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Why Sweden risks blowback from 3-month limit for jobseekers

In this week's episode: how Northvolt's crisis is hitting foreign workers and how recruiters can get better at gauging Swedish language skills.

Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by The Local's Emma Löfgren and James Savage. The episode also features interviews with Helene Robson from Engineers of Sweden and Pernilla Johansson from the Language Council of Sweden.

Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:

Northvolt

Northvolt to slash almost a quarter of its workforce

OPINION: Sweden needs to reconsider 'three-month deadline' for laid-off non-EU workers

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