Only 29 of the 317 employees from the Danish Crown department in Nykøbing Mors are still without a job according to figures from the job bank, which had its last opening day on 22 May. The Nykøbing department closed in August 2008. Some of the former employees have started work at other Danish Crown departments, but most have found work locally. Eight have enrolled on courses or study programmes, and four have taken early retirement.

We are quite proud of this, all things considered. Only a month after the closure, everything came to a standstill in the general economy, so this is a good result, says former union representative Asbjørn Mikkelsen.

New jobs for job bank managers
Asbjørn Mikkelsen has run the job bank together with his colleague Lene Toft. And their work has not gone unnoticed in the local area. Two local workplaces were soon in touch to secure their competencies. Asbjørn Mikkelsen has been recruited by the AOF course centre Morsø Daghøjskole, while Lene Toft has been employed at the job centre in Thisted, which means that both of them are continuing to help others to find jobs.

I’m really looking forward to it, as the department is beginning to feel a bit deserted. And, of course, it’s not that different from what I’ve been doing for the past year. Now I’ll continue to have the personal contact with people who, through interviews and cooperation, need help finding new work, and that’s something I like doing, says Asbjørn Mikkelsen.