Career Services

• HelsinkiUNI International Talent Programme (UNITalent) - application period is open 27.10. - 7.11.
  UNITalent is a 3-month networking programme where you connect with Finnish organisations, gain career insights, and expand your network. While it is not a recruitment or trainee programme, it’s a unique chance to understand the job market.
  Get to know the participating companies and organisations on JobTeaser and apply.

• 10.11.: HelsinkiUNI Career Day III – Towards a Hopeful Future 

  HelsinkiUNI Career Day is Back!

  How to utilize your own strengths, values, resources and interests in planning your future? When you look back on your past, is it hard to see a coherent story? How to shift the focus on your cv from your academic achievements to effectively translating your scientific skills? Maybe putting your thesis ideas/work into a poster could help you clarify the essentials?  

  The UH career counsellors are organizing the third HelsinkiUNI Career Day of the year on Monday 11th of November. In the event you get to work out and discuss these and many other themes with peers pondering the same issues.  

  Time: Mon 10 November, 9-16 
  Session venues: Porthania (Yliopistonkatu 3), rooms PIII, P114 (Urbarium) and P219 (Teacher’s Lounge). 
  Accessibility: Please find the accessibility information for the venues in the session descriptions.  

  Check out the program here and sign up for the sessions (JobTeaser)! 

  Previous HelsinkiUNI Career Days have been very popular, so book your place in good time! 

   

• Read our latest monthly bulletin for students: Towards summer and summer jobs - Updates in Career Services and on JobTeaser

   

JobTeaser is a commercial partner of the University of Helsinki. In JobTeaser, you can find jobs and traineeships as well as career and recruitment events. You can find more information about JobTeaser in the instructions. Log in to the JobTeaser with helsinki.fi account. 

Note! If you are registering to the JobTeaser for the first time, please choose your field of study. 

If you have any questions please contact: careerservices@helsinki.fi.

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. 

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

• Frequently asked questions about traineeships
• Degree programme-specific traineeship instructions
• Traineeship subsidy and funding

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

• Available jobs and traineeships 

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

• Get to know JobTeaser
• Log in to JobTeaser 

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. 

• Career Services’ guidance and counselling (e.g. drop-in support for job search, career counselling by appointment, career counsellors on campus, traineeship guidance)
• Services for immigrants

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!

• Tools for planning your career and future
• Tips for job search
• LinkedIn Quick Guide (Moodle, if you are an alumni, please login as a guest)
• Kudin.fi – Career readiness self-assessment
• How to find a job in Finland? (Moodle, if you are an alumni, please login as a guest)
• Working Life Now webinars (YouTube)

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

• Career and recruitment events 

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. 

The UNITalent programme is for international students and doctoral researchers 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.

• UNITalent programme

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

• Graduate employment 

Please use email when you have questions related to

• Job seeking, career counselling or planning, Career Services training or events
  careerguidance@helsinki.fi
• Traineeships
  traineeships@helsinki.fi
• Other matters
  careerservices@helsinki.fi

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

Salla Wilén
Career counselling
Career orientation studies and training

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.

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.