Program description

International House North Denmark welcomes all international spouses and partners to our Spouse Space Spring 2025 program.

Spouse Space's goal is to:

🤝 Create a network of accompanying spouses and partners

💼 Help with job search

🎯 Help spouses/partners integrate into North Denmark

💡 Introduce spouses/partners to networking opportunities and help each other with their daily challenges

Spring 2025 Program - Please make sure you are able to participate in the events before signing up as attendance is required for 4 out of the 6 events.

You will receive more info prior to each event through a closed Facebook group for members. 

March 11th, 9.00-12.30 (15.00): Career Fair in Gigantium

We begin the program at Gigantium in meeting room 1 on 1st. floor. 
You will get an introduction to the Spouse Space program and afterwards you will join the career fair downstairs, where you can meet and network with +45 companies.

Before this, we will take you through how to take advantage of career fairs and how you can best approach the companies, so you are ready to network!

You also have the option to get a free CV photo taken at the fair, so make sure to make use of this opportunity.

Before the event, you must also sign up for the fair - you will receive more information about this before the day.

Sandwiches for lunch will be served at the event.

Location: Gigantium, Willy Brandts vej 31, 9220 Aalborg 

April 2nd, 12.30-15.30: NLP workshop  

At this event, you will hear from Rikke Dorset, NLP Master and Head of People Performance at LBN Medical. NLP focuses on strong and effective tools for communication, coaching, mental training, and leadership combined with personal development.

More specifically, you will get insights on how to create and maintain joy and motivation in your job search. You will learn more about our subconscious patterns and how you can work with your state of mind to create the optimal foundation for successful networking and job search.

Through the workshop, you get to work on your action plan and set goals for the coming events.

At the event, coffee, tea, and cake will be served.

Location: Rantzausgade 4, 1st. floor, 9000 Aalborg

Save the date! April 23rd: Company visit - specific time and location TBA

During the Spring course, we will go to visit a company in Aalborg, so you will get to see the company, the workplace and in general get to know more about how they work and the opportunities for future employment with them.

Which company we will visit is to be arranged and you will get more information about this later in the program.

Location: TBA

May 14th, 12.30-15.30: Danish workplace culture and the Danish Model

During this presentation you will get insight into the aspects of the Danish model, the role of trade unions and learn how to navigate the Danish Workplace Culture. With a mix of presentations, reflections and real life cases, you will get practical insight and knowledge that can enhance your professional life and help you better navigate the Danish labour market.  

What You will Learn:

• The Danish Model: Explore how this unique labor market framework promotes flexibility, security, and mutual trust between employers, employees, and unions.
• Union Membership Benefits: Learn how unions in Denmark advocate for better working conditions, provide legal support, career counselling, as well as offer professional development opportunities.
• Danish Workplace Culture: Understand – and work with - the key elements that define the Danish approach to work, including work-life balance, trust, and collaboration with the Danes. 

The presenter:

Jakob Gradel is a career counsellor in IDA – a trade union for Engineers, IT- and natural science professionals. He is an educated cultural trainer, certified coach from EMCC and has years experience advising international and Danish professionals in navigating the Danish labour market.

At the event, coffee, tea, and cake will be served.

Location: Rantzausgade 4, 1st. floor 9000 Aalborg

May 27th: Networking with companies

International House North Denmark is having a company seminar, where we invite companies in the region to a seminar that will cover different aspects of the field of having international employees.

We would like to invite you to this and get a chance to meet some of the companies and practice your networking skills.

You will receive information beforehand about which companies are attending so you can prepare prior to the event.

NOTE: This event is not relevant for all participants in the Spouse Space program. We will invite you separately depending on your field of work and which companies will be present, to make sure the event is relevant both for the attending companies and for you. 

Location: AAU Innovate, Thomas Manns Vej 25, 9200 Aalborg.

June 11th, 10.00-13.00: Presentation and workshop with previous participant.

For the last event in the program, you will hear from Bailey Doolittle, a previous participant of the program.

"After moving to Aalborg from the USA 11 years ago with my American (now ex-)husband (for his job), I started the job search with a lot of frustration about how in the world everyone had time and energy to learn how to optimize and boost their CV and their LinkedIn profiles. This frustration grew when I learned that the majority of people in Denmark get jobs through their network, before the job is ever listed online.

I learned a lot in the 11 years since moving to Denmark, including many (not all) of the intricacies of the visa system, how to meet Danish people and make them hang out with you and even become actual friends with you, and what to do with that online profile stuff everyone keeps saying you need.

I will talk about my journey in Denmark, including the decision to take a Master’s degree, and what happened to me in the job market in Aarhus and Copenhagen before I moved back to Aalborg last year. I will also go through some practical tips I love to share with others, which made a real difference for me in my time in Denmark. After my talk, we will do a little 60-minute strategy workshop. I am lazy, and I think most Danes are as well, but I managed to get 5 jobs by loosely and imperfectly following a strategy that worked for me. We’ll do a quick and dirty one hour session where I help you make an actual plan for how to boost your visibility within your network, without stressing about it or spending too much time on it."

The format of the last event will be presentation, workshop and lastly lunch to end the program.

Location: Rantzausgade 4, 1st floor, 9000 Aalborg

Please read before registering:

The program consists of 6 events. Attendance is required for 4 out of 6 events in order to participate. This is due to the program receiving funding and therefore we need to ensure a certain amount of participation hours. Therefore, please make sure you are available on the time of the events before registering.

📷 At each event, photos will be taken - if you do not wish to appear on any photos, let the organisers know at the beginning of the events.

If you have questions about the program and Spouse Space, reach out to Pernille Nyrup Vigsø, Project Coordinator at International House North Denmark:

pernille.vigso@aalborg.dk / +45 2330 3586

This program is organised in relation to the project Talent to a Green Denmark.This project is co-funded by the European Social Fund and Danmarks Erhvervsfremmestyrelse (The Danish Board of Business Development).