1. Welcome to MA Aalborg

2. MA Aalborg team Services Workshops Individual sparring and counseling Networking Office facilities WEB-DIRECT Stig Magnussen Career Advisor Pia Bloch-Nielsen Career Advisor Bitt Juul Jensen Insurance Advisor Berit Andersen Career Advisor

3. Contact Personal: Drop in Call us: 70 20 39 71 Send us an a-mail: ma-kasse.dk/kontaktma-kasse.dk/kontakt Read more: MA Guiden - ma-kasse.dk/ma-guidenma-kasse.dk/ma-guiden Opening hours Monday 10-12 AM Thursday 1-3 PM

4. Requirements To have an accessible cv on jobnet.dk (full time jobs, as soon as possible, mail/phone) Check the job propositions at jobnet at least every seventh day Participate in the meetings and interviews MA or the job center invites you to Participate in the activities, contained in the job plan you make with the job centre, and actively seeking work Joblog: You must register your job search activities every week at MA Selvbetjening or jobnet.dkMA Selvbetjening Job Search Plan (Krav til jobsøgning) Mails sent to you via Jobnet.dk

5. Job search and availability You must apply for fulltime jobs every week. MA recommends, that you apply for several jobs every week. Your job search must be realistic. This means, that you must be qualified for the jobs you apply for, that you must make yourself available for jobs you can manage, and that you must do what you can to find work. If there isn’t enough job openings within your profession you must apply for jobs outside your field. You must be available for any job you are able to do. Change your strategy on a regular basis. Widen your scope. 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 primarily apply for jobs in Denmark. Applications for jobs abroad count as a supplement. Applications for ”virksomhedspraktik” and ”løntilskud” do not count.

6. Self-service on ma-kasse.dk You use the self-service function e.g. when you: Send in your benefit claims card second last Sunday of every month Register your job search activities on the joblog once a week Revise your job search plan (Krav til jobsøgning) Free student membership? Remember to apply for ordinary membership by filling out blank AK 044

7. Use the Joblog

9. Activation When? Under 30 or after 50 years: At the latest after 3 months (13 weeks) 30-49 years: At the latest after 6 months (26 weeks) Right and obligation to have one activation, min. 2 weeks However, always an obligation to activation Further activation possible – take action yourself! Types of activation Guidance/upgrading Internship 4/8 weeks Publicly subsidized job/public sector (4 months – after 6 months) Publicly subsidized job/private sector (6 months – after 6 months) Exceptions: 50+ and single parents.

10. Opportunities Job seeking abroad – take your dagpenge (unemployment benefits) to another EEA country (max three months) in order to look for a job Workshops at MA. Please check ma-kasse.dk Free IT training on-line (onlinekurser.dk) www.akademikerbasen.dk Voluntary unpaid work Freelance work

11. MA and jobcenter/alternative operator MAJobcenter/alternative operator Availability og guidanceMeetings and activation 1.Month2. month3. month4. month5. month6. month7.-24. month Introductory meeting (MA) Meeting (jobcenter) Availability reevaluation (MA) Meeting (jobcenter) Joint meeting (MA/jobcenter) Availability reevaluation (MA) JC Meetings every 3 months Availability reevaluation meetings as required Joint meeting after 16 months of unemployment Activation (under 30 år /over 50 år) Activation (30 - 49 år)