Rachel is from Southampton in the South of England. Until now, she had never lived outside of her hometown.
– This is my first time living somewhere new. I even went to university in my hometown, so I´m feeling a bit crazy doing this. Everybody says Norwegians are reserved, but I don´t see that. They are all so helpful, welcoming, and nice. We eat dinner with our neighbours and have a lot of friends already.
After some weeks in Norway, Rachel found her own job.
– Back home, we all use LinkedIn to find jobs. So, I did the same here. I contacted a lot of recruiters, had several meetings and found Vårgrønn. Being a relatively new company with big ambitions in renewable energy was a really exciting opportunity that I could not turn down.
LinkedIn is not as developed here, but it worked. Rachel now works as a Financial Analyst at Vårgrønn.
– I am responsible for supporting the preparation of our consolidated financial reporting, as well as assisting with financial analysis and cash management.
With 20 percent of the shares in the wind farm Dogger Bank in the UK, Vårgrønn is the largest offshore wind company in Norway. Vårgrønn is a growth company with a project pipeline spanning across Norway, the UK and other markets in Europe.
– Work-life balance is very important to the Norwegians. Back home, they say it´s important, but people rarely live that way. Back home, it is work, work, work – sometimes it could be twelve hours a day. Here, everybody goes home to spend time with their family.
