Welcome to MA Odense

Today’s programme

Introductional meeting

MA Odense Our services Availability and job search The unemployment

system Activation Possibilities as a job

searcher

Individual talk

Cv-approval (contact data, terms of employment, areas of work) The job search plan

MA Odense

Mette Borch OvdalCareer Advisor

Bitten EskesenCareer Advisor

Inger Beck GinnerupInsurance Advisor

Helle LindekildeInsurance Advisor

Sidsel PaulsenCareer Advisor

Services

Workshops Individual sparring

and counseling

Networking

Office facilities

WEB-DIRECT

Your guide to the rules

Contact

Personal: Drop in

Call us: 70 20 39 71

Sens us an a-mail: ma-kasse.dk/kontakt

Read more: MA Guiden - ma-kasse.dk/ma-guiden

Opening hoursMonday 10-12 AMThursday 1-3 PM

Being available for work

To be available for work means:

To be registered at the job centre (jobnet.dk) as unemployed.

Have an approved cv on jobnet.dk

Check the job propositions every seventh day

Being a resident in Denmark

Being able to take a job on short notice

Actively applying for jobs, you are qualified for

Participate in the meetings and interviews MA or the job centre invites

you to. Participate in the activities, contained in the job plan you make with

the job centre, and actively seeking work

MA assesses and determines your availability for work.

Job search and availability

You must apply for jobs every week. MA recommends, that you apply for several jobs every week.

Your job search must be realistic. This means, that you must be qualified for the jobs you apply for, that you must make yourself available for jobs you can manage, and that you must do what you can to find work.

If there isn’t enough job openings within your profession you must apply for jobs outside your field. You must be available for any job you are able to do. Change your strategy on a regular basis. Widen your scope.

You must use all channels for your job search: advertised jobs, unsolicited job search. Use your network and your contacts.

You must apply for full time positions - even if you have a part time job.

You must primarily apply for jobs in Denmark. Applications for jobs abroad count as a supplement.

Applications for ”virksomhedspraktik” and ”løntilskud” do not count.

Self-service on ma-kasse.dk

You use the self-service function when you:

Send in your benefit claims card (second last Sunday of every month)

Register your job search activites on the joblog

Revise your job search plan

Apply for holiday leave

Fill in your application for unemployment benefit, if you’d be unemployed again

Pssst! Free student membership? Remember to apply for ordinary

membership

Use the Joblog

Use the Joblog

Use the Joblog

Use the Joblog

MA, the Job Centre and ”anden aktør”

MA Job Centre or ”anden aktør”

Contact min. every third month Meeting every third month

Assesses your availabilityHelp and guidance. Carreer advice. Feedback

Activation:• Under 30 years of age: Three months

of unemployment• 30-59: Nine months of

unemployment• 60+: Six months of unemployment

Three forms of activation• Intern ship / trainee program• Subsidised job• Job search course

Job search plan – your goal and strategy Job plan - activation

Aktivering – work activity scheme

Internship

Max four or eight weekes

Public or private sector Full time Unemployment benefit

Subsidiced job in public sector

After 26 weeks Max four months 37/32 hours per week Wages = unemployment

benefit

Subsidiced job in private sector

After 26 weeks Max six months Full time Normal wages. Appr. 73

DKK per hour in subsidy

Written agreement with your job center.

If you have a part time job – 20 hours or more per week. Activation is not compulsory

NB: Different job centers have differents ways of adminstering it.

Opportunities

Job med løntilskud: subsidised job (public/private) – aktivering

Virksomhedspraktik: Trainee programme – aktivering

Courses (as part of Job Plan) (e.g. Danish Lessons) – aktivering

Job seeking abroad – take your dagpenge (unemployment benefits) to another EEA country (max three months) in order to look for a job

Workshops at MA. Please check ma-kasse.dk

Free IT training on-line (onlinekurser.dk)

What next?

Next meeting in MA will be in three months where MA will assess your availability on the job market (rådighedsmøde).

Your preparation for the meeting:

Update your Jobsøgningsplan

Make a Job log – save an overview of the jobs, that you have applied for on MA Selvbetjening on ma-kasse.dk.

Please send it electronically to MA two days before your next meeting in MA.