Vacancies

Finland

WORK MARKET

Finland had 322,600 unemployed jobseekers at the end of July

The Nomad Today 8/24/21

The figures show some improvement over a year ago, but also show that Finland is still far from pre-pandemic employment levels

Finland

LABOR MARKET

Number of job vacancies in Finland rises to pre-pandemic level

The Nomad Today 8/17/21

The increase was especially noticeable in the Helsinki-Uusimaa region, where 5,800 more vacancies were registered than in the previous year

Finland

FINLAND EMPLOYMENT BULLETIN

Number of unemployed jobseekers declining but still far from pre-pandemic figures

The Nomad Today 7/28/21

The number of unfilled vacancies in June amounted to 145,300, which is 52,300 more than a year ago

Finland

WORK MARKET

Job vacancies in Finland decreased in the first quarter

The Nomad Today 5/19/21

There were still plenty of jobs considered hard to fill in establishments of health and social work activities, in practical nurse jobs and in early childhood education.

Finland

LABOUR MARKET

332,800 unemployed jobseekers in January in Finland

The Nomad Today 3/2/21

The number of unfilled vacancies at Employment and Economic Development Offices amounted to 129,900.

Finland

WORK MARKET

Number of open job vacancies in Finland decreases

The Nomad Today 2/17/21

Compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, the number of open job vacancies decreased most in the major region of Helsinki-Uusimaa.

Finland

WORK MARKET

314,500 unemployed jobseekers

The Nomad Today 12/22/20

This was 86,000 more than a year earlier.

Finland

EMPLOYMENT SERVICE STATISTICS

312,700 unemployed jobseekers

The Nomad Today 11/24/20

The number of long-term unemployed, that is those who had been unemployed without interruption for at least a year, amounted to 82,000, up 20,700 on the previous year .

Finland

Q3 FIGURES

Finland has 43,000 job openings, more than half hard to fill

The Nomad Today 11/16/20

Employers estimated that 54% of the open vacancies, for example in human health or social work , were hard-to-fill.

Finland

LABOUR MARKET

Job vacancies fell 30% in the toughest months of the pandemic

The Nomad Today 8/18/20

Open job vacancies decreased particularly in the major region of Helsinki-Uusimaa. Employers estimated that 44% of these positions were hard-to-fill.

Finland

Finland had 63,300 job vacancies when coronavirus crisis erupted

The Nomad Today 5/19/20

Employers estimated that 30,600 of those positions  were hard-to-fill .

Finland

Number of unemployed jobseekers grew by 69,900 in one month

The Nomad Today 4/23/20

At the end of March, the number of people laid off was 74,000 in the whole country; a year-on-year increase of 53,200.

Finland

Number of unemployed jobseekers and layoffs increased

The Nomad Today 2/25/20

The number of people laid off was 24,400 in the whole country; a year-on-year increase of 3,300.

Finland

Decrease in the number of vacancies in the Finnish labour market

The Nomad Today 2/18/20

Vacancies decreased especially in establishments with at least 10 employees.

Finland

65,000 new vacancies reported to employment offices in October

The Nomad Today 11/26/19

A total of 224,700 unemployed jobseekers were registered at the Finnish Employment and Economic Development Offices at the end of October. In all, the number of unfilled vacancies amounted to…

Finland

Almost 50,000 open job vacancies in Finland

The Nomad Today 11/15/19

Construction and wholesale and retail trade had many jobs considered hard to fill, according to Statistics Finland.

Finland

Number of unemployed decreased, but layoffs increased

The Nomad Today 10/22/19

The number of unfilled vacancies at employment offices in September amounted to 121,500, which was 21,000 more than a year ago. However, the layoffs figures suggest that not everything is going well…

Finland

More open vacancies and more people employed at the end of August

The Nomad Today 9/24/19

The number of unemployed jobseekers was down by 36,300 from the previous month, according to the Employment Bulletin of the Ministry of Economic Affairs.

Finland

Health and retail offer the largest number of job vacancies in Finland

The Nomad Today 8/19/19

The number of open job positions was 50,900 in the second quarter of 2019. Employers estimated that 60% of them (around 30,500 vacancies) were hard to fill. The field that reduced most the…

Finland

The number of unemployed in Finland decreased to 249,000 in May

The Nomad Today 6/25/19

The unemployment rate is lower among women (8.5%) than among men (9%), according to Statistics Finland's Labour Force Survey. The number of unemployed job seekers registered  at the employment…