Cases and News

Matchmaking event in the City of Knowledge

150 international candidates met with 12 Danish companies in intense matchmaking event in Lyngby-Taarbæk - City of Knowledge

Biggest AHA-moments for internationals: The Danish society is built on trust

Being enrolled in the career development program Young Professionals in Denmark paved the way in the Danish labour market for Greek Konstantinos Giannikas. He got acquainted with the Danish working ...

Student jobs and thesis collaboration resulted in a fulltime position

Timea Denisa Merca, originally from Romania, moved to Denmark to pursue a university degree within Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark, DTU. She is now working as a ...

The power of networks: Internship and thesis collaboration made Pamela graduate program

While doing an internship and thesis collaboration at Novo Nordisk, Pamela Roumpedaki came across many great people which lead to her current position, as a finance graduate at Lundbeck. It made her ...

From Ethiopia to Danfoss in Copenhagen

25-year-old Anis Hussein Alaji moved from Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to London and then Denmark, pursuing a Master's degree at Roskilde University. He is now settled in Copenhagen, working as a ...

Meet Ashish Chawla

We have interviewed chemical and energy engineer, Ashish Chawla, from India. He explains how the Danish focus on sustainability brought him here and to a thesis project with Equinor in Kalundborg.

Young Professionals in Denmark: Rona Naseri

This week our interviews with Young Professionals in Denmark continue, and our latest candidate is Rona Naseri.

Young Professionals in Denmark Alumni: Alex Berger

Today's interview is with Alex Berger. He sheds light on the differences between his home country, America, and Denmark, as well as the process of adapting to a new country.

Welcome Week with Velkomst Alliancen

The Welcome Alliance was set up by companies and organisation that want to be frontrunners through action. The Alliance is initiated by DGI, Nextstep by Bindslev, Maersk, QVARTZ, ISS, Movia, the ...

Young Professionals in Denmark: Charles W. Sumner

Charles W. Sumner is originally from the United States, but came to Denmark to study his master's degree in International Business at CBS.

Young Professionals in Denmark: Amit Bar

Today's interview is with Amit Bar. He sheds light on the differences between his home country, Israel, and Denmark, as well as the process of adapting to a new country.

Young Professionals in Denmark: Aleksandra Yakimova

This week our interviews with Young Professionals in Denmark continue, and our latest candidate is Aleksandra Yakimova. She is Bulgarian and moved to Aalborg, Denmark in 2013 to study her bachelor's ...

Young Professionals in Denmark: Caroline Galatoli

Caroline Galatoli is currently studying at the University of Copenhagen. Today's interview will focus on how Caroline ended up in Denmark, her studies, and her recommendations for future students who ...

Young Professionals in Denmark: Carlos Vasquez

Our interviews with inspiring international students in Denmark continue, and today, Carlos Vasquez is in the spotlight. Carlos started his master's program at the University of Copenhagen in ...

Youth Goodwill Ambassadors in Focus: Bhaskar Mitra

As part of inspirational story series about our project Youth Goodwill Ambassadors, the next story covers Bhaskar Mitra. Bhaskar has recently completed his Ph.D. studies at Copenhagen University.

Youth Goodwill Ambassadors in Focus: Monika Sandelic

As part of our inspirational story series about our Youth Goodwill Ambassadors, our next story covers Monika Sandelic, a graduating master student in the phase of kick-starting her career in Denmark

International Talent Conference 2018

As a tradition, Copenhagen Capacity hosted the International Talent Conference, which aimed to address the need for international talent in Denmark. This conference was all about shaping the future ...

Youth Goodwill Ambassadors in Focus: Alexis Rhyner

As part of our inspirational story series about our Youth Goodwill Ambassadors, our next story covers Alexis Rhyner. An entrepreneur building up a startup- REstart Refugees- the world's first local ...

Volunteer in these organisations and build new skills to accelarate your career!

Why you should spend part of your summer volunteering in these great organizations in Denmark?

Youth Goodwill Ambassadors in Focus: Alfred Shek

As part of our inspirational story series about our Youth Goodwill Ambassadors, our next story covers Alfred Shek- an entrepreneur building up a startup- fashion brand Random Walk.

Youth Goodwill Ambassadors in Focus: Kristine Hannelore Lober

As part of our inspirational story series about our Youth Goodwill Ambassadors, our next story covers Kristine Hannelore Lober- a drone researcher, and behavioral economist.

Youth Goodwill Ambassadors in Focus: Valentinas Civinskas

As part of inspirational story series about our Youth Goodwill Ambassadors, our next story covers Valentinas, an entrepreneur and student from Lithuania who formed Desk Research Group- modern ...

Youth Goodwill Ambassadors in Focus: Nada Alkis

As part of our inspirational story series about our Youth Goodwill Ambassadors, our next story covers the life of Nada Alkis, a 27-year-old woman from the Syrian capital of Damascus. Although her ...

How to create a Video Presentation: Step-by-step Guide for Beginners

No more mistakes with a video application

Education to Employment Ambassador in Focus: David Jan Novak

From unemployed to Campaign Specialist at Wunderman. The student with high potential and great business initiatives, David Novak from Erhvervsakademi Sjælland, shares with us his experience on making ...

A YGA trying to make our planet a better place

YGA alumni, Verena Rachenwald, was chosen out of 3600 applicants to be one of 1000 global talents working on the Sustainable Development Goals during the first ever UNLEASH Innovation Lab in ...

"The Danish job market is not the easiest, but once there, you have a solid foundation"

A former YGA Valentinas Civinskas talks about the Danish job market in an interview made by the Local.

Why join YGA?

We asked the YGAs to tell us about their year being Youth Goodwill Ambassador of Denmark. We want to share Kwabena Ababio Adwabour, student from Roskilde University and Mirej Bakalli- student from ...

My YGA Year: Silvestra Valciukaite

We asked some YGAs to tell us about their year of being a Youth Goodwill Ambassador of Denmark. And here is one of the exciting and encouraging experiences from a young talent Silvestra Valciukaite, ...

Talent Conference enhances your personal branding

And the winner is... Serena Leka!

International Talent Conference 2017 - held at the Danish Opera House with A.P. Moller-Maersk as co-host

In May Copenhagen Capacity hosted the International Talent Conference, which aimed to address the need for international talent in Denmark. This time, the main theme was directed towards digital ...

Successful Matchmaking Event taking place in Roskilde

In February, Copenhagen Capacity co-hosted the International Matchmaking & Career Fair Event in Roskilde Townhall together with Roskilde Municipality. An event that resulted in 11 new hires!