Career Services

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Career Services provides you career counselling and guidance on traineeships, in addition to which we organise events related to job seeking and career opportunities. The services are available to you from the beginning of your studies and for a year after graduation.

About Career Services

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We promote employment that matches the education and the goals of the students. This is at the core of everything we do here at Career Services. You can turn to us when  

  • you are pondering over your future and the transition to working life,  
  • you are thinking about your own skills, strengths and goals during your studies,  
  • you are looking for a job or internship,  
  • you need the University's subsidy to finance your traineeship,  
  • you want to develop your job search skills and build your networks to working life, 
  • you wish for peer support or a mentor to clarify your own career path.  

The different teams at Career Services work with you towards these goals. It is important to us that you get support throughout your studies on your path to working life. You can turn to us even after a year of graduation. 

Traineeship and Traineeship Subsidy

More information can be found from the theme Traineeships. You can start the process by checking out the following pages:

Available Jobs and Traineeships, JobTeaser

Career Services has gathered sites where you can find job and traineeship offers. 

You will find job and traineeship offers aimed at students at the University of Helsinki in JobTeaser. 

Career Services’ guidance and counselling

For the UH degree students and recent graduates we offer career counselling both individually and in group settings as well as guidance on questions related to job seeking and traineeships. Support for career planning for highly educated immigrants is provided by the SIMHE services. 

Self-study material for career planning and job seeking

Our career counsellors have created a collection of self-study materials on career planning and job search on the pages below. You can also assess your career readiness on Kudin.fi. Feel free to explore these resources and take a step forward!

Career and recruitment events

In the Career and Recruitment events instruction, you will find events and workshops organized by both Career Services and external organizations. 

Mentoring and UNITalent

Mentoring is an excellent way to improve your self-knowledge, networks and familiarity with employment. Mentoring can be helpful if you are weighing up career options or needing support to clarify your expert identity. Mentoring can cover the identification and expression of your personal strengths, development and competence areas, various career options and familiarity with professional life, career planning and decision-making, as well as job-seeking skills.

In addition to the graduation stage, mentoring works well already during your studies, if you are mulling over these issues or are unsure of your future.

Several parties will provide opportunities for participating in mentoring. Read more about mentoring from Mentoring programmes -page. Helsinki University has it´s own mentoring programme:

The UNITalent programme is for international students and postgraduates and is designed to bring companies and students together. The programme aims to create networks between students and the Finnish working life. International students who are interested in participating mentoring can apply for the Group Mentoring Programme mentioned above.

Graduate employment

The University of Helsinki conducts career monitoring surveys to collect information on graduate employment and the skills needs of employers.

Contact information

Please use email when you have questions related to

Career counsellors:

Sanna Grannas
Career counselling
Career orientation studies and training
Career planning courses for doctoral students

Jarkko Immonen
Career counselling
Career orientation studies and training

Leena Itkonen
Career counselling
Career orientation studies and training

Heini Hult-Miekkavaara
Career counselling
Career orientation studies and training

Johanna Ruhanen
Career counselling
Communication on guidance services

Salla Wilén
Career counselling
Career orientation studies and training

Asmara Riaz
Career counselling for highly educated immigrants (SIMHE)

Kaisa Niskanen
Career counselling for highly educated immigrants (SIMHE)

Traineeships:

Marika Jokioja
Traineeships
University funding for traineeships

Emma Lettinen
Traineeships
University funding for traineeships

UNITalent programme:

Anna Storgårds
UNItalent is a programme that brings companies and international degree students/postgraduate students together.

Inka Saarela
UNItalent is a programme that brings companies and international degree students/postgraduate students together.

Employer Services:

Career Services for employers can be found in the University of Helsinki website at Benefit from the expertise of our students and Increase your visibility at the University. You can also contact us with email on matters related to employer cooperation: employerservices@helsinki.fi.