Deane Goltermann Jun 12, 2015:

As these are 'make-work' jobs They are not 'doctor' or 'nurse', or any of the many standard job descriptions you might find in the public sector. My read of the proposed program is that they want to have a catch-all designation (that really says nothing... 'extrajänst' evokes no real idea of what they mean), the concept of 'position', 'post', 'job' is understood but not part of the designation, as with 'nurse' or 'doctor'. But the political spin on the Swe is that these are public service jobs, not just any make-work. Which is were the concept of service come in.

Here are some examples, 'I'm working in the supplementary services programme at the hospital.' Much like you would say 'I'm working as a nurse at the hospital'.

The government has enacted a supplementary services programme where long-term unemployed are placed in various service jobs in the public sector. ... Yes it is spin, so this works if you document is serious description trying to emulate the gov't spin on this program. It won't work if you're spinning things a different way.

Not sexy, i know... but the Swe isn't very clever either.