{"id":18622,"date":"2012-02-04T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=18622\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T02:01:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T02:01:43","slug":"for-greek-student-there-is-just-the-pizzeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/for-greek-student-there-is-just-the-pizzeria\/","title":{"rendered":"For Greek student, there is just the pizzeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

The idiocy seems to have no end. At the local job centre they tried to convince him to work at a pizzeria to \u2018expand his network\u2019.<\/p>\n

But networking is something much more serious to Evangelos, a Greek journalist and media student at the University of Copenhagen. He graduated last June and since then, he has been looking for a job in Copenhagen. <\/p>\n

As a journalist and for language reasons, it would have been easier for Evangelos to find a job in his home country than in Denmark. But the recession makes coming back to Greece simply out of the question.<\/p>\n

Greece, no-go zone<\/h2>\n

Greece has an unemployment rate among Evangelos’ age group of nearly 50 per cent, and no jobs are offered.<\/p>\n

And in the mean time, his whole life has moved to Copenhagen. Evangelos friends, his interests, his theatre group. And he was even finally able to communicate in his new language, Danish. So he thought it was worth a try.<\/p>\n

But finding a job in Copenhagen, which has also been hit by the crisis (though not nearly as hard as in Greece) is not easy.<\/p>\n

Taler du dansk?<\/h2>\n

Evangelos has spent all his time looking for a job over the past four months and has sent many applications. But he has not yet even been called in for an interview. <\/p>\n

\u00bbMost of the job offers are in Danish, throughout the media sector. Companies seem to be quite interested in English speakers, but then they require Danish too\u00ab, he says. <\/p>\n

Evangelos has the \u2018Dansk 3\u2019 diploma (required to apply for Danish citizenship), but he admits that his knowledge of the language is not as fluent as what most of the positions ask for. So he is continuing with his Danish classes.<\/p>\n

Expand your network, serve pizzas<\/h2>\n

Networking is said by the experts to be one of the most important factors when looking for jobs in Denmark. But Evangelos\u2019 idea of networking has taken a hit since his last experience at the job centre.<\/p>\n

\u00bbThey look at you as a number, as one more unit that has to find any job in order to make the numbers, and pass you out of the system\u00ab, he says.<\/p>\n

\u00bbOne of the consultants of my job center tried to convince me to do an internship in a pizzeria,\u00ab he says, adding that the consultant told him: \u00bbIt would improve your Danish and expand your network!\u00ab.<\/p>\n

Internships<\/h2>\n

But networking is something much more serious to Evangelos.<\/p>\n

At the moment, he is doing an internship at an online gay magazine (homotropolis.dk). Evangelos writes articles for the English-language version.<\/p>\n

What he most likes about this post is that he can choose the topics himself and that it is quite flexible. However, Evangelos cannot get hired at the magazine, since it is based on volunteer work. <\/p>\n

Will not give up<\/h2>\n

So the search goes on.<\/p>\n

Evangelos is applying for different jobs and for a PhD, either in Copenhagen or in Hong Kong. <\/p>\n

One thing is certain, he has no intention of going back to Greece.<\/p>\n

At least for the time being.<\/p>\n

Read our earlier articles about the dire situation for Greek students,<\/a> and Greek universities here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

universitypost@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n

Stay in the know about news and events happening in Copenhagen by signing up for the University Post\u2019s weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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But the recession makes coming back to Greece simply out of the question.<\/p>\n<h2>Greece, no-go zone<\/h2>\n<p>Greece has an unemployment rate among Evangelos’ age group of nearly 50 per cent, and no jobs are offered.<\/p>\n<p>And in the mean time, his whole life has moved to Copenhagen. Evangelos friends, his interests, his theatre group. And he was even finally able to communicate in his new language, Danish. So he thought it was worth a try.<\/p>\n<p>But finding a job in Copenhagen, which has also been hit by the crisis (though not nearly as hard as in Greece) is not easy.<\/p>\n<h2>Taler du dansk?<\/h2>\n<p>Evangelos has spent all his time looking for a job over the past four months and has sent many applications. But he has not yet even been called in for an interview. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbMost of the job offers are in Danish, throughout the media sector. Companies seem to be quite interested in English speakers, but then they require Danish too\u00ab, he says. <\/p>\n<p>Evangelos has the \u2018Dansk 3\u2019 diploma (required to apply for Danish citizenship), but he admits that his knowledge of the language is not as fluent as what most of the positions ask for. So he is continuing with his Danish classes.<\/p>\n<h2>Expand your network, serve pizzas<\/h2>\n<p>Networking is said by the experts to be one of the most important factors when looking for jobs in Denmark. But Evangelos\u2019 idea of networking has taken a hit since his last experience at the job centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThey look at you as a number, as one more unit that has to find any job in order to make the numbers, and pass you out of the system\u00ab, he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbOne of the consultants of my job center tried to convince me to do an internship in a pizzeria,\u00ab he says, adding that the consultant told him: \u00bbIt would improve your Danish and expand your network!\u00ab.<\/p>\n<h2>Internships<\/h2>\n<p>But networking is something much more serious to Evangelos.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, he is doing an internship at an online gay magazine (homotropolis.dk). Evangelos writes articles for the English-language version.<\/p>\n<p>What he most likes about this post is that he can choose the topics himself and that it is quite flexible. However, Evangelos cannot get hired at the magazine, since it is based on volunteer work. <\/p>\n<h2>Will not give up<\/h2>\n<p>So the search goes on.<\/p>\n<p>Evangelos is applying for different jobs and for a PhD, either in Copenhagen or in Hong Kong. <\/p>\n<p>One thing is certain, he has no intention of going back to Greece.<\/p>\n<p>At least for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>Read our earlier articles about the dire situation for <a href=\"node\/7415\">Greek students,<\/a> and <a href=\"node\/5881\">Greek universities here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>universitypost@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay in the know about news and events happening in Copenhagen by <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">signing up for the University Post\u2019s weekly newsletter here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":48,"name":"Politics","slug":"politics","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":48,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1036,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11492,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cimg0151-1280x960.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36251,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18622\/revisions\/36251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}