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.

At Whereby we are building the easiest video meeting tool available on the web. Millions of people all around the world use Whereby every week to connect, communicate and collaborate, both privately and as part of their daily work. If you want to be part of our journey in making Whereby even more user friendly, making it a more powerful and productive tool, and ensuring that it has the best scalability and stability in the business – we have a desk for you!  Our staff is our most valuable resource. We're a diverse, international, friendly, creative, professional, remote, happy, social, and a productive bunch of people. Positivity is infectious! We spend so much time at work so we might as well choose to enjoy it! Since we have a remote culture, we believe it's important to get together for social activities both over video and in-person. We consider every employment to be an investment in a long-term relationship. Our ability to attract and invest in talented people, and to make them key ambassadors for the company culture and concept - already takes place at the recruitment process.

Winetales curates and delivers exclusive, small-scale wines from family-owned vineyards to wine enthusiasts in Scandinavia. We help discerning customers discover hidden gems from the world’s best wine regions, offering sustainably produced wines that can be enjoyed now or aged for the future. 💡 The Why Winetales was born out of our own frustration as wine enthusiasts who struggled to find the best wines from our travels back home. We wanted to share these incredible, hard-to-find wines with others, so we created Winetales to bring these hidden gems to Scandinavia. 🎯 The How: We handpick wines from the world’s top regions, focusing on small-scale producers with a passion for their craft. Each wine is carefully selected for its quality, sustainability, and aging potential. Our platform makes it easy for Scandinavian wine lovers to discover and enjoy these hidden treasures. ✅ The What: Winetales solves the problem of limited access to exceptional wines from small, family-owned vineyards. These unique wines, celebrated locally but rarely available in mainstream markets, are sought after by wine lovers who value quality, sustainability, and authenticity.

Electric Monkey builds internet products, primarily B2B SaaS tools. From the founders of Assemblage (acquired by Cisco Systems) and Roger.ai (acquired by Fleetcor). We're a small team based in Denmark and the US that creates stellar user experiences for the next generation of businesses and pro-sumers.

Smartwatt er et software selskap som benytter AI og skyteknologi til å optimalisere styringen og senke energiforbruket i næringsbygg. Vår teknologi identifiserer hvor og hvordan næringsbygg kan optimalisere eksisterende installasjoner for å spare maksimalt med strøm. Smartwatts software benytter maskinlæringsalgoritmer, inneklimadata, værmelding og morgendagens strømpriser til å regne ut optimale driftsparametre for næringsbygg som utveksles automatisk med byggets eksisterende styringssystem. Løsningen installeres raskt i bygget og kundene våre opplever resultater på svært kort tid. Av de 70 bygg som allerede har tatt teknologien i bruk er effekten betydelig og har ført til en besparelse på opptil 30%. Vi er fortsatt i startfasen av vår reise, men har allerede etablert oss som en seriøs aktør og utfordrer i bransjen. Asko, Elkjøp, Elektroimportøren, BI og Møller Bil, er blant kundene som har tatt i bruk Smartwatt sine løsninger, og vi har store ambisjoner. Med sterke investorer i ryggen gjennom en nylig gjennomført finansieringsrunde, ledet av Hafslund Invest og DNV, er vi klare til å fortsette veksten og la flere bedrifter dra nytte av våres løsninger. Smartwatt sitt mål er å bli markedsledende i Norge samtidig som vi vil fortsette å skalere opp i Norden

Do innovative, sustainable energy solutions inspire you? Do you want to help fight climate change and work with some of the largest and most ambitious clients in the world? Aeromine Technologies had developed a novel, building integrated “wind turbine” for industrial/commercial use. Aeromines have no visible rotating parts which make them ideal for root top installation as they make no noise and no vibrations. We help companies and organizations in their efforts to reduce CO2 emissions and convert to renewable energy. We have received more than 100.00 customer inquiries over the past year, and our innovative solution was selected by TIME Magazine as one of the best global innovations in 2022.

