Unskilled labor jobs in Copenhagen? Advice and opinions?

Hi Andrea,

You are both highly educated which is a good thing here, a lot of job descriptions in my field (marketing) state that one should ideally have a Masters. Do you have any professional experience at all? The reason I ask is that on the off-chance that you work in marketing or similar then the jobs are far more international and you may come across jobs that do not require fluent Danish, as long as you are fluent in English, although it goes without saying that Danish will open up more possibilities. So my advice is do not restrict yourself if you do need have professional experience.

I am unsure of the job market for unskilled work. Keep an eye on JobIndex, JobZonen and JobsInCopenhagen. The latter site is quite hit and miss but it is targeted at English speaking professionals. There is also LinkedIn which is great for building up your network, something that is very important here.

I've also posted some websites in this thread - to save me double posting I'll link you to it, it's near the bottom just here.

Best of luck!
Nicola

Hi Dicania,

I've been a practicing attorney for almost 15 years now and have a couple publications (one under my maiden name, the other a collective publication with other attorneys through my state's state bar); my husband (unfortunately or fortunately as the case may be) is a freelance writer, although he occasionally picks up lectureships in geography.  Unfortunately, neither of us have any experience in marketing.

I have applied to do my PhD in law at the University of Copenhagen, but if I do not get a scholarship then I'll be doing something else and just focusing on learning Danish until I can get some sort of professional employment.

We both do have a lot of experience though in unskilled and semi-skilled jobs; In my younger years I did everything from fruit picking to cleaning toilets to factory work to dishwashing to cooking to waiting tables to driving a truck (I'm 44 so have had a lengthy employment history, starting with agricultural work at age 12).

As I think about things, I do also have a bachelors in psychology and have about 3 years of experience working with the cognitively disabled.  Do you have any idea what the employment situation is for people who do home care work or social services types of jobs?  I am definitely going to be focusing on learning Danish so even if I have to start out with menial labor I'll eventually find something.

And thank you for posting those links!  I'm definitely going to be checking them out.

Best regards,

Andrea

No problem at all.

Unfortunately I don't have any knowledge of the sectors you mention. However the lady who runs Worktrotter will be hosting live Q&A sessions next week (worktrotter.dk/component/content/article/2/267-questions-answers-work-in-denmark.html) I'm not sure what the time difference would be for you but it might be worth a look if the time difference isn't too insane?

If I hear something or read of something I'll let you know. In the meantime keep an eye on those job sites.

Best
Nicola

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