Student job 

 

Job possibilities

As a full-time student holding a valid study and work permit, you can get a job within babysitting housekeeping, cleaning, waitering, delivering papers or acting as kitchen and bar assistance and similar jobs. A student job salary can vary between 11-14 Euro per hour.

 

If you start studying Danish upon arrival, your chances of getting a student job will greatly increase. Read about Danish for foreigners.

 

Be patient and keep trying

Keep in mind that you might not get the first job you apply for, or the second one...

 

A job search can take time, especially if you don't have much relevant experience from previous student jobs, and especially if you are critical and not mobile (have a bike).

 

Besides you need to be registered in Denmark and have a so-called CPR-number before you can start looking for a job.

 

Be patient – it might take several months to find a job, but so far, all the students who really want a job and who are working hard to get one have succeeded.

 

Working hours

UCN Technology and UCN Business strongly recommends that full-time international students do not work more than 15 hours per week during term-time.

 

Full-time employment can be obtained, however, during summer vacations (June, July and August) if it doesn’t interfere with your internship (placement).

Looking for Work

If you are seeking a job, try the following:

Shop windows and notice boards

Shop windows/restaurants/supermarket notice boards. Some businesses looking for part-time employees put adverts in their windows and supermarkets advertise on their notice boards.

As you are walking around, make an effort to look in the windows you are passing.

Job search engine
Visit www.jobnet.dk and search for “hot jobs”. You have to look there every day and react promptly.

 

Get a Danish/English dictionary and surf the internet. When you find relevant links, e-mail the specific link immediately to one of UCN’s International Coordinators and ask him or her to make a first call to the company for you OR go there yourself with your CV.

Friends and other contacts
Let your friends and other people know that you are looking for part-time work as they may have some helpful ideas or even know of a vacancy.

 

Danish students studying at UCN and other training institutions in Aalborg usually have a huge network – ask them.

 

Be persistent, do not take no for an answer. Go back to the office/restaurant/shop at least 2-3 times - leave your CV and keep asking. In Denmark this is seen as a positive attitude: That you fight for it and are eager to find a job and are really making an effort.

 

UCN’s assistance

The International Office at UCN Technology and UCN Business can assist you in your search of a part-time job while you are studying.

 

The office cannot find work for you, but will give you some job options and will do the best to make sure you are on the right track when searching for vacancies on your own.

Work permit

If you are an EU/EEA student, you have to go to the Aalborg Municipality with your application for residence and work permit upon arrival in Aalborg.

 

The International Office at UCN Technology and UCN Business will help you fill in the application form and the administration office will give you the UCN letter that you need to bring to the office in question.

 

If you are a non EU/EEA citizen, in the application form you fill in prior to arrival in Aalborg, remember to specify your intention to get a work permit along with the study permit.

Taxes

As a general rule, any money earned in Denmark is subject to taxation.

 

However, special rules apply to students: tax is deducted from the income exceeding a certain amount per year. If you earn less than that limit specifies, you are normally exempt from taxes. UCN Technology and UCN Business strongly recommend contacting the local tax authorities for further information.

 

You can find information about how the Danish tax system applies to foreigners on the website of the Danish Tax and Customs Administration(“Skat”)