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Work has no age limit: Helge (80) runs a hardware store
Of course it is possible to work after 65! Marcus Herold (76) and Helge Nevalainen (80) are good examples of this. Both way past retirement age but still busy in the labour market.
10 minutes
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100,000 outsiders – this is how businesses succeed through inclusion
Diversity and inclusion is about more than values. It is also good business, according to Oskar Eikeseth. He is a social economist working for EY, one of the world’s biggest consultancy firms. Eikeseth has cerebral palsy.
12 minutes
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Swedish Yalla Trappan – a model for successful labour market integration
Yalla Trappan in Malmö have cracked the code – the one that shortens the path for the women who are furthest from the labour market. Working in partnership with both the public and private sectors, the organisation is now entering its 20th year, including its initial project phase.
11 minutes
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From golden handshake to outplacement
Martin Olesen has held leadership positions for 25 years and has both given and received outplacement support to help find new jobs after redundancy. Outplacement has become part of the HR policy in many Danish companies.
5 minutes
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Sweden’s new SAO-jobs: Two hours a week that can change young people’s future
Giving eight-graders in disadvantaged areas SAO-jobs while they still attend school, helps fight marginalisation and builds their belief in the future. The youths work two hours a week for a year and are paid around 1,000 Swedish kronor before tax. From 2026, they are also covered by a collective agreement.
11 minutes
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How Iceland helps rising numbers of young people outside the labour market
At Stendur, a vocational rehabilitation centre in Hafnarfjordur in Iceland, young people who struggle and remain outside the labour market get help. “We help them get back on their feet and to find the direction they want to take their lives in,” says managing director for Stendur, Sveindís Anna Jóhannsdóttir.
6 minutes
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Predicting the unpredictable: the Nordics join forces on future skills
Digital leaps, the green transition and global crises make it harder than ever to predict which skills will be needed in the future. The Nordic countries are now joining forces on the project “Future Skills – Bridging the Competence Gap”. The aim is to develop more reliable systems for forecasting and skills matching.
10 minutes
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Sweden’s municipal climate efforts bring visible results
On a global level, the challenges of reaching emission-reducing climate goals are clear to see. Some even deny there is a problem despite huge amounts of research proving the opposite. In Sweden, things are different on a municipal level, however, where 58 municipalities have collaborated since 2008 in the association Klimatkommunerna (the Climate Municipalities).
9 minutes
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Finland attracts data centres with cheap electricity and a cool climate
The data centre industry is experiencing a global wave of investment, driven by artificial intelligence, cloud services and digitalisation. Finland and the other Nordics want a part of this wave and attract more foreign investment.
7 minutes
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Climate-friendly concrete earns Icelandic BM Vallá environmental recognition
Icelandic concrete manufacturer BM Vallá was nominated to be the 2024 environmental company of the year by SA, the Confederation of Icelandic Enterprise. Such production is not typically associated with climate-friendly practices, but the nomination was primarily for the company’s introducing a new type of concrete, called Berglind, that cuts carbon emissions by almost half.
7 minutes