1. Job search
Rights and duties

2. Unemployment benefits
Basic unemployment benefits (100% right) 184.188 kr.
Income related 290.366 kr. max.
With each child 7.368 kr.
One period of benefits are 2 1/2 years (30 months).
Unemployment benefits are paid out the first weekday of the month.
Remember to confirm job search between 20. og 25. each month.

3. 3
Unemployment benefits are not paid if you are abroad –
remember to let us know about your travel before you go.
Let know if phone-number or address changes.
You have to come to all meetings we invite you to.
Compulsory attendance.
After 6 months unemployed you can get discount at the
doctor.

4. Confirm job-search 20-25 each month

5. Important information
2 months waiting period / 3 months / refusal
Waiting period = no payment!
Main reasons:
rejecting a job or a jobinterview
extra income is not declared
going abroad without telling
not coming to interview, meetings etc.
Remember to still confirm online 20-25 of every month.

6. Part-time or occasional work
Part-time, fixed and regular. Register once.
Occasional, irregular work, let us know every time.
Salary less than 59.047 kr does NOT affect benefits.
50% of salary over 59.047 kr is taken from benefits.
You have to let know about this work BEFORE you do it.
80.047 kr
- 59.047
= 21.000 / 2
= 10.500

7. Job-search
- You are most likely to find work during the first 3 months.
- Only part of available jobs are announced.
- Set yourself a goal in your job-search.
- If you don‘t shoot at the goal you will not score.
Use ALL methods in your search – both traditional and
untraditional

8. Newspapers and internet
Our homepage www.vmst.is
Send your CV to companies you find interesting
Show up and create your own job interview
Homepages of companies
Be registered at job agencies
Use your network
Labour unions
How to find work?

9. How to find work
Make a list of the jobs you have applied for
Use follow up when you have sent application
Examples of pages where you can apply for work:
www.vinnumalastofnun.is
www.capacent.is
www.job.is
www.vinna.is
www.tvinna.is
www.starfatorg.is
www.hagvangur.is
www.reykjavik.is
www.eures.is
www.stra.is
www.hhr.is
www.mbl.is
www.visir.is
www.intellecta.is

10. How to find work – VMST resources
Job agents: Interview at the job agent to go through job
vacancies.
Job training: You find an interesting workplace. 3 to 6
months contract. Minimum wage or higher.
Develop your own business idea: Work on your business
idea for up to 6 months.
Individual counselling: Help with job seeking or anything
else.
Job seeking abroad: U2 and U1 within Europe.

11. EURES, European job agency
Job search abroad: www.eures.is

12. CV
The most important tool in the job search
Has the purpose of getting you an job interview
Has to look good
Preferably not more than 1 page
Necessary to revise regularly
Link it to “Mínar síður” at VMST

13. Ferilskrá
Nafn: Antonio Banderas
Heimilisfang: Sellandsstígur 28, 101 Reykjavík
Sími: 832 0000
Netfang : toni@islandia.is
Starfsreynsla
2008-2010, smiður, Ístak.
2007-2008, verkamaður, Myllan
2006-2007, aðhlynning, Elliheimiðið Grund
Menntun
2003-2006, stúdentspróf, Escuela Americana í Chile
Námskeið
2010, tölvur fyrir lengra komna, Tölvu- og verkfræðaþjónustan
2010, íslenska fyrir útlendinga 2. stig, Retor
2009, íslenska fyrir útlendinga 1. stig Betri árangur
Tungumálakunnátta
Íslenska, tala mjög vel
Enska, tala mjög vel
Spænska, móðurmál
Önnur reynsla
2010 Rauði kross Íslands, sjálfboðavinna
2005-2009, æfði fótbolta
Meðmælendur
Jón Jónsson
Verkstjóri hjá Ístak
888 5555
jonj@istak.is

14. Connecting CV to your registration

15. What work do you want?
Mínar síður – Atvinnuumsókn – Óskir um störf
More wishes = more offers

16. http://www.vinnumalastofnun.is/heim/#tab-storf-i-bodi

17. Studies and more
Study on benefits has to be approved by VMST
Study grant For studies that improve your possibilities to get
work. We pay 50% of the course, 100% of Icelandic classes,
maximum 70.000 kr. Labour union too.
You can apply with a counsellor.
Study contract 10 ECTS or 9 f-units. Counsellors give more
information.
Courses at VMST - Ask counsellors.
Counsellors give more information.

18. Good luck in your job search!
Overview:
•Counselling
•Job search
•EURES
•CV
•Job wishes
•Aims
•Hold your head high!
•All information on www.vmst.is
Thanks for coming