Excerpted from the Sweden Career Guide
Sweden is well known for high quality and technologically advanced products.
Although the country's economical boom is slowing down, industry experts
expect that the need for engineers will increase in the near future. Industrial
engineers are in particularly high demand, and as Sweden's technological
development rapidly expands, the need for qualified and educated IT engineers
will also increase. There are also job opportunities for construction engineers
with knowledge in computer-aided design (CAD).
Some areas
of engineering, such as construction, machine technology, electrical engineering,
and chemical or physical engineering, require a bachelor's degree. Engineers
must have a strong background in mathematics and physics. Swedish engineers
are not required to have a license or certification from a specific state
or central organization.
Sweden maintains
only a small number of engineering professional and trade associations.
SACO (Sveriges Akademikers Centralorganisation, or the Swedish Confederation
of Professional Associations) is an umbrella organization of 26 strong,
independent trade unions representing nearly half a million graduate professionals.
Engineering job-seekers can also check out trade publications such as
Ny Teknik, Sweden's leading technical magazine for engineers, which focuses
on the development, possibilities and societal consequences of new engineering
technology.
This is just a sample of what you'll find in the complete guide.
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