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The service sector accounts for 75% of GDP with the industry sector accounting for just under 25%.
Traditionally, Denmark has large companies in the shipping, trade and brewery sectors.
The public sector is the largest employer, accounting for a third of all employment in Denmark.
Danish working culture is team-orientated and the working environment is characterised by open and informal manners. Danish companies offer good working conditions, modern conveniences and technical equipment of a high standard.
CVs In Denmark, your CV should begin with your name, address, and contact information.
Business qualifications follow, based on the requirements listed in the job advertisement, with work experience sequenced to match your business qualifications.
Dansk Industri, a weekly Danish language publication, provides information on Denmark's industrial sector.
The Copenhagen Business School Library is an academic library which includes information on accounting, advertising, banking and finance, computer science, foreign trade, law, marketing, statistics and social sciences sectors.

Online career websites and job listings are valuable tools for the foreign job-seeker.
Most sites allow users to post personal resume and search job databases by industry, location and job title.
Higher education careers support is offered to graduates by student advisors in universities and also by employment offices and labour unions.
University careers services are particularly focused on the transition into employment from education and less orientated to providing work placements.

The Danish section of the EURES European Employment Services Network website has links to Danish job databases and newspapers and it also displays some job vacancies.

Public employment services
The Arbejdsformidlingen Public Employment Service in Denmark is administered by the Arbejdsmarkedsstyrelsen National Labour Market Authority in Denmark and their website includes the addresses of all local employment offices in Denmark. The Arbejdsgivernes Elev-og Praktikpladsforum AEP website offers advice and information on obtaining work placements. Speculative applications to relevant companies asking for work placements is the most useful way of arranging these, which will help you gain necessary professional experience.

The transition to postgraduate study at a Danish university should be relatively straightforward.
There is also the opportunity to study intensive Danish language courses at university.

Rules for Danish visas, work permits, or residence permits are very clearly organised and precise.
Applications for work permits must be initiated and submitted only through Danish diplomatic missions embassies or selected general consulates in either the home or legal country.

European Union EU citizens are allowed to live and work in Denmark with a visa or work permit.
If you are from one of these countries, excepting Cyprus and Malta, and want to work. (Permalink)