Working in Finland Outi Isotalo, Jaana Mutanen CIMO International Trainee Exchanges

Internship Opportunities

2009

Working in Finland

Outi Isotalo, Jaana MutanenCIMO International Trainee Exchanges


2009

Finnish working culture

• Punktuality• Informality• Equality• Dependability• Honesty


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When applying for a job…

• be active, contact employers, network• visit career services• visit employment offices• write your application with care• be aware of your abilities and what you can

offer for an employer• remember that you compete with Finnish

students and recent graduates you have more to prove

• learn Finnish


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Erasmus

• Students registered at a higher education institution • A placement between 3 and 12 months • Host organisations may be enterprises, training centres,

research centres and other organisations including higher education institutions in one of the 31 participating European countries

• Excluded are EU-institutions, organisations managing EU programmes and national diplomatic representations (embassies etc.) of the country of the student

• Students may be awarded an ERASMUS grant, the student has to turn to the international office of his or her higher education institution

• Students may get a financial contribution or a contribution in kind by the host enterprise/organisation


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Minna Söderqvist: How do Finnish employers see foreign job applicants

• What contributes and what hampers foreigners in finding a job in Finland?

• Employers aren’t able to use the abilities of foreigners: no previous experience

• Companies having international contacts employ more foreigners

• Multicultural work community taken as more innovative

• Foreigners seen as a possibility• Training placement important for future job


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Söderqvist: A Foreign applicant should

• Have a BIG network of Finnish persons!• Be able to handle the ”You are a bigger

risk in recruiting”• Be able to show your expertise and

professionalism in the interview • Find out about Finnish way to recruit and

to work Ask help from those Finns you know, from

studies, neighbours…


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Söderqvist: A foreigner should

• Be educated• Be professional• Have intercultural skills• Have own initiative• Be reliable• Be able to use Finnish as working

language, in a long run


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Rights and duties

• Registration, residence permit and visa• Insurance• Written employment contract• Working hours: usually maximum of 40 hours a

week• Annual vacations: 2 days of vacation for each

month• Salary: usually paid at the end of month• Taxes: work period less than 6 months, 35% tax at

source; more than 6 months, tax at the normal rate• Social security insurance (about 6%) automatically

deducted from a total salary


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How to apply?

• Application forms from Finnish language teachers at your home university

• Deadline for applications February 15th• Application should include:

- two cpmpleted application forms

- two recent passport-sized photographs- two copies of a letter of motivation- two copies of a letter of reference


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Statistics

2004Trainees to Finland

525

Finnish in Finland trainees

39

2005Trainees to Finland

510

Finnish in Finland trainees

31


2009


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Finnish in Finland

• Training period from one to 18 months• Work placements are mainly in the cultural

sector: museums, libraries, various organizations, local summer festivals

• CIMO grant 500-670€/month (only for 6 months)

• Placements in Finnish families


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More Information

• Employment offices www.mol.fi• Career services, if allready in Finland

• CIMO http://finland.cimo.fi/


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Be active!

Working in Finland Outi Isotalo, Jaana Mutanen CIMO International Trainee Exchanges

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