Pakistani Student Association, Halmstad, Sweden

Pakistani Student Assocation, Halmstad, Sweden

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Jobs in Sweden

We have divided the Jobs available in Sweden two categories:

Part Time Jobs

Part-time jobs can be carried out during your studies to meet your daily expenses. But keep in mind that these opportunities are always limited, and not all the students are able to get the one.

Reklam Distribution:
On every Sunday there is a Reklam paper (Advertisements) that is distributed by a company in Halmstad. It’s only to be done on Sunday. The job description is that you get a bunch of papers on any given location which you inform the company (it can be your own apartment as well) and it is there that you organize the papers. Afterwards you load the paper on to a cart provided by the company and distribute it in a district. If you do a single district you can earn almost around 120-180 SEK a day. It takes about 3-4 hours to deliver the Advertisements.

Jobs in McDonalds Restaurant:
You can find job opportunity in McDonald restaurants all over the Sweden. You can earn up to 7000SEK to 8000SEK per month. One has to clean all machines in kitchen or have to clean the lobby area in McDonald.

Torget:
This is another job opportunity one can avail while staying in Sweden. Job description is to set up your stall and sell the garment products in open-air markets. By doing this job you can earn 7000SEK to 9000SEK per month.

Professional Jobs

One can get full-time jobs in your relevant field after completion of your studies. The following information will assist you in searching for the jobs, as well as provide you with information about how professional jobs can be applied for.

Resume Preparation
Your resume is extremely vital in job hunting process. Following links may help you to write and effective resume.

http://www.mahalo.com/How_to_write_a_resume
http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/career/guides/resume.shtml

Focus on following points:

  • Write precise and comprehensive resume.
  • Use extensively the spelling and grammar correction tool of MS Word.
  • You must write resume in formal English language, no short cut like don’t, “I wanna” should be used.
  • Common areas to cover in your resume
    • Career Objectives
    • Experience
    • Academic background (Latest comes first)
    • Tool and Technologies used
    • Academic / Professional projects
    • Extra-curricular activities
    • References, if required
  • Always modify your resume with respect to job requirement. Shuffle the projects up and down according to demand of job.
  • Do not hesitate in writing even a smallest project or assignment related to job description
  • Use small fonts and less white space to accommodate more text in less space. It is good to have short but precise resume.
  • It would give you extra advantage if you attach a cover letter with your resume.
  • Instead of writing courses studied during education, it would be better to attach your transcript with resume.

Common 64 Interview Questions can be found here: click here

A nice presentation related with Job hunting in Sweden by Saqlain Ali can be found here: click here

A video of a career counseling seminar held at Linköping University can be found here:
http://video. google.com/ videoplay? docid=-567081176 3697943099& hl=en

Here are few links where you can search for jobs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_largest_software_companies
www.ericsson.com/ericsson/careers/join_us/job_search/index.shtml
www.nokia.com/A4126297
http://w1.siemens.com/en/jobs/index.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/careers/
http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/
www.MotorolaCareers.com  
http://www.sap.com/careers/index.epx
www.thelocal.se/jobs/
www.jobsincopenhagen.com
www.jobsinstockholm.com
www.swjobs.co.uk
http://www.mjardevi.se/opencms/opencms/system/modules/se.lemonlim e.opencms.company/elements/Foretag.jsp?l=en


Halmstad University
Kristian IV:s Street # 3
Box 823, 301 18 Halmstad
Email: info@psasweden.com