My Finnish Career -coaching 25.10-30.11

Anna Lagerroos

University of Turku Career Services organize My Finnish Career -coaching 25.10-30.11., focusing on career planning, Finnish working life and job seeking in Finland. The coaching is held in English and coordinated by University of Turku Career Services’ career counselors. The application for the coaching begins on Semptember 19.

The coaching focuses on the following topics:

  • How the Finnish labour market works
  • The Finnish work culture
  • Your strengths, skills and career interests
  • Job seeking in Finland
  • Conducting a job interview

​The coaching is designed for:

  • International master’s degree students at University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University
  • Doctoral candidates, Ph.D’s and post-docs at University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University

The coaching includes:

The coaching includes materials and individual tasks in Moodle focusing on the Finnish labour market and work culture, job seeking as well as identifying personal skills and strengths. In addition the coaching icludes group meetings. The meetings will be held primarily face-to-face in Turku, but changes are possible depending on the Coronavirus situation.

The meetings are:

  • Kick-off meeting on 25th of October at 13:00-15:30 at Aurum-building
  • Mid-term meeting on 9th of November 13:00-15:30 at Aurum-building
  • Final meeting on 30th of November 13:00-15:30 at Aurum-building

NB: The kick-off meeting is compulsory. Only those who’ve attended the meeting can continue in the coaching.

Application:

Application for the coaching is open from Semptember 19 to October 17.

To the application form: https://konsta.utu.fi/Default.aspx?tabid=88&tap=13156

Applicants will be notified of the selection by email on October 18. Maximum intake of participants is 30. If there are more than 30 applicants, participants will be selected based on motivation.

Please note that Working Life Coach -programme will also be held from October to December 2022. You can apply for both coachings.

More information:

The UNICOM project:

My Finnish Career coaching is part of the UNICOM-project (The Uniting Companies and International University Talents). The UNICOM-project responds to the lack of talents in companies located in Southwest Finland in pre-selected fields: Tech, Health and Clean. The project aims to increase the labor market’s openness and attractiveness to highly educated international talents already living in the region. The project is ESF funded and runs 1.3.2021–28.2.2023. Read more about the project and its actions here.