THE URGENT ISSUE IN TODAY'S JOB MARKET IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES: ✪ Traditional recruitment prioritizes CV algorithms and keywords over human potential, by an astonishing 90%. When ATS/AI control who gets seen, we lose the most important factor: the human behind the CV. This creates not just unemployment, but social exclusion - when people can't find work, they lose connection to society and experience profound isolation. ✪ Todays recruitment methods are narrowly fixated purely on qualifications and historical experience, relying heavily on algorithms to sift through CVs. This approach overlooks the unique talents and motivations of individuals, drivingforces, personality and thus missing out on valuable opportunities for growth and success. ✪ THE RESULT: People are often using ChatGPT or Copilot to write their applications + HR are using AI to read them = nobody is getting hired. ✪ Sweden struggles with high youth unemployment and urban-rural divides. Refugee integration remains uneven, and platform work is eroding traditional protections. Union influence is waning, especially in tech and service sectors. ✪ Denmark’s famed flexicurity model is under pressure. Women are overrepresented in part-time roles, and older workers exit early. Gig work is expanding faster than regulation, challenging collective bargaining norms. ✪ Finland faces persistent long-term unemployment and mental health-related exclusion. Industrial restructuring is shifting jobs to tech hubs, leaving peripheral regions behind. Labor mobility remains low despite retraining efforts. In conclusion; the Nordic countries face mounting labor market exclusion despite strong welfare models. Norway leads with 700,000 adults outside the labor force, driven by regional stagnation, immigrant underemployment, and early retirement. The green and digital transitions are creating jobs—but not where displaced workers live. THE PERFECT STORM FOR US! TURNING THE RECRUITMENT MARKET UPSIDE-DOWN «From employer initiated to 100% talent focused.» Our Solution: Talentity.ai = AI meets empathy! Nordic's first community for job seekers, where talent takes center stage. Meeting the talents, rather than relying on historical data on a piece of paper. Creating an empathic AI, that combines human expertise with technology, supporting decision making and not taking over the entire process.

InfoTiles’ innovative digital analytics platform spans the water value chain, simplifying and automating the tedious steps of consolidating data and applying real-time analytics and machine learning for water management. InfoTiles provides software that combines and enriches data from different silos - including legacy water utility systems. When enhanced with public data, utility companies discover new insights and make sustainable decisions based on facts, leading to sustainable water use in communities. Ageing infrastructure, inadequate investment, and a changing climate are all contributing to unsustainable water use and supplies globally. Data can help address these challenges in a connected and coherent way that is fit for purpose for decisions makers. For more information, visit https://www.infotiles.no/

Dreamwork er et rekrutterings- og bemanningsbyrå med kommersielle og kommersielle stillinger som spesialfelt. Vi er godkjent av NHO Service og Handel, hvilket betyr at Dreamwork har dokumentert kvalitet og ryddighet i alle våre rekrutterings- og bemanningsrutiner. Dreamwork er et rekrutterings- og bemanningsbyrå, som er godkjent av NHO Service og Handel. Spesialisert innen kommersielle og finansielle stillinger. Det viktigste for oss i Dreamwork er at du som arbeidsgiver finner drømmekandidaten, og at du som arbeidssøker finner drømmejobben. Det er dette som er selve drivkraften i alt vi gjør, og som inspirerer oss til å tenke nytt og kreativt på rekrutterings- og bemanningsprosessen. Vi er et rekrutteringsbyrå som satser stort på ny teknologi og digitale kanaler for å finne de beste kandidatene, og tar i bruk flere ulike rekrutteringsverktøy og prosesser – som blant annet: Dreamwork Assessment, som består av personlighetsanalyser og evnetester for å matche kandidater og arbeidsgivere på best mulig måte. Proaktivt søk og fortløpende kandidatintervjuer, noe som betyr at vi kanskje allerede har kandidaten du ser etter. Digital markedsføring, sosiale medier og Dreamwork Tech, slik at vi finner de beste kandidatene – og tiltrekker oss de som i utgangspunktet ikke var på jobbjakt.

Vju designs and builds leave-no-trace compact cabins. Our clients are both the private market and leisure companies that wish to offer high-end sustainable accommodation.Our mission is to protect the nature we go to cabins to experience. We will do this by facilitating a more gentle use of nature. The Vju cabins are therefore sustainable, flexible and future-oriented alternatives to holiday homes.

Snowball Digital helps ambitious start-ups, growth companies, and enterprises with Product Design, Product Development, and Product Growth. We design and build addictive products loved by the customers of our clients, by working as a team of experts across design, engineering, and marketing. We simply love designing, building, launching, and growing products.

Hva er Crescat?Crescat er systemet som hjelper deg med planlegging og gjennomføring av arrangementer. Samarbeid enkelt med alle, i ett og samme system. Crescat er utviklet i tett samarbeid med kulturbransjen. Våre kunder er arrangører, eventbyrå, scener og kulturhus. Vi jobber for å gjøre kundens hverdag enklere. Hvem er vi?Crescat er gründerbedrift i vekst, med utspring i Bergen. Vi holder til midt i Bergen sentrum i topp moderne lokaler. Crescat-teamet består idag av et knippe inspirerte og hardtarbeidende mennesker. Vi har et ungt og dynamisk miljø, og vi har et sterkt fokus på at alle skal trives og ha det gøy på jobb.

