Seeking help
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dedringerforelvis
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- Joined: Sat Sep 10, 2005 9:31 pm
- Location: United Kingdom
Good ole jerry lewis
Us banjo players are honestly not trying to scare them away, were trying to entertain them.....then maybe they will begin dancing! wow! a new buisness idea! woo hoo!Hank W. wrote:Damn banjo players
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georgemossford
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- Joined: Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:42 pm
i have made the transition
Hi Tomas,
I moved to Espoo (next door to Helsinki) from England a couple of months ago to move in with my partner. I didn't speak that language and i had only just finished my masters degree and so i had very little work experience. Work experience is something that the Finns seem very keen about. When i first arrived i found that it was very hard to get a residence permit. Even though Finland is in the EU you need to have a reason for coming i.e. family reasons, education, or a signed employment contract. I had none. I didn't want to get married just so that i could move here or do anymore learning so i applied to as many places that i could think of to find a job (international hotels, Irish/Australian bars in Helsinki etc). There was no demand. I also applied to what are called international schools. The Finns sometime like to have their children educated in English so that they grow to be bi-lingual. Having sent my CV to many, many different places i eventually was offered a job working at an English afternoon-club at one of these schools. There are also day-care centres that like the idea of English-speakers.
If you have expertise in the appropriate areas, the big corporations like Nokea have English as their primary language to save on translating international documents to non-English speakers. If you have specific skills they might require you could apply directly to them for work.
I found that the websites people kept suggesting were simply no good. The unemployment office isn't much better either. If you want petit cash then i suggest undertaking an TEFL (teaching english as a foriegn language) course before you come. The Finns really have lots of demand for people to teach them for a couple of hours a week. Such courses are however not run in Finland.
I hope this helps.
If you have any more questions please feel free to email me on georgemossford@netti.fi
I moved to Espoo (next door to Helsinki) from England a couple of months ago to move in with my partner. I didn't speak that language and i had only just finished my masters degree and so i had very little work experience. Work experience is something that the Finns seem very keen about. When i first arrived i found that it was very hard to get a residence permit. Even though Finland is in the EU you need to have a reason for coming i.e. family reasons, education, or a signed employment contract. I had none. I didn't want to get married just so that i could move here or do anymore learning so i applied to as many places that i could think of to find a job (international hotels, Irish/Australian bars in Helsinki etc). There was no demand. I also applied to what are called international schools. The Finns sometime like to have their children educated in English so that they grow to be bi-lingual. Having sent my CV to many, many different places i eventually was offered a job working at an English afternoon-club at one of these schools. There are also day-care centres that like the idea of English-speakers.
If you have expertise in the appropriate areas, the big corporations like Nokea have English as their primary language to save on translating international documents to non-English speakers. If you have specific skills they might require you could apply directly to them for work.
I found that the websites people kept suggesting were simply no good. The unemployment office isn't much better either. If you want petit cash then i suggest undertaking an TEFL (teaching english as a foriegn language) course before you come. The Finns really have lots of demand for people to teach them for a couple of hours a week. Such courses are however not run in Finland.
I hope this helps.
If you have any more questions please feel free to email me on georgemossford@netti.fi
Best Regards
George M
