Do you need support in job searching?

Job searching requires your own initiative, but you don’t have to do everything alone. At Vakka-Suomi Employment Services, we offer support and guidance for job searching in different life situations.

Career Guidance and Counselling

Career guidance and counselling can help you explore and clarify your education and career options at different stages of life.

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Career Coaching

Career coaching provides information, guidance, and support for clarifying your career options, applying for education, and developing your readiness for working life. It helps you discover your strengths and find a new direction in your career.

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Job Search Coaching

Job searching is a skill you can learn. In job search coaching, you’ll learn how to search for a job independently and with clear goals.

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Job Coaching

If you need personal assistance and advice in job searching or choosing a field of study, job coaching is the right service for you. Job coaching is tailored to your needs. With a job coach, you’ll identify and present your skills and strengths on the job market.

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Work Try-Out

Through a work try-out, you can explore career and occupational options through hands-on work tasks.

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Labour Market Training

Labour market training helps you develop and expand your skills to meet labour market needs. It is organized by public employment services in cooperation with educational institutions.

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Ohjaamo- service for youth

If you're under 30, visiting the "Ohjaamo" youth guidance center can help get you started. You can get information and guidance on studies, employment, and everyday life.

Certificate for Jobseekers with Partial Work Ability

If you have a doctor-diagnosed disability or illness that affects your employment and you are applying to a large employer, you can request a certificate from the employment authority. The certificate indicates that you are registered in the employment services system as a person with partial work ability. This certificate helps reduce the employer’s threshold for hiring and supports your employment.

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Multidisciplinary Joint Service Promoting Employment

If you need broad-based services to support employment, you can get help through multidisciplinary services. This service model is a collaboration between different organizations and is aimed at long-term unemployed individuals.

It’s suitable if your employment challenges are not only due to lack of jobs or skills, but also due to issues with life management or work capacity.

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Varha Services for Jobseekers

The wellbeing services county of Southwest Finland (Varha) offers rehabilitative work activities, youth workshops, and health checks for unemployed individuals.

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Financial Support for Job Searching and Employment

Wage Subsidy

Wage subsidy is financial support granted to employers to cover the salary costs of hiring unemployed jobseekers.

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Employment Subsidy for Jobseekers Aged 55 or Over

TFinancial support for employers to cover salary costs of unemployed jobseekers aged 55 and over. The aim is to improve their employment opportunities by enhancing professional skills or entrepreneurial abilities.

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Compensation for Job Search-Related Travel and Accommodation Costs

You may be reimbursed for expenses related to job searching or participation in services that promote employment.

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Discretionary Expense Reimbursement

You may receive discretionary compensation for costs incurred from participating in services that promote employment.

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Job Searching Abroad

If you are an unemployed jobseeker and want to look for work in another EU/EEA country or Switzerland, you may be eligible to receive unemployment benefits from Finland for up to 3 months. The employment office in the destination country must also accept you as a jobseeker.

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