Hello from an American in Denmark

Hi and welcome to the forum ClaudeSchmincke!

Thanks for this introduction.
I moved your thread to the Denmark forum for better visibility

Regards
Armand

Hi Claude:

I'm also married to a Dane, and might probably be coming back to Denmark soon.

Getting a job was also my problem when I lived there. And right now it is my biggest concern now that we are contemplating the possibility of coming back.

I can see your post is some months old, so I wanted to ask you if your situation changed or not, if you are working, and how do you feel so far.

Are you taking Danish lessons? That really helped me a lot. Most importantly, because you get to meet people in your same situation.

Hope you are doing allright, and drop a line whenever you have time.

Best regards,

Liliana.

Well so far I still do not have any work.  I am taking Danish courses at night in the hope I can find work during the day, but all I have lined up right now is an unpaid internship (for a MONTH) that will eventually lead to subsidized pay if they like me... and an interview at a Gamestop store.

I am unsure what the job market might be like for English speakers in Copenhagen, but here in Aarhus if you don't speak Danish it seems to be a bit difficult.  I can't even find cleaning jobs that wish to hire me, or McDonalds.  To get a rejection from McDonalds felt pretty low, especially because I used to work in finance with a pretty nice salary.

But hopefully either the internship or the Gamestop interview will pan out.  I hear Vestas is a great company to also work for, and they hire a lot of english speakers... however my applications with them are sadly only still pending.

Good luck to you if you do decide to come back here, though.  It's still a lovely place to live with wonderful people... just a bit stressful right now because of all the hoops I have to jump through it seems just to get some money coming in for us.

I'm American as well, also with a background in acting and voiceover work.  I have yet to move to Denmark (will move in 2012), but I know there's at least one English language theater in Copenhagen.  Here's their website: http://www.ctcircle.dk/

Yes, I know of them!  Thanks very much for the link too.   Sadly I currently live in Aarhus, but hopefully we may move one day once my wife is done with school.