Challenge

Challenge 4: “Swedish Labour Culture”

Background

Before actually getting an employment in Sweden theres underlying issues and barriers that needs to solved. One of these barriers lies within language and culture. When we don’t understand the language it’s hard to learn about the culture. When it’s hard to learn about the culture it’s hard to build a social network, find a job and learn about the real possibilities that lies within Sweden.

In order to help newly arrived establish themselves in Sweden we need to rethink the ways we interact, live and develop together.

Building networks can help people who come newly to Sweden to learn the Swedish values, the Swedish work tradition, ethics, rights and obligation. Having people with same interest can also increase their comfort and their moral health, it opens to opportunities that the can not have otherwise. That is why is it is crucial to address this fast.

Problems

Hard to meet Swedish people with similar interests (Working, educational but also, hobbies).

Refugees are not getting the right information about the labour market — and are often only informed about the easier pathways towards work. Such as cabdriver, cleaner och working in an restaurant.

Swedish people are not well educated about different backgrounds and cultures — This creates a heightened sensitivity and prejudice towards the unknown and different.

Key Factors

• Reaching to all the Swedish people
• Exposing more the diversity in the Swedish market

Consideration

• It’s harder than we think to understand the Swedish culture
• This issue is complex and we need treat both target groups with delicacy and importance.

Aim

• Newly arrived asylum seekers.
• Swedish people in general.

Key Actors

• Arbetsförmedlingen.
• Migrationsverket
• Svenska För Invandrare
• Unions

Success Measurement

• Number of people employed, especially from newly built networks.
• Number of people working job they are qualified for.
• Time waited before first employment in Sweden.