Careers Denmark

Your job search plan

From first idea to first day.

Fourteen stages in five phases. Who you meet, where, how long it takes, what the other side looks for, what you do, and which tool here helps. Tick a stage off when it is done; the first ones tick themselves from your profile.

A typical process, from the day you applyabout 14 weeks

Start here

Understand yourself first

Upload your CV or LinkedIn export, spend an evening on your career timeline, and answer what you want next. Every match, every generated document and every interview answer is built on this.

7 stepsSign in and the ticks come from your own profile.Upload your CV
  1. Upload your CV or LinkedIn exportEverything else is read from it: your timeline, your strengths, your matches.
    3 min
  2. Review your career timelineConfirm each role and what you actually did there. This is what employers compare you against.
    15 min
  3. Confirm your educationDegree and field decide which entry requirements you clear and which roles people with your background usually hold.
    5 min
  4. Answer Direction & Fit: what, at what level, whereA clear direction makes every later answer easier, especially “why this role?”
    10 min
  5. Choose the industries you know and the ones you wantMatches and the Overview are filtered by them.
    3 min
  6. Set preferred roles and locationsTitles you would take and places you would work; they gate the ranked list.
    4 min
  7. Write your headline and summaryThe first two lines a recruiter reads. You edit them, we draft them.
    8 min

Next step

Where your background leads

Signed in, this shows the departments your experience points at and how many roles are open in each.

  1. 1

    Decide what you are looking for

    Before any listing: what do you want to do, at what level, where, and what must a job give you that the last one did not.

    Who you meet
    You, and two or three people who know your work
    Where
    At home; a coffee with a former colleague helps
    It takes
    Two evenings
    Then you wait
    None, you decide the pace

    What they look for

    Nobody yet. This stage is for you: a clear direction makes every later answer easier, especially “why this role?”

    Your moves

    • Write three sentences: what you are good at, what you want more of, what you will not accept again.
    • Pick a level: same level, one step up, or a sideways move into a new field.
    • Decide geography and work mode: commute limit, remote days, relocation yes or no.
    • Set a salary floor and a target. You will be asked in the first phone call.
  2. 2

    Research industries

    Industries hire differently: pharma runs long, structured processes; agencies and start-ups decide in days. Know the rhythm before you enter it.

    Who you meet
    Industry pages, annual reports, people already in the industry
    Where
    Online; industry events and LinkedIn for the people part
    It takes
    A week alongside other things
    Then you wait
    None

    What they look for

    Nobody yet, but later interviewers notice at once whether you understand how their industry makes money and what is changing in it.

    Your moves

    • Pick two or three industries where your experience transfers. Read where the jobs actually are, not where you assume they are.
    • Learn the typical salary bands and the typical process length for each.
    • Follow five companies per industry and read their news for a month.
  3. 3

    Find companies, not only listings

    Most good roles are filled from a company’s own career page, and many are decided before the ad goes wide. A list of companies beats a list of ads.

    Who you meet
    Career pages, employees, the hiring managers you can find
    Where
    Company sites, LinkedIn, CVR for size and growth
    It takes
    Ongoing; 20 companies is a good first list
    Then you wait
    None

    What they look for

    Nobody yet. But a hiring manager who receives a short, specific message from you before the deadline remembers your name when the applications arrive.

    Your moves

    • Build a list of 20 companies: size, growth, location, and the department you would sit in.
    • Check their career pages weekly. Set alerts where they exist.
    • Find one person per company you could talk to. Ask about the team, not about a job.
  4. 4

    Build your CV and profile

    A CV is read for 30 seconds the first time. It must show, on page one, what you did and what it led to, in numbers when you have them.

    Who you meet
    You; a recruiter or an experienced friend as a reader
    Where
    Your own document plus your LinkedIn profile
    It takes
    One focused day, then an hour per tailored version
    Then you wait
    None

    What they look for

    Recruiters scan for: the title you had, years, industry, results, and whether the last two roles fit the ad. Screening software scans for the ad’s own words.

    Your moves

    • Two pages, newest first, one line of result per role (“grew X from A to B”).
    • Match your LinkedIn headline and dates to the CV. Recruiters compare them.
    • Upload the CV here once; the platform builds your timeline and capability profile from it.