How to Better Target a Danish Employer Louise Bach-Nielsen

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1. Personal Details

•  Name •  Nationality •  Contact information: address, phone, email •  Date of birth (optional, but helpful) •  Photo: professional and up to date •  Linkedin

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2. Personal Profile

•  Short and targeted summary about yourself

•  What are your main professional skills / personal & social qualities?

•  Think in keywords •  Be specific

•  Target the content

•  Keep it short and to the point

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2. Personal Profile

PersonalProfileIamanac4veandhard-workingpersonwhoisabouttograduatewiththe4tleM.Sc.inManagement(equivalenttoBusinessAdministra4on).Withinthelastfiveyearsofmyprofessionalcareer.Ihavebeenworkingintheareasofsupplychainandmarke4ng.Ihavegathereddeepexperienceinorganisingtransport,coordina4ngcustomerrela4onships,businessanalysis,andprocessop4misa4onthroughtheuseofworld-classtools(e.g.DMAIC/SixSigma).AsanextrovertedpersonItrulyenjoyworkinginateam.Iamfriendly,direct,andgoodatmedia4ngandmo4va4ngpeople.Whileperformingonindividualtasks,Ilikechallengesandachievinggoalsinasystema4candlogicalmanner.

3. Work Experience

•  List your most recent experience first •  Dates of employment, Name of the company, job title, tasks and

achievements •  Well known employers in your country may not be known in

Denmark – explain •  Use an appropriate job title if the one you actually have is

misleading •  You may include internships, volunteer work, student jobs – as long as they are relevant

3. + 4. Work Experience & Education

5. Skills

•  Language proficiency –  Clearly and honestly state your level –  Avoid the use of A2, B1, modul 3.3. etc.

•  IT skills: clearly and honestly state your level

•  Possession of a driving license and car may be included

•  Etc.

6. Interests

Employers will often look at the interests listed in your CV •  gives a more comprehensive picture of you •  can give an indication of your personality and motivation

Particularly relevant to mention activities in which you had •  leadership responsibilities •  or which involved relating to others in a team

Be precise •  reading à what exactly? E.g. 20th century fiction •  sport à which sports? E.g. tennis or squash

7. References

Two options:

1.  Use the generic statement 'References are available on request’, which means that the future employer has to ask permission for access to your references;

2.  Include the names and contact information of your references on the CV, if you have approval.

Points to remember

•  Max. 2 pages •  Use simple language •  Documentation: do not send documentation unless specifically

mentioned in the job ad •  Print your CV out and have someone read it •  Do a spell check! (“I speak fluent Englesh, Inglish, Eniglish” does not

really instill confidence) •  Always send your CV in pdf

PreparingyourCoverLeHer

Research the company Understand what the company is looking for •  Job ad. Read and understand •  Websites •  LinkedIn •  Media coverage •  Company Values

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Why are you applying for this specific job? Why would you want to work for that particular company? •  Because of the product? •  Investment in employees? •  Use your experience – how / why? •  Can you contribute to growth?

Do not focus on what you can gain from being hired, but what the company can gain from hiring you

Guidelines

•  Future oriented and targeted •  Short and precise – max. one A4 page •  Use examples •  Pick the top 3-5 essential requirements from the advertisement and

answer these carefully •  Which advantages will the company gain from hiring you? •  Positive closing

Contacting an employer

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Contac4nganEmployer-Prepara4on

•  Train your 30 second pitch •  Is it a good time to call? •  Why are you calling? •  Speak clearly, choose a quiet environment •  Prepare and select questions •  Use open questions •  Listen •  Do not leave a voice message and expect them to call you back à

You call again

Recommendations •  Job databases •  Recruitment agencies •  Network – LinkedIn, Facebook, •  Job alerts •  Register CV with several job databases •  Train your 30 second pitch •  Newspapers / media – find companies with success, business links to Portugal •  Find companies that wish to enter foreign markets / export / import companies •  Blogs •  Job fairs •  Learn Danish

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Links

•  www.workindenmark.dk •  www.jobindex.dk •  www.stepstone.dk

Graduates and professionals: www.jobbank.dk

IT:

www.it-jobbank.dk Engineers:

www.jobfinder.dk/en-gb •  Biotech/pharma

www.mediconvalley.com

Links

•  Multinational enterprises Top 1000 list of the largest Danish enterprises

www.top1000.borsen.dk/en