the Number of available summer jobs has increased gradually in the last five years. In January 2014, there were more than 16.500 notified ferieplatser at the job centre, compared with the year-50.000 ads.

– clearly, There is a demographic effect, ” says Johan Eklöf, analyst at the employment service.

– A large percentage are in the health – care system. And there are many people who need care and, above all, the municipalities must cover up during the summer.

within the healthcare and care remains the most common, increases in the number of ferieplatser of the industry, the hotel and restaurant, correctional, and inventory.

The latter sectors tend to launch first in march, says Eklöf – but this year there is a greater proportion already in January. Something that probably has a good job market overall to do.

Sweden has had a very good labour market for several years now, which means more people employed and thus more like to have a vacation.

nearly 140.000 available summer jobs between december and June, and the unemployment office think that it will be at least as many this season.

the Increase in the number of available summer jobs distributed evenly across the country – and according to Eklöf, it can for many people mean a foot in the workplace.

– It is a good stepping stone, especially for the young but also for newcomers with education and experience from their home country, but who now can get their first qualification in the Swedish labour market.

One of them already announced, the restaurant is Slimfood in Gothenburg, sweden. The owner Abbas Zabihi do not think that it is difficult to get hold of willing summer workers – but the trickier to find seasoned persons.

” Many are young and most have not worked in the restaurant business. Then it takes a month to get them up and since the summer is ending, ” he says.

of a dishwasher, but the one that is doing very well then have the ability to fixed services in, for example, the salad bar or the varumottaglingen, explains Zabihi – notice pretty fast if there is a person he want to keep or not.

“Some are just waiting to be told what to do, others are more active and find things on their own,” he says.

Such is already apparent in the first week.