Therese Alm Emma Gullström Emma Åsard

1. Sweden Therese Alm Emma Gullström Emma Åsard

2. Work in Sweden How the labor market in Sweden is organized • Salaryeverymonth (12 months per year) • Normal workingday is 8 hours • Vaccationat least 25 days

3. Typesofwork • There are many different types of work in Sweden. • 60 % of the populaton is woking with service

4. The private and public sektor • Most of the population work in the private sector • The workers in the private sector has increased a lot

5. Whatfield of work would you like to get into?

6. In your choise, what are your motiviations?

7. Would you rather be employed or self-employed?

8. Howcan your schoolhelp you to be sucessful in your future life?

9. Qualities of a successfulentrepreneur • Creativity • Passion • Motivation • Social • Independent • Responsible • Hardworking • Risktaking • Confident • Good listener • Good leadership • Brave

10. Unemployment in Sweden • Unemployed – a person who doesn’thave a paidjob • 7,4%, 376 000 persons, of the inhabitants in Sweden • Included – adultsyoungerthan 65, people over 65 who still want to work and students that are applying for job.

11. Get people back to work • Arbetsförmedlingen are helpingunemployedpeople • Callthemselfes ”matchmakers” • Theyhavecontact with the companies to heariftheyneed new employees • Unemployedpeople are coming to them and willhopefully get a job

12. Financial support • Working and payingfee to the Union – 80% of your salarywhen you get unemployed. • After 1 year – money from the state. • The moneycomes from taxes. Employedpay 30% of theirsalary in tax. • Sometimespeopleuse this system to get moremoney for themselves, for exampletheydon’tpay the tax.

13. Employment • To be employed at a company gives you a lot of advantages. • Eg; security like insurance, salary, vacation, maternity leave etc. • Sometimes benefits like health programs, life-pensions saving programs etc are applicable • The benefits of an employment varies a lot between counties. • Sweden is known for having very good agreements • Possible disadvantages • Can not always decide about working hours, vacations etc • Freedom to choose where to work

14. The key advantages of running your own business are for example: the freedom of choosing where and when to work the freedom to set the agenda, business plan and work forward if you are successful you can keep big parts of the profit and decide about bonuses etc the power of decision making many good things are deductible Common disadvantages of running your own business: You need to have a broad knowledge within several areas You actually need to bring in the money to be able to pay for all costs/expenses Sometimes, when times are bad, you might not be able to pick out a salary. maybe you can not afford life-pension saving programs, insurances and other health-benefits. Self-employment

15. Howto start a company in Sweden • Compared to other countries, it’s easy to start a company in Sweden • There are different types of companies, the most common one is: “The limited Company” • You’ll need a share/ start capital of 50 000 SEK • You register the company at “Bolagsverket”, or you can buy the company from “the shelf” at a company broker (this takes only like 20 minutes) • Swedish Jobs and SocietyFoundation – an entrepriseagencythat offer advice on howto start a company for free (e.g business-, marketing plans etc)

16. Amazing Sweden

17. My Future • My personal aim is to at least once run my own business in the future within an area I love and have passion for. • But I realise that I still have a lot to learn from working as an employee within different kinds of companies. • For example I would like to get the experience from working as an employee abroad. Learning about different cultures etc.