What are some jobs that would be best for me?

What are the best jobs in Denmark?

• By the "best" jobs I mean that as an overall unmbrella term. I am a resident of the USA, but, I would like to move to Denmark once I am an adult. So anyway, here is what I am looking for when I say "Best": 1. High-paying or well paid jobs 2. Jobs that foreigners can get (I do plan on obtaining a master's degree & of course learning to speak/read Danish; I know people with degrees are more likely to get a well-paid job over there. If only it were like that in the USA) 3. Jobs that have government benefits (possibly, this is my least important category. However, I do know that I must get citizenship first before being allowed any benefits and that taxes are extremely high over in Denmark) Also, I am veering more towards the mdeical field since I love the basics of psychiatry. It seems very entertaining and helpful to people. So I guess I could ask "how much do psychiatrists make in Denmark", but since I am not yet an adult (14) I realize that I can still change what career path I will choose in life. I am looking (preferably) for an answer from someone who has lived in Denmark but if any answerer could possibly point me to a website on well-paying jobs that would also be a great help to me =]

• Answer:

  You have to understand the way the system works here, and as a none Dane you will be at a huge disadvantage to start with, Even if you speak fluent Danish. A "master's degree" is two a penny, there are hundreds of people with higher qualifications and can only get work as cleaners, and porters. The medical field is very hard to get into, Nurses with years of experience and good qualifications are only allowed to be assistants, to less qualified Danish nurses. The bast jobs are almost always reserved to Danes, such as politicians, they get the best pay and benefits. Very few jobs here have the same benefits as you would expect in the States, such as the insurances. if you want any of that then you have (in most cases) to fund that yourself. So going through your list. 1 Most jobs here are well paid comparing them to other countries but you have to remember the high cost of things here and the amount of tax people pay so actually after all the tax they are not well paid. 2 unless you are an expert in a certain field, and there are no or few Danes with that then you have a chance, simply having a degree does not elevate your, chances by much. 3 "Jobs that have government benefits" only government work, there are other companies but you would not have a lot of chance getting them as number 2 There are shortages here, certain sectors, but many people who apply (we are talking about non Danes) don't even get to a interview, here is an interesting link for you http://www.cphpost.dk/news/making-the-cut/200-making-the-cut/51280-immigrant-bashing-bad-for-business.html read some of the reports, here http://www.cphpost.dk/news/making-the-cut.html Its not a good future here for many non Danes, loads stay for a while and leave, not feeling welcome, The idea of a multicultural society is that every one brings a little of their own culture with them thus enhancing the society, Danes do not want that they want people to become Danes, we are not just talking about citizens they want people to act and think like Danes, to loose your own culture, American, English, Chinese, where ever you are from . read some of the sections here, http://portal.foreignersindenmark.dk/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=25&SID=8da7zd26983cf21z6f7z3246fff732aa and then ask some questions you will get more or less the same answer. try it http://portal.foreignersindenmark.dk/forum/default.asp I would suggest teat you get on with your studies, and see what happens, as you say you are not very old, its very good to have goals in life, but one step at a time, I wish you well, obviously you are a bright young man, follow your dreams and maybe some will come true, the trouble with life is that we try to plan our futures, but life seems to have a way of surprising us. RR