Jobs for foriegners who dont know Finnish

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Re: Jobs for foriegners who dont know Finnish

Post by Pursuivant » Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:35 pm

Travfam wrote:transaction processing jobs
the new terminology is so confusing...
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Re: Jobs for foriegners who dont know Finnish

Post by r32 » Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:19 pm

Pursuivant wrote:
Travfam wrote:transaction processing jobs
the new terminology is so confusing...
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First choice...SOL Palvelut :D

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Re: Jobs for foriegners who dont know Finnish

Post by finlandforumuser » Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:53 pm

Travfam wrote:Hi,

How good are the chances of getting a job in Finland for a person who doesnt know Finnish or Swedish?
How about back office ,transaction processing jobs,Administrative jobs or entry level HR jobs ?
Try software developement: Java, C++, .Net. Normally, programmers don't need Finnish. Check Uoma, Nokia they have opened positions.

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Re: Jobs for foriegners who dont know Finnish

Post by rinso » Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:36 am

Travfam wrote:Hi,

How good are the chances of getting a job in Finland for a person who doesnt know Finnish or Swedish?
Not so good I would say.
But you can increase them with other treats, like;
- specialist in niche branche
- good local network
- international network in your field of expertise
- willing to do a lot of legwork for !"#¤% jobs


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