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.

Rabatta er et dansk tech start-up med kontorer i Aalborg og Aarhus. Virksomheden blev grundlagt i 2021 og har siden hjulpet danskerne med at spare mange penge. Rabatta er nemlig en app og en browser extension, der automatisk finder rabatkoder, når forbrugeren er i kurven på en webshop. Vi er et ungt team med en gennemsnitsalder på 25, og der er både højt til loftet og frie rammer. På kontoret er der en afslappet og humoristisk tone, samtidig med at vi arbejder hårdt for at udvikle forretningen.

We are Triba Health Our company focuses on helping people with Type 2 Diabetes to live a sustainable and health life - without medication & Type 2 Diabetes. We take the "chronic" out of Type 2 Diabetes Management via expert guided lifestyle and nutrition intervention. Check out our website for more.

At Zigned, when individuals sign agreements, they're not just finalizing terms but also embarking on exciting new ventures. We're here to make this transition as seamless as possible, propelling you swiftly toward the exciting parts of your journey. Our mission goes beyond simplifying the signing process. We're set on transitioning the world to digital signatures, which promotes transparency in business practices and actively helps reduce corruption. We believe in the power of transparent transactions to transform our world. To accomplish this, we've created an intuitive, fuss-free platform accessible to everyone. We understand the importance of the team and the individuals who shape it. As part of Zigned, you have the opportunity to join our founding team, setting the path toward a new era of digital signatures. Simultaneously, we're dedicated to offering a competitively-priced solution. This balance of affordability and innovation is our commitment to you, as we pioneer a fresh, more transparent way of signing for the world.

Polarlys er en mindre virksomhed som leverer serviceydelser i Danmark. Vi har været på det danske arbejdsmarked i 10 år. Mange af vores kunder har været med os i al den tid. Det næste projekt vi planlægger at starte på er, at åbne adgang til undervisning og undervise virksomheder/private i at yde service. Polarlys har mange års erfaring med erhvervs- og klinik rengøring, derfor udvider vi nye veje ind for det område.

Nor² is a developer and a cloud platform for running FaaS and container like workloads. The complexity of container-based micro-services makes both development and operations challenging. At present, developers are required to create, update, and maintain networking code often without having a clear understanding of how the underlying networking frameworks, libraries and protocols works. This is not only time consuming and challenging from a developer’s perspective, but the security aspect is also another critical issue to be addressed. The team behind Nor² have both the background and knowledge of this problem area from facing these issues in our day to day job building globally distributed systems. Additionally, when our CEO was working for one of the major IAAS providers as a Solutions Architect he met customers every day that were struggling with the complexity of building scalable, reliable, performant, cost effective and secure software. Right now, most systems are built on top of containers and orchestration systems. And these systems have fundamental flaws that makes them hard to work with, especially if using multiple clouds. The environment is extremely complex, and we have seen even some of the most talented experts in container technology in the world struggle with this and face operational outages that have costed them tens of millions of dollars. We are about to change that. What our compute platform will do ( in short) is simplify and streamline cloud computing by: Optimize the Businesses We understand that businesses rely on the cloud for critical operations, but unfortunately, many cloud providers fall short in delivering reliable and efficient services. Our patent pending technology ensures that your business can handle even the most demanding workloads with ease at a fraction of the cost of today. Enhance the Developer experience. We believe that great apps come from developers using tools they love. That’s why a great developer experience has always been at the very heart of what we do. nor² makes the processes of deploying, configuring, scaling, tuning, and managing apps as simple and straightforward as possible, so developers can focus on what’s most important: building great apps that delight and engage customers. As of April 2023 our platform is live, we have one patent pending and another patent that will be handed in now in the end of this month. We are currently in an onboarding process with our first customer and we are now ready to talk to investors about future possibilities.

At Joinplay™ we make things come alive with magic and fun. We create games and interactive experiences that promote diversity & underrepresented cultures. We want to make games that everyone can enjoy, and we believe that diversity is essential to achieving this goal. A diverse team brings a wide range of perspectives and experiences to the table, which helps us create games that are more inclusive, innovative, and resonant. We are committed to creating a thriving workplace where everyone feels welcome and valued. We believe that diversity is essential to a thriving workplace because it creates a more stimulating and creative environment. When people from different backgrounds come together, they can share their unique perspectives and ideas, which leads to better problem-solving and innovation. Currently, we are working on our debut title, Amma™: Chronicles of Lost Stars, which is an action-adventure game inspired by the Dogon mythology.

FoodFacts powers the revolution towards better food thanks to intelligent health and sustainability data. Food retailers and brands face increasing pressure to reduce their climate footprint, meet regulatory requirements, and make informed sourcing decisions—yet accurate and actionable sustainability data and tools are often missing. That’s where FoodFacts comes in. FoodFacts Hub is an interactive sustainability-scoring platform for the full product portfolio, empowering food retailers and brands and their Sustainability, Product Development, and Purchasing teams to drive sustainable product development and track impact effortlessly.

