Jobseekers toolkit for Norway
Work
Public Employment service
www.ec.europa.eu/eures EURES, the European Job Mobility Portal
NAV Service Centre EURES Phone: 0047 55 55 33 39 (press 2)
Email: eures@nav.no (Information about jobs search in English)
Looking for work
We recommend that you register your CV on the EURES portal www.eures.europa.eu, where Norwegian employers are likely to be looking for European candidates.
Where to find the jobs
The easiest way if you don’t speak Norwegian is to search for jobs on the EURES portal www.eures.europa.eu. Indeed, all the job vacancies published by NAV are listed on this portal. You can then use the search function in your own language and access the job vacancies.
You can also access job vacancies in English which are listed on the NAV website www.arbeidsplassen.no. Use “english” as key word search
Recruitment agencies
The private recruitment agencies have a big share of the job market in Norway, and there are numerous. You should consider registering at a few of them. A few examples: - www.manpower.no www.adecco.no www.proffice.no www.jobzone.no
There are many more recruitment agencies, you can find them via the Yellow Pages www.gulesider.no. Write “bemanningsbyrå” in the search field.
Public services
www.nyinorge.no New in Norway guide - practical information from public administrations
www.nav.no/en the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration
https://helsenorge.no/foreigners-in-norway Healthcare and social security
www.sua.no Service Centre for Foreign Workers in Oslo
https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/person/foreign/Tax information for foreign workers in Norway
www.udi.no the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration
www.politi.no the Norwegian Police
www.arbeidstilsynet.no The Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority
www.toll.no Customs
www.grensetjansten.com Cross border service Sweden/Norway
www.innovasjonnorge.no Innovation Norway
www.ssb.no Statistics Norway
www.mattilsynet.no Norwegian Food/Animal Safety Authority
www.government.no Information from the Government and the Ministries
Cities & Municipalities
www.oslo.kommune.no/startpage/
To find the website of any municipality: www.name-of-municipality.kommune.no
Newspapers
www.aftenposten.no Oslo
www.aftenbladet.no Stavanger
www.bt.no Bergen
www.adressa.no Trondheim
www.nordlys.no Tromsø
www.fvn.no Kristiansand
Recognition of Education and Qualifications
www.nokut.no Recognition of foreign education
www.helsedirektoratet.no/English Authorisation and Licence for Health personnel
Trade Unions
www.lo.no The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
www.akademikerne.no The Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations
www.ys.no The Confederation of Vocational Unions
www.unio.no The Confederation of Unions for Professionals
Start your own company in Norway
www.altinn.no/en see “start and run business”
Language courses in Norway
www.ntnu.edu/learnnow free online Norwegian language course
www.kompetansenorge.no/English See “Immigrant integration” for all the accredited language course providers in Norway
www.folkeuniversitetet.no/ Class room courses
www.aof.no Class room courses
https://felles.oslovo.no/ Courses in Oslo
Study in Norway
www.studyinnorway.no the guide to higher education in Norway
www.diku.no Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education
www.samordnaopptak.no/info/english/ The Norwegian Universities and College Admission service
Traineeships and Internships in Norway
www.trainee.no The Norwegian trainee guide
http://aiesec.org Student organization - Internships
www.karrierestart.no Job portal and lots of advice and other relevant information
www.europlacement.com (Intern and internship in Europe)
Housing
www.finn.no/eiendom market place for rental “bolig til leie” and purchase «bolig til salgs»
www.hybel.no rentals and home share agency
www.utleiemegleren.no rentals agency
Diverse/Other
www.visitnorway.com the official Travel guide to Norway
www.gulesider.no the Yellow Pages in Norway
www.petro.no News website for the oil and gas industry
