A pre-employment assessment is a preliminary evaluation conducted out before hiring. It verifies whether potential employees fulfill certain criteria, like immigration regulations, for employment in Norway.

Beyond compliance, the assessment also serves as a valuable information-sharing process. It provides candidates and their families with key insights into living and working in Norway, including cultural expectations, healthcare, education, taxation, and cost of living. This helps them make a well-informed decision about relocation and long-term settlement.

This is essential in order to:

• Ensure Legal Compliance: Confirms that candidates meet Norway’s immigration and work authorization requirements before the hiring process progresses.
• Reduce Organizational Risks: Minimizes financial loss, delays, and administrative complications by avoiding offers to candidates who cannot legally work in Norway.
• Save Time and Resources: Streamlines the recruitment and relocation process by filtering eligible candidates early.
• Improve Workforce Planning: Enables HR and management to align resources, relocation support, and onboarding timelines with candidate eligibility.
• Enhance Process Efficiency: Creates a smoother, faster, and more predictable relocation journey for both the employer and the employee.
• Support Informed Decision-Making: Provides candidates and their families with practical information about Norway’s lifestyle, benefits, and current market situation and potential challenges, ensuring they are prepared for relocation.
• Strengthen Employee Commitment: By clarifying expectations early, the assessment fosters trust, reduces relocation-related uncertainty, and increases the likelihood of long-term employee retention.