Newsletter

Subscribe to the latest news from the Nordic Labour Journal by e-mail. The newsletter is issued 9 times a year. Subscription is free of charge.

(Required)
You are here: Home

Search results

3888 items matching your search terms. Sort by relevance · date (newest first) · alphabetically
FISK Seafoods col1

FISK Seafoods

Restaurants break with old language norm – English makes an entrance tema
| Sep 2017

Restaurants break with old language norm – English makes an entrance

Finnish restaurateurs are worried about the lack of Finnish-speaking waiters. As a result, more and more restaurants now seek English-speaking staff. Meanwhile, trade unions sound a warning that many young people are leaving the trade because of low pay and a lack of workplace training opportunities.
Marte Ruus col1

Marte Ruus

Fitness industry seeks millennium-old skills – and knowledge of how to become bootylicious tema
| Sep 2017

Fitness industry seeks millennium-old skills – and knowledge of how to become bootylicious

More than four million Nordic citizens are members of gyms like Sats Elixia. As a result, the demand for skilled instructors is considerable. We joined one student of theology, one accountant and one brand expert in their spinning, yoga and shape classes.
Grethe Stølan col1

Grethe Stølan

How Sats Elixia works to secure the right competency tema
| Sep 2017

How Sats Elixia works to secure the right competency

Competency is a moving target, since the knowledge needed to manage a job always changes. In the fitness and exercise industry this is doubly true. Not only does one trend replace another. Competency also often means knowing the right movements and how to make people move.
Ville Relander col1

Ville Relander

Food col1

Food

debatt

The necessary skills at the right time

Finding a good match is not always easy, especially in the labour market. As the labour market is transforming at lightning speed, the need for skills increases. The opportunity to get adult and continuing education becomes equally important. But how to do it? The Nordic Labour Journal looks at possibilities and practice in the Nordic region.
A Nordic drive for lifting competencies Infocus

A Nordic drive for lifting competencies

A changing labour market always needs new competency. Employees and employers must stay up to date. Workplaces from fitness centres to fisheries need to secure the knowledge which new developments demand, whether it is digitalisation or yoga. All the Nordic countries are looking at how to organise their adult and continuing education.
This is themeComment