Sweden announced an acute shortage of specialists in 2024: the list of vacancies available to foreigners
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Sweden is actively fighting the labor shortage. The most affected sectors include healthcare, education, and manufacturing. Find out which specialists will find it easiest to find a job in Sweden in 2024
The EURES Shortage and Surplus Report 2023 shows that Sweden is experiencing an acute shortage of workers in almost 40 occupations. According to Schengen.News, the sectors of health care, education, security, repair and maintenance were the most affected.
Undoubtedly, the shortage of personnel is an acute problem for the country's economy, but at the same time, it is also a great chance for foreigners to move to the country, because in the conditions of a labor shortage, the main reasons for granting residence permits in Sweden during the first five months of 2024 was work itself.
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The list of specialists that Sweden lacks in 2024
According to the latest report by the European Labor Authority, Sweden faces a shortage of the following workers:
- Bus and tram drivers.
- Butchers, fish shop workers and food producers.
- Locksmiths and motor vehicle repair specialists.
- Guards.
- Home workers of personal care.
- Police inspectors and detectives.
- Medical secretaries.
- Medical and pathological laboratory assistants.
- Operators of waste incineration and water treatment plants.
- Technicians in the field of mechanical engineering.
- Psychologists.
- System analysts.
- Teachers for children with special needs.
- Educators of children's educational institutions.
- Primary school teachers
- Medical workers.
- Specialists in environmental protection.
- Dentists.
- Obstetricians.
- Nurses.
- General practitioners and specialists.
Given the challenges in the Swedish labor market, foreigners who fill any of the most popular job vacancies may have a better chance of getting a job and a work visa in Sweden.
How many work permits did Sweden issue?
Statistics from the country's Migration Agency show that Sweden issued 11,760 work permits between January and May 2024, a 30 percent increase over the same months in 2023.
In addition, employment became the most common reason for obtaining a residence permit during the first five months of 2024.
The largest number of work permits were issued for positions requiring certain experience, as well as for people whose professions are related to service, care, sales, construction and production.
Also consider that the average waiting time for documents has decreased by 30 days.
Visa for work in Sweden
Citizens of the European Union, the European Economic Area and Switzerland do not need a work visa to work in Sweden.
Representatives of the rest of the world need to obtain a work visa to Sweden in order to move. The main requirement for the document is that the applicant must have a job offer or contract with a proposed salary of at least 1,220 euros (13,000 SEK) per month. The employer must also provide the employee with medical and social insurance.
Many European countries in 2024 also announced a shortage of specialists, in particular in the field of health care, certain states even announced the simplification of migration rules to attract foreign workers.
We will remind you that we talked about the specifics of the procedure for obtaining a residence permit in Sweden in 2024 here.
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