Professor Johan Giesecke, one of the world’s most senior epidemiologists, advisor to the Swedish Government (he hired Anders Tegnell who is currently directing Swedish strategy), the first Chief Scientist of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and an advisor to the director general of the WHO, lays out with typically Swedish bluntness why … Continue reading
Sweden’s new government is targeting a “paradigm” shift for job creation in the largest Nordic economy as it raises spending and scrapped plans for reaching the surplus target. The new Social Democratic-led government today unveiled plans to spend almost 20 billion kronor ($2.7 billion) over the next two years to cut Scandinavia’s highest unemployment rate. … Continue reading
40 percent of recruiters are checking potential employee’s social networking pages during the hiring process, a figure which has shot up from last year, according to a recent report. “It’s advisable that people think twice about the self-image they allow on the net,” said Johan Treschow of the chamber of commerce, to Dagens Nyheter (DN) … Continue reading