There are now nearly 9,000 Germans employed in Norway. High unemployment in Germany and attractive working conditions here are convincing reasons to come and stay, NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting) reports.
German manpower is also popular in Norway. Unemployment here is at a record low 2.8 percent and employment agency Manpower is consciously recruiting Germans.
"Professionally they are quite similar to those in Norway and they can just start to work - they know their job," said Geir Henrik Johansen, personnel consultant at Manpower's construction division.
Newly qualified physician Markus Weidmann, now working at the neurological ward at Akershus University Hospital, chose to stay in Norway after a work experience stint. He said that 50 percent of new German doctors change professions.
"The salary is relatively poor and the pressure of work is high," Weidmann said.
