The Ministry of Labour has established a special working group to develop Northern and Eastern Finland, both of which suffer from relatively high unemployment.
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How to Get Work in Finland When You’re Foreign
The University of Oulu will host a conference this week on how to get into working life when you’re a foreigner.
Read the rest of this entry »Huge Career Day at University
The University of Oulu is hosting a massive careers day on Wednesday involving companies ranging from Nokia to Deloitte.
Read the rest of this entry »Wanted! Clairvoyant, Oulu Area . . .
A job advertisement for a clairvoyant was recently posted on Oulu’s employment website and has received numerous applications.
Read the rest of this entry »Who´s counting on a job in 2010?
For many expats in Oulu the year has started off with a major New Year’s resolution, namely to do everything possible to find a job! The question is of course; how do you find a job if the understanding of Finnish is limited and you just learned to say “kiitos” to the chap behind the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Recruitment Difficulties Hit Oulu
Northern Ostrobothnia is experiencing a tough beginning to the year when it comes to recruiting in certain sectors, reports Kaleva. In January 52 jobs were found hard to recruit for whereas the number was 27 a year ago.
Read the rest of this entry »Contacts, Enthusiasm and `Diversity´
Edward Dutton interviews Ildiko Hamos-Sohlo, a Hungarian who has found work as a project manager in Oulu.
Read the rest of this entry »How to Find a Job in Oulu in Record Time
65 Degrees North meets Hungarian Gabor Valter who may have broken all Oulu expat records by finding a job in just three months It is notoriously difficult for the ‘other half’ of Oulu’s expat technology-workers to find a job and some have to persist for years and years before finding any kind of work or [...]
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