The Yrkesväg project was started by the Värmland County Administrative Board four years ago. It aims to speed up the process from studies to jobs and quickly introduces students to shortage occupations such as bus driver and nursing assistant. When students enter working life, the goal is that they will more easily learn Swedish.
Manar Suidan has succeeded in getting a job as a nursing assistant through the project. About 20 municipalities in Värmland, Dalarna, and Västra Götaland participate. Karlstad municipality has contacted about a hundred former participants, and two-thirds of them have jobs six months after completing their education.
In my home country, I was a housewife, so it's different.
' According to von Greiff, Yrkesväg not only helps more people get into work but also leads to society saving millions of kronor. 1% in January of this year, according to statistics from the Swedish Public Employment Service. The last time the unemployment rate among foreign-born individuals in Karlstad was at that level was in June 2008.
Around 70 municipalities have so far been on study visits to learn more about Yrkesväg. The specific methods the project uses to speed up job entry are not detailed, and the total number of participants since its start remains unknown.
Quite unique I think it is, considering that there is so much interest from other municipalities to look at how we work.