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Expat Service in Finland

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Have you ever thought of moving to Finland? From wild beauty to world-class cities, Finland is a modern country with a high standard of living and healthcare. In spite of high taxes, the Finnish expats have good income to afford all their needs. Swapp Agency offers Expat service in Finland and can help you with […]

How to be a Digital Nomad

Digital nomad spelt in fridge magnets

Have you ever just wondered what it would be like to pack it all in and run away to a foreign land and work as a digital nomad? I’m sure most of us have daydreamed this exact thought on a crowded metro as we think about how one positive of wearing masks in public is […]

Top 21 Benefits of Working Remotely For Employers

A young woman working from home with her laptop on a couch

In the past couple of years, we’ve been in the midst of a massive change in how we work, most of us working remotely. Technology has evolved, attitudes have changed, and the ‘old 9 to 5’ has become less rigid and a bit more understanding that lives don’t have to revolve around work.  Remote work […]

What is Remote Work?

A remote worker looking at a sunset out the window

By the end of this year, almost every working adult in the western world will have had some experience with remote work. Some of us were forced into it, some of us had to change our dealings with colleagues or clients because they began working remotely. As a result, the current scope of what can […]

Why We Need More Diversity in Workforce

A series of colourful pens symbolising diversity in the workplace

If everybody looked the same, we’d get tired of looking at each other. This may be the chorus from a turn of the millennium dance floor hit by UK electronic duo Groove Armada, but it’s also a phrase that rings true. Diversity, as they say, is the spice of life, but it can also give a […]

The Ultimate Guide to Iceland Work Visas

Vestrahorn mountain in South Iceland

Visiting Iceland is a long-standing dream for a lot of people. They long for the experience of standing on a black sand beach, looking into the Atlantic Ocean. They wonder what it would be like to stand on the top of a glacier or see an active volcano in real life. Many are able to […]

The Importance of Work-Life Balance

The importance of work life balance with a woman on her laptop working in bed

If you have worked anywhere in the past decade, you would have heard the words work-life balance. Perhaps they were uttered at a professional development course, maybe you saw it on a talk show, maybe you’ve googled it for yourself.  It’s a term that isn’t going away. With the technological developments of recent years, now […]

What is a Hybrid Work Model? And, How Can it Work?

A zoom meeting under the hybrid model of work method

Several things have come out of the realities businesses had to face during the Covid-19 pandemic. A significant effect was that many enterprises were forced into remote work and discovered that it wasn’t a threat to their profit margins or productivity.  We redefined how we communicate, meet, plan and perform everyday tasks so that actual […]

Everything You Need to Know About Immigration in Iceland

A lake in Iceland with mountains in the background under a blue sky

I think all of us have had those moments at our figurative work desks where we stared off into the distance and thought about how we could make the most of our lives. Perhaps it’s been on a Thursday afternoon, when your lunch break feels like it happened yesterday and hometime seems like something that will […]

Business Culture in Iceland

Vík covered in snow along Iceland's south coast

When most people think of Iceland, they imagine volcanoes, snow, waterfalls and possibly Sigur Ros.  Sure all of those things are associated with Iceland, but the country has so much more to offer than that. Not many would think about the fact that Iceland actually has a thriving and exciting economy.  Iceland consistently ranks highly […]