Dear Future - the future´s digital and non-biased recruitment tool
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Dear Future AB |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 254 557 |
| Project duration | October 2019 - October 2020 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | Innovative Startups |
| Call | Innovative Startups step 1 autumn 2019 |
Important results from the project
The goal was to understand whether a digital recruitment platform that has been successfully used in Canada has potential in the Swedish market. We have found that the difference between Swedish and Canadian integration policy is great, where in Canada they cooperate sector-wide and have a holistic approach to the newcomer´s integration journey from the time the asylum application is submitted until you have a job. We believe that the platform will not solve the structural challenges that exist for integration in the Swedish labor market and will therefore not develop it further.
Expected long term effects
The result is an insight that the platform not will solve the structural challenges that exist for the integration of newcomers in Sweden.
Approach and implementation
In February 2020, two exchanges of experience were organized that brought together almost fifty people from different sectors, industries and backgrounds to discuss how the Canadian model and recruitment platform can work in a Swedish context. Here were a number of important insights, challenges and opportunities. These were divided into opportunities and challenges from three perspectives; new arrivals, employers and structures. The most important lesson is the experienced and identified fragmentation in Sweden between authorities involved in the integration of newcomers.