1 Employment and Economic Development Office of North Ostrobothnia WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
What do you Can you market? want? You?
What can you Do you have a do? marketing strategy? For you? What do you need?
Employment and Economic Development Office of North 2 Ostrobothnia What does the Labour market have to offer? And what do you have to offer for it…
map Stay current on matters that interest you and on their development NETWORK!
”keep your ears to the ground”
Employment and Economic Development Office of North 3 Ostrobothnia Professional competence
Computer skills Training
J.O.B SEEKER Ltd Language Etc... skills
PRODUCT
Marketable JOHN
Employment and Economic Development Office of North 4 Ostrobothnia FINDING WORK IN FINLAND
General rules apply
Be active Show interest Show iniative
Employment and Economic Development Office of North 5 Ostrobothnia Points to consider
What kind of work are you looking for? What can you do? What have you done? What is your field of interest?
When can you start? How many hours a day/week can you work?
Employment and Economic Development Office of North 6 Ostrobothnia Points to consider
What are your qualifications? What skills do you have?
What languages do you need? Finnish Swedish English German/French/Russian etc etc….
Permits?
Employment and Economic Development Office of North 7 Ostrobothnia WHEN LOOKING FOR WORK REMEMBER TO MAKE SURE YOUR RIGHT TO WORK IS LEGITIMATE
VALID WORK PERMIT, RESIDENCE PERMIT
www.migri.fi www.poliisi.fi
Employment and Economic Development Office of North 8 Ostrobothnia APPLICATION COVER LETTER
Curriculum Vitae
Employment and Economic Development Office of North 9 Ostrobothnia IN WRITING…YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION
Your name Address Phone number, international format (+358 (0)44 2365 254 E-mail (not [email protected]) Skype LinkedIn… ”Ink blot…” aka QR And in saving your CV / cover letter save it as your name+employer or something sensible not 29. application or merely the employer’s name
Employment and Economic Development Office of North 10 Ostrobothnia JOB APPLICATION,COVER LETTER
IS THE MARKETING LETTER Can be; Application to a vacancy that you have seen/heard of An open application
Length of the application max 1 page (in general), in an e-mail the message part CV (résumé) can be longer ALWAYS attach a CV to the application diplomas/recommendation letter do not need to be attached, unless specifically asked for
Employment and Economic Development Office of North 11 Ostrobothnia CV FORMAT
All CV’s need to tailored for that specific employer, job, reserach project, grant application
Academic . Only academic job applications Chronological . Traditional format Skills-based . Highlighting your skills
What are you applying for?
Employment and Economic Development Office of North 12 Ostrobothnia PRESENTATION (CV)
Lenght: usually max 2 pages or 1 A4 two-sided, exception! academic CV’s
Number pages and make sure your name is on all pages Easy read Logical structure, clear headings If original vacancy Highlight key points ”jargonish” Edit answer in kind Succinct language, NO rambling No fireworks, black and white, font traditional Watch your language (eg. UK vs. USA), jargon is confusing Active words (organised > Employment and Economic Development Office of North 13 Ostrobothnia EXAMPLES OF CV’S ETC www.europass.fi Google: cv writing Employment and Economic Development Office of North 14 Ostrobothnia What is DISCO? DISCO, the European Dictionary of Skills and Competences, is an online thesaurus that currently covers more than 104,000 skills and competence terms and approximately 36,000 example phrases. Available in eleven European languages, DISCO is one of the largest collections of its kind in the education and labour market. Employment and Economic Development Office of North 15 Ostrobothnia HOW TO FIND COMPANIES OR POINTS OF CONTACT? Networking study, social life, friends, work, hobbies, grapevine, etc Search engines Company websites (open application) News, documentaries, other TV programmes Newspapers (online newspapers) magazines Professional/international publications Private recruitment agencies etc., etc. Employment and Economic Development Office of North 16 Ostrobothnia Facebook Employer often has/takes the opportunity to check your info/profile… make sure it is updated and that the picture being drawn is what you want.. Employment and Economic Development Office of North 17 Ostrobothnia RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN QUALIFICATIONS Additional information from the following links National Authority for Welfare & Health www.oph.fi www.valvira.fi The Finnish National Board of Education www.evira.fi Finnish Food Safety Authority Employment and Economic Development Office of North 18 Ostrobothnia RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS Finnish National Board of Education (OPH) recognition required for posts in public sector not required for private sector, unless the profession in question is regulated (e.g. electricians, pilots) Right to practise profession