Job

President and CEO of Nokia Pekka Lundmark. Photo: Jaakko Jaskari/Nokia.

Business in Finland

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Finnish telecoms group Nokia to cut up to 10,000 jobs to save costs

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/16/21

The company said it expected to make savings of about 600 million euros.

Video

5 tips for speaking Finnish in a job interview

The Nomad Today 12/15/20

Going to a job interview can be stressful even in your own language, not to mention speaking a foreign language. This video gives you some ideas on how to answer the five common questions in job…

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Work in Finland

LABOUR MARKET

27% of working-age population has difficulties finding employment

The Nomad Today 10/8/20

Results indicate that health limitations, unsuccessful job search, and the availability of significant non-labour incomes are particularly prevalent in Finland, affecting 45%, 30% and 28% of the…

Work in Finland

FINNISH EDUCATION

Teacher job satisfaction dropped

The Nomad Today 10/7/20

They are less likely to recommend their own schools as a good place to work

Coronavirus

POLL

Foreigner.fi readers fear losing their jobs due to Covid-19 crisis

The Nomad Today 9/1/20

Foreigner.fi will ask a different question about Finland and Finnish lifestyle every Friday on its official Twitter account @foreignerfi

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Business in Finland

BUSINESS

Finnair to cut 1,000 jobs despite €700 million state aid

The Nomad Today 8/25/20

The announcement came exactly three months after the Finnish Parliament approved public aid to save the airline within its third supplementary budget for 2020.

Work in Finland

Finland's job vacancy rate lower than EU average, according to Eurostat

The Nomad Today 9/16/19

The greatest shortage of labour was recorded in the services and industry and construction sectors.

World

Job vacancy rate at 2.3% in the European Union

The Nomad Today 5/14/19

The highest job vacancy rates in the fourth quarter of 2018 were recorded in Czechia (6%), Belgium and Germany (both 3.4%) and Austria (3.1%).

Work in Finland

How does income from a part-time job affect the unemployment benefits?

The Nomad Today 4/25/19

You can earn up to 300 euros per month without suffering a reduction in your subsidy, but each euro of income above the exempt amount decreases the unemployment benefit by 50 cents