. \u00a0As Jennie wrote<\/a>, this includes everything from job coaches to actual job announcements.\u00a0 It is also one of the government services that can put you on the path to collecting unemployment benefits.<\/p>\n

When I walked into my local Arbetsf\u00f6rmedlingen, I sat myself down at a computer terminal and began filling in my resume, background, and education.\u00a0 As I went along, I hit a snag due to having lived abroad for so long.\u00a0 I went to the front desk and asked for a bit of help.\u00a0 Rather than respond to my question with an answer, I received a question in response.\u00a0 Ska du s\u00f6ka pengar?\u00a0 Are you applying for money?\u00a0 I said no.\u00a0 I was not, I wanted a job.\u00a0 I was quickly told then that I didn\u2019t even have to be at the office filling anything in because all of the job announcements could be found online.\u00a0 It felt like I was being thrown out.<\/p>\n

I walked away quite disheartened actually.\u00a0 It seemed like the only reason Arbetsf\u00f6rmedlingen existed was to hand out money.\u00a0 Honestly, it was a pretty horrible experience and one that stayed with me.\u00a0 Later that summer I managed to find myself a job without help from Arbetsf\u00f6rmedlingens website.<\/p>\n

My experience was not a good one.\u00a0 There\u2019s really no way around that.\u00a0 It was unfortunate, but so it goes.\u00a0 That is not to say all experiences are bad ones.\u00a0 In fact, I have many friends who moved to Sweden and received quite a bit of help.\u00a0 They were welcomed in with suggestions on where to look, where to start, how to fix up a CV to fit the Swedish market.\u00a0 They were paired with coaches and helped all along the way.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t write this to disparage Arbetsf\u00f6rmedlingen.\u00a0 Or even to scare people away from its services.\u00a0 In fact, I believe that Arbetsf\u00f6rmedlingen can serve an important role in helping immigrants to Sweden find a job.\u00a0 When friends tell me they are thinking of moving to Sweden, I always direct them to Arbetsf\u00f6rmedlingens website. \u00a0But I also believe it is important to realize that there are many different avenues to finding work.\u00a0 Many different websites.\u00a0 Many different services.\u00a0 There is no silver bullet, but instead an array of tools that can help you along the way.\u00a0 Despite my experiences, Arbetsf\u00f6rmedlingen should be one of them.<\/p>\n

How have your experiences been with Arbetsf\u00f6rmedlingen?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plenty of people are looking for work when moving to a new country.\u00a0 As Jennie pointed out, there are several places to search for jobs.\u00a0 Even English speaking ones. When I first moved to Sweden, I didn\u2019t have a job.\u00a0 I was in search of just about anything, English or Swedish. I had managed to…<\/p>\n

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