"If Danish companies are to grow and compete on the global stage, they will need more specialized and competent international labor and Danish labor with global skills.” In short and precisely, DI expresses the challenge facing Danish companies.
In the Triangle area, we are fortunately already well underway with this development.
Billund Municipality takes first place in the Triangle area, as the municipality where the companies have the most international employees - in fact, as much as 14,9% of the workers in Billund Municipality are non-Danish in origin. It is far above the national average of 11,8% and is on par with the capital area and the municipalities bordering the Danish-German border.
Vejen Kommune comes just after Billund with 14,0%, as there are also several large companies that depend on hiring international employees. The international employees in the Triangle area are characterized by being largely employed within industry (Billund 52,1% and Vejen 38,7%). Other industries include Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing and Construction & Construction.
The international immigrants to Billund Municipality also largely reflect the statistics both locally and nationally in relation to which countries we get the most employees from. Of the 1725 immigrants who came to the municipality in 2021, 157 were from Romania and 54 from Poland – the two largest groups apart from Danes.
The recruitment of international employees requires an extra effort from the recruiter, as there are several administrative and legal tasks for which the employer is responsible, in accordance with the legislation - especially if the employee is from a non-EU/EEA country. Fortunately, there is help available, e.g. at DI and DE, if you are a member. Otherwise, the local settlement consultant can often help you find the right contacts for e.g. The Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI).
At Billund Erhverv, local companies can also find help and guidance for the actual process of getting the international employee correctly registered AND all the other things that come up when you move to another country and have to make an everyday life work with housing , institutions, networks, etc. Some need to have this clarified already BEFORE they accept a possible job on the other side of the world, and therefore settlement coordinator Marianne Thomsen can also be contacted by both future employee and company already early in the employment process.
Contact Marianne Thomsen at mkt@billunderhverv.dk and 2269 2498.