At VertaaEnsin.fi, we are on a mission to make personal finance simple and help consumers make better decisions. Every day we produce insightful and educational content on personal finance management, financial products, and so on, or we help consumers to choose e.g. the best credit cards, savings products or personal loans through our free and helpful comparison tools. We are proud to say that close to 2 million Finns have already turned to our objective and insightful advice in making better decisions in personal finance. At VertaaEnsin.fi we are passionate about our work and want to achieve great things. We think people are our greatest assets and want to share the journey with people who share our principles; We never settle for status quo, We commit to idea meritocracy, We love data not opinions, We always take full ownership of what we do.

eBlaztr the portable gaming desktop. in the world of PC's laptop market share is 4.2 times bigger than desktop PC's. in all industries but 1. Gaming in gaming the desktop PC still sits on a 66% of the market (and these statistics did not account for any DIY build or customizable gaming pc) there is no real portable gaming solution on the market to this date. that is what we do. the real portable gaming pc solution.

Sparrowhawk Systems is a newly formed SaaS company. We have spent two years to develop one of the best q-com platforms that has been the core technology of a well-known B2C startup (voted Top 10 upcoming startups in Sweden in 2021 & 2022). With the platform’s popularity, Sparrowhawk will now further develop the platform and aims to license our end-to-end solution to additional startups, scaleups, enterprises & NGOs

Headquartered in Lund, Joots makes sustainable everyday bags. We supply retailers with made-to-order bags with white labeling. Joots is a family-run business with manufacturing in India. We have been a frontrunner in the Indian jute industry and are recognized as an international leader. Our vision: A jute bag in every hand. At Joots, we prioritize design, quality, and sustainability: Design: Our design language explores the intersection of traditions and modernity. At Joots, we ideate, create, customize, and give brands a voice of their own. Quality: Quality is at the heart of everything we do. Our products are functional, durable, and evoke a sense of mundane beauty. Sustainability: The essence of Joots is rooted in the mantra ‘waste not, want not.’ With sustainability at our core, we produce long-lasting pieces that leave no trace. We look forward to you joining us!

Hiku Dev is a developer tool specifically made for creating web based applications. At Hiku Dev we aim to bring the future of software development to the present. We believe AI has made a huge impact on software development and many tools deserve to be made from scratch to take advantage of AI capabilities.

Bryte provides buildings owners with clean and profitable energy storage to turn power into profits. Solar installations create new opportunities for commercial and industrial building owners to save money and contribute to a cleaner environment. However, the size of a solar panel system can quickly be limited in size because of regulations where the cost of selling or managing surplus energy outweigh the benefits – unless the surplus is stored in batteries. Bryte uses proprietary flow battery technology to provide building owners with safe and affordable energy storage.

Time to Raise is a Nordic acceleration program for women-led startups with full focus on fundraising (today in partnership with Microsoft, SEB, Invest Stochkolm and WeWork). Women-led start-ups account for a very small portion of VC funding (0.7% to female-only teams and 7.3 to mixed teams in the Nordics). Despite this, investors are still eager to finance the best female-led endeavours, which is where Time to Raise comes in. We train startups to be pitch-perfect and we introduce their company profiles to investors.

We at Workity – Sweden's first ever social job platform – are on a mission to provide better opportunities for non-academic workers. We will not stop until everyone has access to their potential to thrive. Our platform is being built with three key features in mind: 1. Profiles - with just a click, resumes and cover letters can be found using AI, with references from friends and colleagues available as well, 2. Jobs - compiled data on job listings with smart filters to narrow the search; everything in one place (finally!), and 3. Community - P2P guidance and empowerment. Yes, we got you covered. For contact: gustav.workity@gmail.com

Med Talentflows avancerede rekrutteringsværktøj kan du nemt og effektivt identificere, evaluere og ansætte de bedste kandidater. Gør rekrutteringsprocessen til en leg og sikre, at din virksomhed altid er et skridt foran. Vores system sorterer og rangerer kandidater baseret på deres kompetencer, erfaring og kulturelle match. Med realtidsanalyser og feedbackmekanismer kan du konstant forbedre din rekrutteringsstrategi og træffe informerede beslutninger.