Planning to move to Espoo/Helsinki - work

[Mies Belgiasta]

Well, I'll introduce myself first and ask questions later. Seems more appropriate to me

My name is David, I'm a 23 years old guy from Belgium who will graduate in June this year. When I do graduate (he he...) I'll have my bachelor's degree (Bachelor of Information Technology).

Now the question is, will it be hard to find a job in IT in Finland as a foreigner?
I'm a graduate coming right out of school with no work experience (besides the 3 months I will work as JAVA programmer for my school-workpractice).
On top of that I can hardly understand Finnish, only a bit what I've learned from my girlfriend and textbooks.

I'll be staying in Espoo or Helsinki, since my girlfriend is from Espoo

Is there anybody with experience in this who can give me a answer or solution? Or Belgians who came here too study/work.

Thanks in advance,

David

[paulrenn]

I was going to say its pretty difficult, but check this other recent thread if you haven't already: they are looking for junior developers at F-Secure, a pretty well known Finnish anti-virus company: bb/viewtopic.php?t=19560

[Mies Belgiasta]

I kind of thought it would be.

I checked the thread and it's for people who have already 1 year experience or graphical experience.

I think I'm in for a hard time looking ! Thanks for the reply though !