Welcome to MA Odense

1. Welcome to MA Odense Magistrenes Arbejdsløshedskasse

2. Today’s programme Dagens program • The unemployment system • Activation • Possibilities as a job searcher Introductional meeting • MA Odense • Our services • Availability and job search INDIVIDUAL TALK • Cv-approval (contact data, terms of employment, areas of work) • The job search plan Magistrenes Arbejdsløshedskasse

3. Your local MA office in Odense Services • Workshops • Individual sparring and counseling • Networking • Office facilities • WEB-DIRECT Mette Borch Ovdal Consultant Bitten Eskesen Consultant Inger Beck Ginnerup Secretary Helle Lindekilde Secretary Magistrenes Arbejdsløshedskasse

4. Your guide to the rules Contact us: • Personal – Drop in • Call us - 7020 3971 • Send us an e-mail via www.ma-kasse.dk/kontakt • Read more - www.ma-kasse.dk/MA-guiden Opening hours Monday 10.00-12.00 am Thursday kl. 1-3 pm Magistrenes Arbejdsløshedskasse

5. Conditions for receiving unemployment benefit A-kasse - Dagpenge • Be registered at the Job Centre (jobnet.dk) as unemployed. • Have an approved cv on Jobnet.dk – and remember to check the job propositions every 7th day • Actively seeking jobs. You must apply for jobs every week. • Stay in Denmark while receiving unemployment benefit. • Check your (e)mail every day • Participate in the meetings with MA and the job centre • Be available for activation (work activity scheme) by the job centre • Follow the job search plan you and MA have made • Be available for work • You are responsible for knowing the rules (but we will help you ) Magistrenes Arbejdsløshedskasse

6. Job search and availability Rådighed og jobsøgning • You must apply for jobs everyweek. MA recommends, thatyouapply for several jobs everyweek • Your job search must berealistic. This means, thatyou must bequalified for the jobs youapply for, that you must make yourself available for jobs you can manage, and that you must do what you can to find work. • If thereisn’tenough job openingswithinyour profession you must apply for jobs outsideyourfield. You must beavailable for any job youareable to do. Change yourstrategy on a regular basis. Widenyourscope. • You must use all channels for your job search: advertised jobs, unsolicited job search. Use your network and your contacts. • You must apply for full time positions - even if you have a part time job • You must primarilyapply for jobs in Denmark. Applications for jobs abroadcount as a supplement • Applications for ”virksomhedspraktik” and ”løntilskud” do not count Magistrenes Arbejdsløshedskasse

7. Self-service on ma-kasse.dk A-kasse - Dagpenge Youuse the self-service functionwhenyou: • send in yourbenefitclaimscard (second last Sunday of everymonth) • register your job searchactivites on the joblog • Reviseyour job search plan • Apply for holidayleave • Etc. • Fill in yourapplication for unemploymentbenefit, ifyou’dbeunemployedagain ”Pssst! Free student membership? = remember to apply for ordinarymembership” Magistrenes Arbejdsløshedskasse

8. Use the joblog Ud over jobsøgningen Magistrenes Arbejdsløshedskasse

9. Use the joblog Ud over jobsøgningen Magistrenes Arbejdsløshedskasse

10. Use the joblog Ud over jobsøgningen Magistrenes Arbejdsløshedskasse

11. Use the joblog Ud over jobsøgningen Magistrenes Arbejdsløshedskasse

12. Use the joblog Ud over jobsøgningen Magistrenes Arbejdsløshedskasse

13. MA, the Job Centre and ”anden aktør” Rådighed og jobsøgning JOB CENTRE/”ANDEN AKTØR” • Activation / job activity scheme • jobplan) MA • Unemployment benefit • availability assessment • counselling and guidance • Jobsøgningsplan (job search plan) Magistrenes Arbejdsløshedskasse

14. Aktivering – work activity scheme CV – Jobnet / Arbejdsgiver Your first offer of aktivering must be at latest: • After 13 weeks of unemployment, if you are under 30 years old • After 9 months of unemployment, if you are between 30 and 59 • After 6 months of unemployment, if your over 60 years old If you work more than 20 hours per week, you are not obliged to participate in aktivering The Job centre or Anden Aktør, works out a job plan for you, which describes your aktivering. Magistrenes Arbejdsløshedskasse

15. Opportunities Ud over jobsøgningen • Job med løntilskud: subsidised job (public/private) – aktivering • Virksomhedspraktik: Trainee programme – aktivering • Courses (as part of Job Plan) (e.g. Danish Lessons) – aktivering • Job seeking abroad – take your dagpenge (unemployment benefits) to another EEA country (max 3 months) in order to look for a job • “6-ugers selvvalgt uddannelse” Training program (e.g. coaching, project management, Lean). You can attend the course after 4 months of unemployment and before 13 months. • Workshops at MA. Please check www.ma-kasse.dk • Free IT training on-line (www.onlinekurser.dk) Magistrenes Arbejdsløshedskasse

16. What next? Hvad sker der fremover? • Next meeting in MA will be in 3 month where MA will assess your availability on the job market (rådighedsmøde) • Your preparation for the meeting: • Update your Jobsøgningsplan • Make a Job log – save an overview of the jobs, that you have applied for on Selvbetjeningen on www.ma-kasse.dk. Please send it electronically to MA two days before your next meeting in MA Magistrenes Arbejdsløshedskasse