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It pays off to study – a glance at expected career lengths in Finland

In this blog, we discuss are recent study looking at working life and unemployment expectancies and conclude that it pays off to study.

April 4, 2024April 4, 2024Working in Finland

Gendered career differences in the industrial sector of Finland

In this blog post, we look at gendered career differences in the industrial sector in Finland. We look at salaries and career advancement.

June 8, 2023June 7, 2023Working in Finland

Finnwards blogs about women on this International Women’s Day

In honor of the International Women’s Day on March 8, we collected together our extensive blog archive on women and the Finnish labor market.

March 8, 2023June 8, 2023Living in Finland, Working in Finland

Employers’ attitudes toward aging workers in Finland

In this blog post, we discuss a recent survey on employers’ attitudes toward aging workers in Finland with a special focus on women. We introduce the term ‘menopause-friendly workplace’ to the DEI lexicon in Finland.

October 13, 2022October 12, 2022Working in Finland

Management salaries in Finland

In this blog post, we look at management salaries in Finland. We’ve written a lot about Finnish salaries, but this is the first time we discuss mangers.

March 24, 2022March 25, 2022Working in Finland

Diversity in the boards in Finland, take 2

This week we return to the issue of diversity in the boards of publicly-traded companies in Finland with some new information. We did some number crunching ourselves to look at gender, age, education, and nationality diversity in the boards of two different groups of publicly-traded companies in Finland.

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022Working in Finland

Who are sitting on company boards in Finland?

In this blog post, we take a look at the demographics of those who are sitting on company boards in Finland. We focus on age and gender.

February 3, 2022February 4, 2022Working in Finland

Gender discrimination in technical professions in Finland

In this blog post, we summarize a recent research publication by Susanna Bairoh and Sanna Putila. In it, they look at gender discrimination in technical professions in Finland. The research is based on surveys of TEK members.

January 27, 2022January 28, 2022Working in Finland

Social relationships at Finnish workplaces during the pandemic

In this blog post, we discuss what a recent research publication says about the effects of the Corona pandemic on the social relationships at Finnish workplaces.

January 20, 2022January 28, 2022Working in Finland

Our ultimate guide to salaries in Finland

This is our ultimate guide to salaries in Finland. We list our previous salary blogs and briefly describe what’s in them and give new info on the gender pay gap. Most importantly, we provide you with a new free resource on salaries in Finland!

November 18, 2021February 14, 2023Working in Finland

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