The goal of International House Odense's services is to make sure that your new employees thrive in Odense - and end up staying! We help your employees and their accompanying families get settled, build a network, and discover the many activities, sights, and possibilities of the city.

Your employee is welcome to use our services before and after arrival in Denmark, and we can also offer our guidance during the recruitment process by telling your international candidates about life in Odense.

Throughout the year we offer a variety of professional and social activities for international employees and their families. At our events, internationals can meet each other and the Danes, and build up social networks.

International House Odense is a part of City of Odense. The services mentioned are examples and free of charge.

NEWCOMER SERVICE

Newcomer Service offers guidance to your new international employee on the technicalities of moving, registration, finding daycare, language training and other practical issues. 

• Advising potential international employees about life in Odense
• Helping the family of your employee get settled
• Guidance to your employee during the relocation process
• Help finding accommodation through our First Home Service
• Registration with public authorities
• Childcare and schooling
• Banking and taxes
• Danish language courses
• Introduction to the social and cultural life
• and much more

SPOUSE SERVICE

We have a strong focus on the well-being of the accompanying family and have a specific program for accompanying partners. Our Partner Career Adviser offers individual career counseling including Spouse Cafés for social networking, Company Visits to learn about the job market and work culture in Denmark, and Job Searching Events with tips on job searching.

FIRST HOME SERVICE

Finding a home in Odense is essential to getting a good start in our city. In order to register your address and get a CPR number, your employee needs to have found a permanent place to live for a minimum of three months. At International House Odense, we help your employee getting better acquainted with the cuty and the housing options available to them by offering First Home Service..

USEFUL RESSOURCES

• Find more information regarding international recruitment on the website of Dansk Industri Global Talent.

• Work-live-stay Southern Denmark tools for employers - advice and tools, for companies hiring international talent.

• A useful step-by-step guide for employers when hiring international employees, provided by The Danish Business Authority and The Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI).

• Help your international employees navigating and understanding the Danish tax system. The guides are available in Danish, English, German, Polish, Lithuanian, Romanian, Italian, Arabic and Portuguese. Find more information on the website of the Danish Tax Agency
  

• Information for foreign service providers and posted workers in Denmark: workplacedenmark.dk