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HIGHER EDUCATION

4,850 exchange students expected to arrive in Finland in autumn

Foreigner.fi 7/5/21

While incoming exchange students will outnumber outgoing ones by a considerably margin in the autumn, 11 higher education institutions have imposed restrictions on incoming students

Minister of Employment, Tuula Haatainen, at a government press conference. Photo: Lauri Heikkinen/Vnk/File photo.

WORK

Finland to launch new online tool to match unemployed with jobs

Foreigner.fi 6/28/21

The so-called Job Market platform uses artificial intelligence to enable jobseekers and employers "to find each other faster and better."

EMPLOYMENT BULLETIN

Finland had 301,200 unemployed job seekers at the end of May

Foreigner.fi 6/22/21

The number of unfilled vacancies in May amounted to 154,800, which is 57,900 more than a year ago.

A high education student. Photo: Pixabay.

STUDY IN FINLAND

6,000 admitted to Finnish higher education programmes in English

Foreigner.fi 6/22/21

Besides Finns, the top two nationalities among the accepted applicants were Vietnamese and Bangladeshi .

LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

Employment increased in Finland in May from one year ago

Foreigner.fi 6/22/21

The unemployment rate stood at 9.6%, having been 10.9% in May 2020.

WORK IN FINLAND

Migri now charges € 65 to seasonal workers for a change of employer

Foreigner.fi 6/18/21

If the application is filed in paper form, the fee is 165 euros, the Ministry of the Interior says.

Minister of Employment Tuula Haatainen. Photo: Jussi Altonen/Vnk/File photo.

WORK IN FINLAND

Finland amends Aliens Act to prevent exploitation of foreign labour

Foreigner.fi 6/18/21

A worker’s residence permit may be refused if there are grounds to suspect that the employer or the sponsor intends to circumvent the provisions on entry or residence.

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FOREIGN WORKERS

Finland prohibits charging berry pickers for recruitment, training

Foreigner.fi 6/5/21

The new Act that comes into force on June 14 2021 will also ban "unreliable" companies from operating in this sector.

Minister of Employment Tuula Haatainen (R), with Prime Minister Sanna Marin (L) talking with the former Prime Minister Antti Rinne in Parliament. Photo: Kimmo Brandt/Eduskunta.

LABOUR MARKET FORECAST

Unemployment in Finland will not fall to prepandemic level until 2023

Foreigner.fi 6/2/21

The number of long-term unemployed is forecast to rise to 111,000 during 2021 and peak at 115,000 in early 2022.

Employment Minister Tuula Haatainen (R) speaks in Parliament in front of Prime Minister Sanna Marin. Photo: Hanne Salonen/Eduskunta.

EMPLOYMENT BULLETIN

318,400 unemployed jobseekers

Foreigner.fi 5/25/21

The number of new vacancies reported during April totaled 76,100, or 26,000 more than in April the previous year.

Prime Minister Sanna Marin (C) during a press conference. Photo: Lauri Heikkinen/Vnk.

LABOR FORCE SURVEY

Unemployment in Finland climbed to 9% in April

Foreigner.fi 5/25/21

The unemployment rate for young people stood at 25.7% .

AGRICULTURE

Nearly 11,000 seasonal workers allowed to work in Finland this summer

Foreigner.fi 5/24/21

As in previous years, most of the seasonal work permits are issued to Ukrainian nationals.

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WORK MARKET

Job vacancies in Finland decreased in the first quarter

Foreigner.fi 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.

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HIGHER EDUCATION

Women complete nearly 60% of university degrees in Finland

Foreigner.fi 5/15/21

Women studied clearly more often than men in the fields of education, arts and humanities, health and welfare, social sciences and journalism.

A tram runs through the center of Helsinki. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

LABOUR MARKET

Finland had 331,500 unemployed jobseekers at the end of March

Foreigner.fi 5/4/21

The total number of unfilled vacancies amounted to 162,500 in March, which was 12,600 more than a year ago.

LABOUR FORCE SURVEY

Unemployment in Finland 8.3% in the first quarter

Foreigner.fi 5/4/21

The employment rate stood at 70.7% in March, still a long way from the 75% target set by the Government chaired by Prime Minister Sanna Marin for this term.

FILED - Patrick Schanowski, research assistant, communicates during a press conference at the TU Darmstadt with robot "Alfie", a Moral Choice Machine, during the Center for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Presentation. Photo: Arne Dedert/dpa.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

245,000 people across the EU enrolled in Finland's AI course

Foreigner.fi 5/3/21

The objective of the free course 'The elements of AI' is to train 1% of EU citizens in the basics of artificial intelligence.

Office of the Finnish Social Security Institution (Kela) in Espoo. Photo: © Foreigner.fi.

HIGHER EDUCATION

Kela to refer unpaid student healthcare fees to enforcement authority

Foreigner.fi 4/7/21

8,150 students have not paid the health fees even after receiving a reminder and it has not been possible to deduct the amounts from their study grant payments.

WORK IN FINLAND