14. Campaign goals
1. Bring all the highly skilled international people at one
place, so that the companies can find them.
2. Even when international leaves Finland, companies can
connect even in the home countries
3. Enable internationals to package them well and make
your culture knowledge, network in the home country, etc.
your key strength for internationals projects
15. Key messages ofthe Findwork.ficampaign
1. Lot of international talents who have incredibly high skills and
talent and want to work, give back to society in Finland, so we
want to highlight this fact
2. Encourage companies to go international and provide them with
right resources
Hashtags for Findwork.fi campaign
#findworkfi #HireInternationals #me2we
17. Campaign visibility
• Finnkino movie theaters
- Video
• Social Media Channels
• A total of 168 305 viewers saw our commercial that vastly
exceeded our estimate of 110 000 viewers
• Target of 10 000 international talents in platform
• Partners are collaborating and sharing content for e.g. blogs
and posts in their own channels
18. findwork.fi
Companies can use www.findwork.fi to:
• Create job, internship and thesis ads
• Collaborate with universities around the world
• Crowdsource projects for international talents
• Find talents from the largest talent pool in Finland
29. @TEK_akateemiset
• Annual survey done in cooperation by TEK and all Finnish universities of
technology
• In 2014, 1 526 of all the 2 627 graduates answered the survey (58 %)
• Among respondents, 12,7 % were international students (44 EU, 150 non-EU)
• Tools for education development and influecing education politics
• Study covers themes such as:
– Studies and study guidance
– Importance and development of competencies
– Employability
– Over all satisfaction
Results of 2014 graduates
# PreWappu
31. @TEK_akateemiset# PreWappu
25%
25%
65%
44%
45%
22%
14%
8%
5%
18%
23%
8%
0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 % 50 % 60 % 70 % 80 % 90 % 100 %
Non Eu country, n=130
EU country, n=40
Finnish n=1214
I have a work contract (not related to my graduate studies) I don't have a work contract, but I am looking for a job
I will continue as a full-time graduate student Something else, please specify
32. @TEK_akateemiset# PreWappu
79%
67%
55%
32%
11%
19%
27%
49%
4%
4%
8%
7%
6%
10%
10%
12%
0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 % 50 % 60 % 70 % 80 % 90 % 100 %
> 2 years, n=300
1-2 years, n=238
< 1 year, n=484
Not at all, n=204
I have a work contract (not related to my graduate studies) I don't have a work contract, but I am looking for a job
I will continue as a full-time graduate student Something else, please specify
34. @TEK_akateemiset# PreWappu
45%
47%
48%
18%
6%
30%
37%
47%
18% 5%
0 % 10 % 20 % 30 % 40 % 50 % 60 % 70 % 80 % 90 % 100 %
Non EU country
Other EU country
Finnish
Yes, I have done my Master's thesis for the organization
Yes, I have previously worke in the organization (excluding the work related to Master's thesis)
No, I don't have a previous relation with the organization
Something else, please specify
36. @TEK_akateemiset
• Universities:
– Encourage and enable forming of contacts with companies. Integrate
company cooperation into degree studies.
– Provide good study and career guidance
– Encourage language and culture learning
• Employers:
– Discover the potential of international students and graduates
– Be bold and innovative with recruitment
– Be active towards universities and degree programmes
# PreWappu
37. @TEK_akateemiset
• Ekonomit and TEK:
– Find out and distribute facts. Example: Master Thesis focusing on the factors
affecting the employability of internationals currently in process.
– Reach out to internationals: What does it take to get employed in Finland?
– Make sure the internationals know you and what you can do for them!
• Students and graduates:
– Get work experience and contacts, also out side the university campus
– Get a hang of local language and culture
– Be active and form networks. Tonight is a great opportunity!
# PreWappu
39. CareerBoost – Boost your Job
Search
Pre-Wappu Networking Event
28th of April 2016
Sirpa Huttunen
40. CareerBoost
• The Finnish Business School Graduates and
Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland
TEK were among founders of this Program in
2009.
• Now we are starting the English-speaking
Program! Start 20th of September
41. BOOST your Job Search
• CareerBoost supports academics with a
comprehensive peer group program
• A novel way to resolve the unemployment
challenges of international academics
• CareerBoost significantly increases your chances
to find a job or to identify another solution, such
as further education or entrepreneurship
42. Content of the Program
• Each group is made of 7-10 academic participants
• The peer group will meet once a week during 9
weeks - each meeting lasts 3 hours
• There will be a lot of homework – you have to be
prepared to work hard
• We believe in diversity!
• Please register: http://tyonhakuveturi.fi/careerboost
43. Feedback of the Finnish groups
”An efficient job hunting package”
”I learned more about myself; about my strengths
(and weaknesses) upon which to build my future
on”
”A valuable program and I am happy that I could
participate in this program. I would not have
guessed beforehand that 9*3 hours would be such a
magnificent package”
44. CareerBoost – Further information by
Training Manager Sirpa Huttunen, tel. 050 464 7177,
sirpa.huttunen@tyonhakuveturi.fi
Career Coach Nina Juhava, tel. 050 588 0146,
nina.juhava@ekonomit.fi
Career Coach Satu Myller, tel. 040 752 8970,
satu.myller@tek.fi
48. #PreWappu 4829.4.2016
”Learning from Experience”
“Method of Personal Development, where a
Senior or more Experienced Individual acts as
an Advisor, Counselor, or Guide
to a Junior or less Experienced one.”
Arja Parpala
49. #PreWappu 4929.4.2016
Formal Further and Continuing Education
Performance Appraisals and Discussions
Mentoring, Coaching, Professional Guidance
Hobbies, Positions of Trust
Learning at Work and from Work
Interaction with others, Sharing and Sparring
Self studying, Online Learning, Reading
Arja Parpala
51. #PreWappu 5129.4.2016
What
would you
want to
have a
mentor
for?
What are
your
Objectives?
How about
your
Network?
How to
Contact a
Potential
Mentor?
Get to
know each
other!
M
a
t
c
h
?
Arja Parpala
52. #PreWappuArja Parpala 5229.4.2016
• Who are you?
• What are you especially interested in?
• What do you want to learn or achieve?
• Why would she or he say YES for being your
mentor?
55. Leaving Stadis Kuo -
The Journey to the Top of Finnish Business Life
Pre-Wappu Networking Event
Suomen Ekonomit / TEK
Helsinki, 28.4.2016
André Noël Chaker
Speaker-Writer-Entrepreneur
59. We are the champions my friends
And we’ll keep on fighting to the end
We are the champions
We are the champions
No time for loosers cause we are the
champions of the world!