OA.mg is the world’s largest database of research papers and scientific articles with over 240 million titles, of which 40 million are Open Access. Headquartered in London and Stockholm, it provides lightning-fast search, advanced filters, and direct access to Open papers. Over a million users from 158 countries use OA.mg to find and access the research they need. The future is Open Access, and OA.mg is the tool for that future.

Kleda is a platform that allows users to share their personal styles and earn money from it. The platform allows users to create a profile to showcase and share pictures of their clothing style, as well as add links to where the clothing items were purchased. These links are then transformed into "deep links" that enable tracking of purchases made through a given user's clothing style. Users who share their styles on the platform will receive a commission of approximately 10-20% on sales made through these links. Kleda facilitates transactions between users and clothing stores, with the aim of making it easier for users to shop for clothes and get inspiration to create a good clothing style. Kleda solves several problems in the fashion industry. Consumers often experience friction when they have to visit multiple different stores or websites to find the clothes they want. Kleda provides a seamless and user-friendly experience by offering multiple stores on one platform. Additionally, Kleda provides publishers with a platform to build their own brand and earn money through collaborations with clothing stores. Kleda provides clothing stores with an easy way to sell products directly to consumers on a platform that already has a large and engaged user base, thereby increasing their visibility and revenue. Kleda has three different customer groups. The first group is shopping customers who use the Kleda app to find and purchase clothes from various stores on an easy and user-friendly platform. The second group is publishers who share their clothing styles and inspire other users. Kleda offers publishers the opportunity to build their personal brand and earn money by collaborating with Kleda's clothing store partners. The third group is clothing stores that want increased visibility and accessibility on a new platform. Kleda provides clothing stores with the opportunity to sell their products directly to customers and collaborate with Kleda to promote their products through campaigns and marketing. Overall, Kleda is solving the problem of the friction and inconvenience that consumers experience when shopping for clothes, while also providing opportunities for publishers and clothing stores to benefit from the platform.

We are the first agency in the Nordics fully specialised in Customer Experience. We can help you accelerate the implementation of scalable processes and technologies. We focus on shaping the best Customer Journey, leveraging every touch-point. We have worked with Climate, Health, Security, Marketplace, E-commerce, EdTech, Fashion ERP, and SaaS, solving diverse challenges in Customer Support and Customer Success. We work towards digital customer-centricity with every team, enabling churn prevention and continuous optimisation. In our experience, there is no out-of-the box customer journey plan or a silver bullet that will make it all work. We work on shaping the touch-points that will make the formula succeed, unique to every company. We work with small and medium businesses with online distribution, B2B and B2B2C.

NIRAS has built the most incredible space for green tech startups with 5000m2 of office space, storage and production facilities. NIRAS Green Tech Hub is for startups seeking an extraordinary office space with cool meeting rooms in a vibrant, green and colorful environment with great coffee in the café. Startups will also be able to rent large storage spaces, build MVPs and have actual production in the production hall. This is the place where startups, innovative ideas and green engineering specialists meet. By accessing not only the vibrating hub with peer entrepreneurs, but also the best engineers specialised in sustainability with in different industries such as food, beverage, building, energy, infrastructure etc. The co-development and collaboration between startups and NIRAS’ many experts will be the fast track to grow ideas and innovations. Currently 25 startups and scaleups saluting the green transition is reciting in the hub on a daily basis, but we are working with more than 100 startups on an annual basis through our different programs and activities.

Augmented Reality apps and services. PictoryTale AR is changing the way consumers experience content with use cases in entertainment, tourism, retail, smart cities, education and gaming. AR is also transforming the way businesses perform tasks and run processes. With innovative software solutions, PictoryTale’s goal is to become a leading player in the AR field. PictoryTale has launched multiple products since 2020 targeting both B2C and B2B markets.

Late Lecture is a student initiative that was works towards inspiring students with free 1 hour keynotes at universities in Copenhagen. Other activities include short articles that aim to give an insight into the work after graduation, these are called shortreads. We are supported by Tuborgfondet and are looking for more students to help organising more Late Lectures at your university as well. Furthermore, we would like to make more articles that can help give an insight into life after work. Would you like to get some voluntary work on your CV and improve your skills in a young organisation, then we would like to hear from you.

Denominator is the leading provider of human-centric data & insights on companies and countries globally Denominator covers more than 3.5 million public and private companies across 195+ countries and 85+ industries. With raw data on Board, Executive, and the Company level, across 15+ diversity, human rights, and health & safety the dataset is the most granular and comprehensive of its kind, driving detailed scores & rating models to measure social performance across boarders & industries. Visit www.denominator.com for more information.