The unemployment rate was 7.7%, or 1.6 percentage points higher than the previous year, according to the Labour Force Survey issued by Statistics Finland.
The number of unemployed jobseekers increased by 162,700 year-on-year. The unemployment rate was 7.9%, or 1.8 percentage points higher than the previous year.
Lauren Stevens came to Finland to live with her spouse. Despite having graduated from Tampere University with a master's degree, her efforts to integrate and find a job according to…
The number of unfilled vacancies in February amounted to 164,400, which was 3,000 more than a year ago. The number of people fully laid off totaled 18,800, representing an increase of 2,800 from…
In December, the number of unemployed increased by 29,100 from the previous month. Overall, Finland finished 2019 with 1,200 unemployed job seekers more than the previous year.
The activation model that allows Kela to cut the benefits of unemployed who do not find work will be abolished in January 2020. It was created by the Government of former Prime Minister Juha…
The number of unfilled vacancies at Employment and Economic Development Offices in July amounted to 100,000, which was 8,400 more than a year ago. The number of persons covered by services…
70.4% of the men and women who make up the foreign workforce live in three Finnish regions. Swedish-speaking Åland archipelago is the area with the lowest percentage of unemployment among…
Carmen Tomás has lived in Finland for more than thirty years. During this time she has experienced the country's brightest stage while working in Nokia, but also the darkest as a job…
The number of first residence permit applications on the grounds of employment grew by 25% in 2018, while the arrival of asylum seekers fell to the levels previous to 2015. A total of 646…
As many as 1.9 million Finns of working age have some type of disability or chronic disease. The authorities invested 11.5 million euros in a project to improve the labour market opportunities…
The number of unfilled vacancies at Employment and Economic Development Offices in March amounted to 168,500, which was 27,100 more than a year ago. The number of long-term unemployed fell by…
In Finland 9 out of 10 open vacancies are for highly qualified labor. The Government works on a new strategy to attract international talent while many migrants denounce alleged discriminatory…