Career Advice: Start applying for jobs, while you are still in school. Then you’ll also be able to write in your application that you are currently writing your thesis. Don’t apply for jobs during the summer holidays – your potential employers are probably on holiday and won’t be thinking about […]

Your opportunities and your salary depend on whether you have been dispatched, stationed, or if you’re merely working in a foreign country. Many recent graduates dream about working abroad. However, as you may also have read about in the section about the program, you’ll have a better chance, if you’ve […]

What do you look for, when you are about to hire a student of engineering or a recently graduated engineer? We look for that sparkle in the eyes, an inner desire to change the digital solutions used at our society’s largest, oldest, and most important organizations. Then we look for […]

In the construction and contracting business, engineers are in great demand. Many graduates choose to work for consultancy firms, or businesses that construct large buildings, bridges and the sort – something they can point to and say: “Look! I built that!”. During their studies, few say: “I want to build […]

Permanent employment is no guarantee after graduation. This article contains tips on what your options are. In general, every 10th academic is offered project employment – which means that it is a temporary job. This includes maternity covers, graduate positions and wage subsidy jobs. You may consider – if you […]

A talent programme can lead you towards a job and teach you something about thinking commercially. Danfoss is doing it. Grundfos, Hoffmann and Aalborg Portland are doing it. The same is true for Danske Bank, NNIT and many other corporations – they have talent programmes aimed at young graduates. A […]

Do you hold a student membership to a union or an unemployment fund? If not, it might be worth becoming a member before you graduate. While you have been studying, you may have noticed that unemployment rates are fluctuating. Employment rates may vary greatly from a mechanical engineer, an IT […]

Jón Ingi Bergsteinsson believes that entrepreneurship requires self-confidence and a stubborn disposition. Jón Ingi Bergsteinsson Age: 29. Educated from AAU with an M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering & Informatics in 2013. Three months before handing in his thesis, he founded the ­company MEDEI Aps with a fellow student and a medical […]

Ali Hussein has made a career for himself in the Danish Defence. Ali Hussein Age: 32. Educated at DTU, Campus Ballerup, as an electronic engineer in 2006. He had postponed his conscription examination until after he had completed his studies, but as he was not drafted, he volunteered for the […]

Peter took a few detours before he began working for Novo Nordisk. A straight forward, 35 km long highway connects Copenhagen to Frederikssund. It is called Frederikssundsvej, and near Smørum, you make a right and hit a roundabout. This is Novo country no matter which exit you pick. Peter Boldsen […]