Kick-Start Program
Have you left your job at home to follow your spouse or partner to southern Sweden? Or are you a master's student interested in working in Sweden? Join the Kick-Start Program and discover the tools you need to make your job search easier!
Registration for Kick-Start Program Fall 2025
Registration opens in August, and the program starts on September 29. During the Information Meeting, we will provide more details about the program structure and give you the opportunity to ask any questions you may have. Please note that it is not yet possible to sign up for the information meetings.
Information Meetings will be held on site:
- 25 August at 13-14
- 26 August at 10-11
- 2 September at 11-12
- 4 September at 14-15
Attendance at an Information Meeting is mandatory to register in the Kick-Start Program. We look forward to meeting you!
Career program for spouses or partners and master's students
Are you looking for a job but feel you don't get any further? Would you like to acquire the tools to navigate the Swedish and Danish job market? Do you need some tips on how to broaden your network and how to conduct yourself in an interview? The Kick-Start Program might be just what you need!
This career program is offered to:
- Spouses and partners of international employees recruited by companies and organizations in Lund, as well as Lund University.
- Recently graduated master's students, or those in their final semester, in the fields of Tech or Life Science or Economy and Business Development from Lund University, Malmö University, and SLU Alnarp, who are ready to start or advance their careers in Sweden.
What is Kick-Start Program?
International Citizen Hub Lund offers a Kick-Start Program aiming to provide you with useful tools that will increase the opportunity to reach the job market. The program comprises different institutions, companies and individuals that give support, inspiration and shared experience in how to find employment. The Kick-Start Program runs two times per year. The Spring program starts 24 February 2025 and the Fall program in September each year. The sessions of the Kick-Start Program are held in English during office hours. The course is free of charge.
10 informative sessions
The job program is based on 10 informative sessions on how to optimize your job search as an international talent in Sweden. These sessions have a different theme targeting, e.g. Swedish work culture, CV writing and interview tips and even starting your own company just to name a few. The program is limited to 60 participants divided into two groups that will meet basically 2-3 times a week.
Recruiting activities & alumni network
We also create extra recruiting activities with collaborating partners to help the jobseeker get closer to companies that are currently recruiting and facilitate an alumni network. The Kick-Start Program alumni network is for both those who are gainfully employed and current jobseekers who find the value of keeping in touch to share their experiences.
For those recruited to Sweden
This program is limited to those recruited to Sweden and connected to a Lund company/organisation, as well as Lund University. Companies and municipalities outside of Lund may have an agreement with ICHL, so we suggest you check with your spouse/partner to receive further information about our Kick-Start Program or contact us directly for assistance.
Contact
Lisa Andersson is responsible for the Kick-Start Program. If you have questions about the program you are welcome to contact her. Please mark with subject "KSP".
E-mail: lich@lund.se
NEW! An opportunity for non-Lund companies and learning institutions
If you’re an organization that recruit international talent from outside of Sweden, then this opportunity may be of interest. International Citizen Hub Lund has been running the Kick-Start Job Program since fall 2016 with the aim of helping spouses/partners of recruited talent to navigate the Swedish Job Market. There have been over 700 participants attending the program with a success factor of 57% either finding employment or starting their own company.
From Fall 2023 and onwards we have the pleasure of opening this appreciated program to other companies outside Lund. We are able to provide a few places to companies who recruit international employees with an accompanying spouse/partner. As this program is financed by the city of Lund, all Lund companies, Lund University and our research facilities ESS and MAX IV are not obliged to financially contribute to the participants entering the program. However, all companies, universities or municipalities outside of Lund will need to contribute financially to the program per participant.
Information meetings for the spouse/partner are held in August and January. If you’d like more information about the program or if you have any questions about the financial contribution, please contact Lisa Andersson at lisa.andersson@lund.se
If you would like an information flyer to share with your incoming international recruits or those recruits that moved here during the year, please feel free to contact Lisa.
Stories written by Kick-Start Program Alumnis
The Kick-Start Program has been up and running for 17 seasons and have had over 700 participants from more than 80 countries all over the world.
Many of our participants have written stories about their experiences of the Kick-Start Program. Follow the link to read what KSP Alumnis think about the program, what they have learned and found useful. You can also contact them via Linkedin to get personal feedback.
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