Working conditions in Finland today: trends and recent changes
In this blog, we’ll take a look at how employees felt working conditions in Finland changed in 2020 during the pandemic.
Minna Canth’s Day 2021: a year into the pandemic
Last year our Minna Canth’s Day post examined the gendered effects of the pandemic. This year, we return to the topic.
Salary levels in Finland: revealing differences
In this blog about salary levels in Finland, we talk about regional salary differences and differences within industries.
The Finnish job market in 2020
The TE office is still an important avenue for employers to advertise their positions. Thus the annual TE office statistics give us important information about the Finnish job market. In this blog post, we take a look at last year and see how the Finnish job market looked like in 2020.
Why and how employers in Finland recruited in 2019: a few lessons
In this blog, we tell you why and how employers recruited in Finland in 2019. The blog contains a few lessons for job seekers.
What type of workers Finland needs in the future: a brief look
In this blog post, we take a look at what professions will be needed in Finland in the future. We particularly pay attention to what that means for the education level of labor force.
What’s with the talk of labor shortages in Finland?
For a long time, discussions about the labor market have focused on the labor shortages in Finland. At the same, however, there is a large number of people who are unemployed in Finland. In this blog post, we’ll examine this paradox.
The 2017 Finnish municipal elections: who got in power where?
In this blog, we take a look at the results of the 2017 Finnish municipal elections. Those tell us who’s in power where currently. This information may be useful when you are forming your voting decision for the upcoming municipal elections.
The Finnish sauna culture: 5 interesting facts
The Finnish sauna culture was added to UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on December 17, 2020. In honor of that we present you here 5 facts you may not have known about Finnish sauna culture.
Apply now to foreign language programs of Finnish universities
The foreign language programs of Finnish universities are now accepting applications. Also, the application period for teaching programs that qualify graduates to teach in Finnish universities of applied sciences and vocational schools is now open as well. In this blog post, we give you the basic application information for both of these options.