Webinars concerning job searching and unemployment benefits 

TJS Study Centre is giving out three webinars.  Webinars are useful for anyone who wishes to work in Finland or already works here, but wants to learn more about Finnish job market or unemployment benefits. 

These webinars are free of charge and are transmitted through Teams. A link to the webinar will be sent a day before the webinar to all who have enrolled.  

Welcome!

The importance of networking in job searching

Tue 29.10.2024 at 17-18 in Teams 

This course is for anyone who wishes to work in Finland – especially in white-collar jobs, where the role of networking may play a major part in recruitment. 

The aim of this course is to improve your networking skills and learn to adjust them to Finnish job market. 

We usually have more networking opportunities than we realize. On this course you will learn to recognise, where you could successfully make new contacts and keep them active for future needs. You will get useful tips on how to approach interesting people – especially in Finnish intercourse. You will also learn how to make good use of your network, when seeking to find new job opportunities. 

Keynote speakers of this webinar are training specialists Leena Könkkölä and Inka Ukkola from TJS Opintokeskus. They have organised a wide range of trainings for job seekers.  

Minding the gaps – how to secure one’s unemployment benefits in major career changes

Tue 19.11.2024 at 17-18 in Teams 

In this webinar we get to learn how to navigate in the Finnish system of unemployment benefits. This can be tricky, when shifting from employee to entrepreneur or back. 

The system of unemployment benefits in Finland is complicated in the sense that there is no one universal system for all. There is instead one system for employees and another for entrepreneurs. These systems basically work well, but they don’t always work well together. This means, that in situations, when changing from one system to another – say, for example, initiating a startup after studies or working as an employee, one needs to know, what is a correct procedure on how to do this career change without falling outside the benefit systems.  

Keynote speaker of this webinar Elina Johansson is a lawyer working for KOKO, The Unemployment fund for highly educated. KOKO is the second largest unemployment fund in Finland and has about 270 000 highly educated members, who are working as senior officers or experts.  

CV, Cover Letter and AI  

Mon 9.12.2024 at 13-16 in Teams 

This Webinar will provide you with useful tips on how to improve your CV and cover letters. We shall discuss successful ways of finding jobs in Finland and how to perform better in job interviews. The discussion will include an exchange of best practices including the use of Artificial Intelligence to achieve better results. You can share the event with your spouse/family members as well. 

Keynote speaker in this webinar is Dr Daniel Valtakari is a senior adviser at Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK. He has broad experience in personnel representation on company level and European Union level.  

We reserve the right to make changes. 

TJS Study Centre is The Educational and cultural Centre for Professional Employees. Owners of TJS are the Confederation of Unions for Academic Professionals in Finland (Akava) and the Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees (STTK).