INSPIRATION CATALOG FOR EXPATS
A move to a new country can feel overwhelming, exciting, and isolating. It often is a complete emotional rollercoaster that can include smaller or bigger cultural shocks.
There are many explanations why a move from one culture to another can be extremely taxing and confusing. And the reason why you make that move can significantly impact the emotions that come up before, during, and after the move.
We here at Finnwards understand that because we ourselves have done international moves for a variety of reasons. We’ve moved on our own to pursue our educational or professional goals. We’ve also moved as trailing spouses. We’ve moved without children and we’ve moved with them.
The range of our personal experiences as expats and our professional experiences hiring international talents in Finland have sparked us to create services that have both a global and a Finland-specific focus.
Our services vary from self-guided online courses to personal, one-on-one coaching. Choose what suits your needs.
GLOBALLY WE OFFER
- one-on-one transition coaching for anyone needing help in finding clarity in their new life;
- career coaching particularly for trailing spouses looking to rediscover and recreate their careers in the new country; and
- one-on-one coaching for anyone looking to improve their cross-cultural dexterity and intercultural communication skils.
FOR EXPATS IN FINLAND WE OFFER
- self-guided online courses about working, living, and playing in Finland;
- one-on-one transition and career coaching;
- one-on-one coaching to increase your cross-cultural dexterity and intercultural communication skills;
- career-related consulting; and
- free resources that help you no matter where in your expat journey you are.
Do you want to...
gain clarity in your transition to a new country (in Finland or elsewhere)?
gain clarity in your career goals in a new country (in Finland or elsewhere)?
increase your cross-cultural dexterity and communication skills?
get help in pursuing existing career goals in Finland?
learn about living, working, and playing in Finland?
TRANSITION COACHING
Transitioning to a new life in a new country can feel overwhelming, frustrating, and even scary.
It means adjusting to a new culture, a new way of working, studying, or just living. It means building a network and a local support structure from scratch.
No matter how experienced you are in global transitions, a new move can still present a surprising amount of uncertainty and self-doubt.
Our transition coaching will help you find clarity in the fog of transition. It will help you define goals for your new life and steps to take you there. It offers you personal support in this journey.
Yes, I'd like to learn more about..
CAREER COACHING
Especially if you are a trailing spouse, moving to a new country can be difficult.
You may have had an established career in your previous home country and now you’ve had to give that up to follow your spouse to somewhere new. You may be unsure whether you want to pursue this same career in the new country, how to go about doing it, or whether you want to start doing something completely different.
Our 1-on-1 career coaching services can help you achieve that long awaited clarity on your career desires and create a concrete action plan to achieve what you want to achieve.
Yes, I'd like to gain clarity and learn more about...
CROSS-CULTURAL DEXTERITY COACHING
It can be difficult to adapt your behavior to the cultural patterns of your new country. You may feel anxious, frustrated, or even resentful of the changes that are required for you to succeed in your new environment.
In our cross-cultural dexterity coaching, we help you identify the specific situations in which behavior and communication in the new environment are most difficult for you. Then, we develop an action plan to help you in your adaptation process. All in a way that still lets you feel like your authentic self.
Yes, I would like to learn about...
1-ON-1 CONSULTING SERVICES FOR EXPATS IN FINLAND
If you know what career you want to pursue in Finland, we can help make that goal come true. We can do industry and company research for you and see whether we can help you help yourself crack some doors open.
We can help you
- research your dream industry for you;
- locate the best employers for you in your dream industry; and
- devise a strategy to open some doors for you in Finland.
Yes, I'm interested in receiving personalized assistance reaching my career goals in Finland
SELF-GUIDED ONLINE COURSES AND FREE RESOURSES ABOUT FINLAND
Our self-guided online courses tell you about different aspects about living, working, and playing in Finland. The courses range from introductory courses to Finland in general to more detailed courses about particular aspects of working and living here.
Our self-guided online courses are in English. They all have subtitles. They have been designed with ease-of-use in mind. You can listen to them on-the-go or watch them without the sound on.
In addition to the self-guided online courses, we also have a blog and plenty of free online resources you can use to learn more about Finland.
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WE DELIVER OUR SERVICES AS
self-guided online courses
We have several self-guided courses that take you through different aspects of Finnish culture.
one-on-one coaching and consulting online
We deliver our services via our online coaching tool and video calls.