rinso wrote: I don't think this is a good idea, it might even be counter productive. Finns in general, don't present themselves as groups. If foreigners do, they underline the fact that they are different.
Oh come one now, visualise now a Spencer Tunick moment, with 10 000 people with their gilt arses shining "wee wants a yooob" in the Väinö Tanner park.
And you're slightly incorrect in the "presenting themselves as groups"; the polytechnic students for example are required to make a 6 months internship as a part of their studies. So to make the employers aware of this "resource" the polytechnics do advertise. The second place that pops toi mind is the place you find a lawyer - they definitely "present themselves as a group" as well as do other "guilds" if you wish, say like official translators etc. etc. etc.
However the basic question of employment in Finland isn't that the employers aren't aware of the mere existance of potential employees.
a) theres no jobs
b) theres no jobs not because there wouldn't be work
c) to create a job and to hire someone to fill it is at a very high cost to the employer
d) small employers can't be arsed go through all the trouble, so rather overwork the current employees than start a process
e) when you hire someone you expect them to do 3 jobs at the same time then, and there is no time to babysit
Now this ends up as a catch-22 situation. There are ways to alleviate this problem, say like temp agencies. But for a temp agency they want to make sure they can "send" the person anywhere, so this looming language requirement starts biting ass...
Then, as we've discussed before, theres this "trust" question. Its got nothing to do with honesty and such, its more of "predictability" - "the ability of being able to function withing the same cultural concept framework". So to be employed in a Finnish company with Finnish people you need to fit in the "Finnish box". The language requirement is half due to this subconscious requirement. If you speak Finnish, you've been here long enough to have "become a Finn" - i.e. send "Finnish vibes". Thus the employer can "trust you to act like a Finn would" in a given situation. Its more of a psychological issue really, hence your need of networking, a Finn to say "hes allright" as another Finn will give the "Finnish Point of View" assessment of the "abilities" - basically as the potential employee cannot "read" a foreigner in a 15 minute interview.... the "gaydar" doesn't work
So its not necessarily one problem but a number of problems that needs to be tackled. Don't know how well they realise all this up in the MOL, but they've started quite a few intergration programmes with good results. However when it comes to government programmes they're to the "needy" so its all wards of the state - refugees etc. rather than bright-eyed HBS cases off the ryanair that get the main focus.
That is why that
a large section of people are left with nowhere to go and no realistic or reachable starting point to moving.
are being told not to come in the first place, as if they just fly over and "think positive" the chances are very high they
are left with nowhere to go and no realistic or reachable chances of finding a job
So no use giving them any pointers as there is no point for them to move, especially before they drop the rose-tinted-glasses. Of course yeah, yeah, group hug and all that shyte, let them come here and find out for themselves. And what do they then do - bitch, moan and whine 24/7 and go back home whining, its maybe half of of those who succeed either by blind luck or talent and ability, and half of them leave within 2 years because they lack the guts to stay. And those wo stay longer become barking mad. Woof!
Think positive - ajattelet kuin posetiivi 
Seems they want Aussies of Finnish background to move over here to help them get the company going. However, Finnish language skills are a must, so don't get your hopes up if you can't fulfill that requirement. 
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