Career and Recruitment Events

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Career Services organises events, workshops and info sessions. The themes of the events are career and employment.

Career Events for International Students

In this list you can find upcoming events aimed at international students. The Career Services' own career events and those of companies and other organizations aimed at students and recent graduates can be found on the JobTeaser career portal.

  • no upcoming events at the moment.

JobTeaser is a commercial partner of the University of Helsinki. On the portal, you can find events as well as job and traineeship offers. Log in to the portal with your helsinki.fi id. Check out JobTeaser.


 

Career Services' upcoming workshops

Life After Graduation – A Career Workshop for International Near-Graduates

Are you graduating soon? Are you feeling a little bit nervous about your next steps, how to look for jobs in Finland, who will you be when you are not a student anymore, and all that? Then this worshop is for you!

Date and time: Tue 19th of May, 2026 from 12 to 3 pm
Venue: City Centre Campus, Language Centre, lecture room 304 (Fabianinkatu 26)
Language: English
Register on JobTeaser (DL noon Thu 18th of May) 

The topics of this workshop will include e.g.:

  • Critical perspectives on the Finnish labour market and recruitment cultures;
  • Recognising and verbalising your expertise and competencies in culturally informed manner;
  • Building meaningful networks – how and why;
  • Exploring your own career questions and story in search of cohesion, direction, and meaning.

Target group: The workshop is designed for international UH degree students looking to graduate during 2026, but we welcome all UH degree students, PhD researchers, and alumni (up to 12 months from graduation) who are interested in the topic.


Accessibility: The venue is accessible with a wheelchair. An elevator with electrical doors gets you to the 3rd floor where the workshop host will open the door of the lecture room for you. There is a small (2-3 cm) threshold. There is no induction loop.
Host: Jarkko, UH career counselor

If there are not enough registrations, the workshop will be canceled. 

Please find info on our workshops held in Finnish or Swedish by changing the language of this webpage.

HelsinkiUNI Career Day events

The HelsinkiUNI Career Day event will be held in 2027 at the University of Helsinki’s main building on January 18, 2027. The programme will be updated during the autumn.

Career counselling groups

No upcoming career counselling groups at the moment. You can find information on the groups offered by other guidance providers at the university on the page Groups to support the ability to study and career planning.

Campus fairs and other events

In addition to the events organized by Career Services, the University also organizes other career and recruitment related events, such as campus fairs. You can find a collection of these events below.

2025 events to be published soon!