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Do you sometimes ask yourself why a CV is so important? You may think your boss can work out what you can do and how you add value to the company based on your work history. In practice, this is not the case. Your CV is one of the most important elements of your career, whether you are seeking a job or not.

As a general rule, a photo on your CV will be seen as positive – if the quality is good and it suits the workplace you’re applying to. But if you have personal reasons for omitting a photo, you won't necessarily end up at the back of the queue. Read these photo tips from IDA’s advisers.

Learn Danish with IDA: This spring IDA offers free Danish classes to its international members. Study Danish together with peers in classes tailored to your industry and work life.

A salary negotiation is all about preparation. You need to know your strengths and good results inside out, and you must have the ability, will and desire to talk about them. IDA’s career adviser Kenneth Carstensen suggests thinking of the meeting as a party, where you are the centre of attention.

Use an evening - or six - to learn tips and tricks in Excel. The seminars are conducted in English

Project will provide guidance to international engineering institutions to encourage them to write energy strategies for their own nations in order to tackle climate change

All public sector collective agreements will expire at the end of March 2018. Therefore, work on renewing the agreements is in full swing. Below, you can find answers to the most common questions about this topic.

You might only have a vague idea of what a personal development review is all about, and you may feel slightly apprehensive about it. IDA has a number of tips to help you get the most out of this meeting with your manager.

IDA has specific guidelines for when new members need to join IDA in order to qualify for financial support in the event of industrial action. IDA does not expect industrial action. However, since we have entered into difficult negotiations, it is very important to inform new members of the date on which they must enrol with IDA in order to qualify for financial support.

Whether you are in the process of negotiating salary for a new job, or you are about to negotiate salary in your current job, it is a good idea to use IDA’s salary statistics, the IDA Salary Calculator and company statistics as a guide.

As a new graduate, negotiating salary can be scary. But it is vital to your entire career that you set the bar at the right height from the beginning. Here are some good tips from IDA’s legal experts.

When you leave the room after your annual salary negotiation, the next one is already in progress. Read more about how to prepare yourself all year round for this important meeting and set yourself up for a pay rise. 

When you are invited to a job interview, the company is interested in you in particular as a possible candidate for the job. That is why it is important that you are well prepared so that you can convince the company’s employees that you should be their new colleague.

More than six in ten project managers have been headhunted or attempts were made to headhunt them. This is what a new survey of the members of IDA’s project manager panel shows.

The salary statistics for 2017 is now ready and as a member of IDA, you get unique insights into how salaries have developed for you and your colleagues.

Your CV must be targeted and have impact. Companies only use a few minutes to sort job applications. That is why it is important to have a thoroughly reviewed CV. The CV assistant helps with this by providing advice from our experienced career counsellors.

The Association of Chartered Engineers in Iceland (Verkfræðingafélag Íslands, VFÍ) becomes the member of the Association of Nordic Engineers on 1 January 2018. The request of the membership was approved at the ANE Board, 29 November

The number of employees who are offered continuing training, flexible working hours and flexible locations is increasing. This is a tendency that we will see more of in the future, predicts IDA, on the basis of the figures for the members who work with IT, as well as engineers and natural science graduates.

Digital labour platforms add flexibility to the labour market, but also present potential challenges. And if the traditional players make good models for platform economy, new opportunistic upstarts will undoubtedly come into play.

An episode for expats living and working in Denmark about Danish culture, business culture and global mindsets.

It is wrong to believe that introverted people cannot become skilled and strategic networkers, says networking expert Susie Lynge from the training and consultancy firm the Networking Academy

LinkedIn is an important tool in your job search, when building a network or creating awareness with regards to potential clients or business partners. Learn 10 ways to improve your LinkedIn profile.

Professor Lene Tanggaard from Aalborg University experience how colleagues from abroad are willing to move in order to get an exciting and challenging job. Danes can learn a lot from this attitude towards mobility.