This is the ‘old’ type of job, 37 hours a week and no expiration date.

Sometimes it is just not an option, and so it's a good idea to find security in other aspects of your working life than duration.

Part-time positions are jobs where you do not work the 37 hours a week as in full-time positions. Instead, you might work 20, 30 or 32 hours. Part-time positions can be both permanent and temporary.

Happiness is not always a 37-hour workweek. Maybe you want to prioritize your family or some leisure activity. A part-time job makes it possible.

A project position is a temporary position. It could be anywhere from 3 months to 3 years. This type of position is financed by a pool of money set aside specifically for that project.

Many of the time- and scope-limited positions are linked to one or more specific tasks that must be completed during the period of employment.

If you think the tasks are fun and exciting – and maybe even something that might qualify you for your next employment - it may be worth the “uncertainty.”

A startup is a young company that has few employees. Logically, a startup grows up and becomes “a company.” Therefore, a big part of working in a startup is to help develop the company – preferably in close collaboration with the founder, who definitely spends a lot of time working on the business.

The advantage of working in a startup is that you are close to where it all happens. You will most likely take on many different roles because of the small number of employees.

A freelancer is someone who is self-employed in a relatively specific field. Many journalists, e.g., are freelancers. In this way, they can be hired for various journalistic tasks, just as they can be permanently affiliated with media houses, but with the view that they are not employed in the company, but by the company. Not quite unlike a project hire.

A freelancer can get many different tasks because he/she can be involved in several different contexts simultaneously.

Read more about freelance work

A job with wage subsidies is an offer made to unemployed people, where the employer recieves a financial subsidy to cover a part of your salary.

The purpose is to develop your competencies, network and experiece with a field that lies within your educational background. Read more about wage subsidy on Jobnet.dk

The advantages of wage subsidies:

• Can be an effective way to land an ordinary job
• Gives you practical experience with tasks and ways of working
• You can make use of it in your future job search

Job training / internship is an offer that aims at clarifying and developing your competencies by having an internship at a company and in this way increase your chances for getting a job.

The internship can be in either private or public companies and the different goals and content of the traineeship is agreed upon between you, the company, and the job centre. Read more about job training at Jobnet.dk

The advantages of internship:

• A great way to gain more experience and try out new fields
• You will expand your network
• Can lead to an ordinary job

Subsidy schemes may be a possibility, depending on the circumstances. This means that the company will receive a subsidy each month to pay you, and you will still receive a full salary.

Subsidy schemes exist in order to make companies more aware of the potential of hiring academics and to develop new areas of business.

Read about these programmes at Innovationsfonden

Read about jobs in small and medium sized enterprises

Your grades will matter to most companies, because good grades indicate high academic standards. However, they weigh personal competencies just as high. You need to be able to collaborate, be result oriented and curious, as well as very ambitious and highly motivated to join the company.

Being able to document your skills is a great advantage. E.g. in a letter of recommendation from an employer of a relevant study job or from companies where you have done internship or collaborated on semester projects.

As an international student you have the advantage that you that you are used to be part of an international environment, both in your studies and in private. Most graduate programmes are internationally minded, and your multicultural understanding and language skills are highly valued.

• The application deadline is often between December and February, and the programmes will typically begin in August or September.
• Some companies use an online application system and others ask you to send your application via email.
• Most companies wish to receive cover letter, CV, grades and letters of recommendation (if you have any).
• Many companies will make use of tests - e.g. personality tests, cognitive tests, and tests on problem solving. Quite a few companies may also use case competitions or assessment days.
• Companies usually conduct 2 or more interview sessions before having found the right candidate to hire.