needed for the following professions: health care professionals, veterinary surgeons, chartered public finance auditors, chartered accountants, advocates, seafarers Different authorities grant the right Employment and Economic Development Office of North 19 Ostrobothnia SUOMI FINLAND Employment and Economic Development Office of North 20 Ostrobothnia www.te-services.fi Employment and Economic Development Office of North 21 Ostrobothnia www.te-services.fi Employment and Economic Development Office of North 22 Ostrobothnia Employment and Economic Development Office of North 23 Ostrobothnia Employment and Economic Development Office of North 24 Ostrobothnia Employment and Economic Development Office of North 25 Ostrobothnia • Educational institutions' websites • Newspapers' recruitment sites • Other recruitment websites • Websites of employer and employee organisations • Other jobs search engines Employment and Economic Development Office of North 26 Ostrobothnia Employment and Economic Development Office of North 27 Ostrobothnia Te-palvelut.fi >pohjois-pohjanmaa Employment and Economic Development Office of North 28 Ostrobothnia www.hpl.fi Eg Lappland hotells recruit through Staffpoint, Opteam Employment and Economic Development Office of North 29 Ostrobothnia ForeAmmatti.fi is an online service that aims to shorten the time spent in search of work • You will find answers to • ForeAmmatti offers labour the following questions: information of 200 • How many open vacancies professions regionally. there are per profession? • The forecast of the 2017 • Where are the jobs labor market situation situated? • The number of unemployed • What skills employers per profession per region demand from job seekers? • The number of open • How tough is the vacancies now and in the competition for jobs now past 12 months and in the near future? • Competencies valued by • ForeAmmatti is specifically employers in job for those seeking work, or advertisements planning to change the • The average salary of the profession profession Employment and Economic Development Office of North 30 Ostrobothnia Saw dust >Ethanol Employment and Economic Development Office of North 31 Ostrobothnia www.transtech.fi Employment and Economic Development Office of North 32 Ostrobothnia Employment and Economic Development Office of North 33 Ostrobothnia Things associated with building the nuclear power plant in Pyhäjoki: RAOS Titan-2 etc www.fennovoima.fi if you are interested send an e-mail with CV to eures.oulu@te-toimisto.fi, heading Hanhikivi Employment and Economic Development Office of North 34 Ostrobothnia www.laplandstaff.fi/ Employment and Economic Development Office of North 35 Ostrobothnia Employment and Economic Development Office of North 36 Ostrobothnia Employment and Economic Development Office of North 37 Ostrobothnia Finnish Enterprise Agency www.uusyrityskeskus.fi/ Employment and Economic Development Office of North 38 Ostrobothnia Employment and Economic Development Office of North 39 Ostrobothnia TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT and other matters . Collective agreements (Finnish TES or VES) specifying pay rates for various sectors, terms of employment etc www.finlex.fi (an online database of up-to-date legislative and other judicial information of Finland) . There is no minimum wage (see www.tyosuojelu.fi for details) . www.te-services Public Employment Service . www.akava.fi, www.sak.fi, www.sttk.fi central organisations of Finnish unions . Useful web sites: www.tyj.fi (the Federation of Unemployment Funds in Finland) www.vero.fi (Tax Administration) www.kela.fi (Social Insurance Institution) www.tyosuojelu.fi (Occupational Safety and Health Authority) www.etk.fi (Finnish Centre for pensions) ASK FOR THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT IN WRITING! Employment and Economic Development Office of North 40 Ostrobothnia Employment and Economic Development Office of North 41 Ostrobothnia Tyosuojelu.fi > employment relationship • Employment contract • Certificate of employment • Working hours • Temporary agency work • Pay • Non-discrimination • Annual holidays • Working hours of a driver • Other leave from • Foreign employee employment • Posted worker • Lay-offs • Young worker • Rights and • Collective agreement responsibilities at work • Termination Employment and Economic Development Office of North 42 Ostrobothnia NORDIC PERSPECTIVES EUROPEAN JOBDAYS ON SITE (Oulu, Radisson) – ONLINE (europeanjobdays.eu) 14.02.2017 43 Employment and Economic Development Office of North Ostrobothnia AIM 4 EFFECTIVE JOB SEEKING!! Be active and resourceful in looking for employment opportunities! Pay attention Step outside the usual boundaries (comfort zone..) Expand your job seeking area both physically and mentally Take advantage of the different channels! Use your network to network! Assess what are your strengths, your skill set, your marketable assets Prepare your marketing strategy! Employment and Economic Development Office of North 44 Ostrobothnia Employment and Economic Development Office of North 45 Ostrobothnia