Mystore.no is the leading in E­commerce platform provider in Norway. We handle orders for several billions norwegian kroner from more than 1500 webshops. In addition to being a platform provider Mystore.no provides cloud based point of sales solutions and specializes in marketing for online shopping. Mystore.no was established in 2006 and have the last 10 years worked with services related to commerce. Mystore.no provides flexible and scalable E­commerce solutions that fits both small companies and larger corporations. Mystore.no's goal is to make commerce easy and help its customers to achieve success. Mystore.no currently consists of 30 full time employees located in the head office at Tromsø, Oslo, Fredrikstad and Serbia.

Today, legal services are provided on the premises of the legal industry. We believe in making legal services available to everyone. We do this by automating legal processes by connecting law with design and technology. So that more people are able to be their own lawyers. We are testing our solutions in the Norwegian market at the moment, but all services are built to scale internationally. Stay tuned to receive more info when the legal products built to provide access to justice is ready to launch.

We make smart collection systems for the circular economy. Helping companies get their circular products back from consumers. So that the products can be reused, refurbished or recycled. Think reverse vending machines for bottles and cans- but for other products, and with a twist of cutting edge technology and beautiful design. We’re an early phase start-up based in Oslo, collaborating with some of the largest companies in the world, helping them transition from linear to circular. We are located at StartupLab at Oslo Science Park, the epicentre of Norway’s tech start-up scene. As part of the GRIN team, you will be given the opportunity to shape and scale a company, as well as innovating, developing, and growing new global business models necessary for a sustainable future.

Barcontrol has been a supplier of checkout and logistics systems to the restaurant industry for over 20 years. We were one of the first on the market with iPad-based solutions when we started with Gastrofix in 2014. We are a one-stop shop and assist restaurants all the way with the choice of cash register solution, from advice and implementation to operation and support. We also develop integrations to connect the checkout solution with accounting, inventory management, ordering solutions and more. We tailor solutions that are suitable for everything from large restaurant chains to small coffee and wine bars. We will be restaurant owners' preferred partners for technology solutions.

For å kunne bidra til en bærekraftig fremtid må man stadig innovere og utfordre nåværende praksis. Globalisering og en digitalisert verden har gjort det på tide å forandre måten vi både leier og leier ut bolig på. Unite Living bygger nåtidens forvaltningssystem for profesjonell boligutleie. Med vårt leieforvaltningssystem hjelper vi deg som utleier med hele utleieprosessen fra A til Å. Vårt mål er å automatisere og effektivisere alle de daglige gjøremål en forvalter og megler møter i sin arbeidshverdag.

Cloud Insurance is a seamless and user-friendly SaaS solution made by insurance experts for insurance companies, MGAs, agents, and brokers since 2016. Founded by ambitious minds. While studying together, our founders observed various complications in the insurance industry. Being two ambitious and tech-savvy students, they decided to help and challenged the status quo. After many sleepless nights, they launched the first version of a SaaS product to serve our first client. Partner – not a vendor. Our international team consists of techies, ex-consultants, and heavy hitters from the finance and insurance industries. We know everything about your daily operations, and we're determined to make them more productive and cost-efficient. We aren't a vendor but a partner who works to help you act faster and innovate easier. And we have lots of templates in place so that the process will take weeks, not years or months. Customer-first company. We're finalists of many insurtech competitions, but this is not as important as the great feedback we get from our clients. Thanks to our platform, on average, we see up to a 50% decrease in time-to-market and a 40% increase in revenue. While many of our competitors are just announcing innovative features, our clients have been using them for a while.

Charge is a startup incubator for immigrants who are passionate about growing their idea into a successful business. We believe that immigrants have knowledge, skills, perspectives and motivations that can contribute to generating value and job creation, and we aim to be a platform that channels their untapped potential and unique ideas when they come to Norway. By creating success stories, we will bring forward important values that break down prejudice, build respect and share ideas of a better future.

Norske håndlagde chilisauser Chili og kjærlighet er de to viktigste ingrediensene i våre sauser. Gründeren av Sterk Saus® heter Asle Schau-Hvatum og er en opprinnelig sørlending som har bosatt seg på det sentrale østlandet. I flere år før firmaet ble opprettet lagde Asle chilisaus hjemme for å gjøre fredagstacoen litt hottere og mer spenstig. Familie, venner og kjente smakte og ga tilbakemeldinger – slik at sausen hele tiden ble videreutviklet. Sterk Saus® har et brennhett forhold til chili – faktisk like heftig som varmeeksplosjonen du får av en modig, munnfull chilisaus. Vi elsker at smaksløkene våre blir utfordret og strukket. Og apropos løk, så er chili et voksende segment, akkurat som hvitløk var på 70/80-tallet. Kun råvarer av ypperste kvalitet blir med i våre sauskjeler. Chilimagien skjer i våre moderne produksjonslokaler i Halden, hvor vi tilbereder, koker og tapper hver eneste chiliflaske for hånd. Våre to viktigste ingredienser i sausen er chili og kjærlighet til faget. Dette kombinerer vi med moderne produksjonsmetoder, som sikrer kvalitet i alle ledd.

Arealize is working to ensure that the future wave of offices are designed with efficiency in mind. Our AI-powered software allows commercial real estate companies to receive and adjust floor plans effortlessly. We make floor plan design quick, easy, and accessible without requiring technical drawing skills.