greek graduate medical student pleads for a job!

[shrecher]

Medical personell unable to speak with patients are worthless.

Not all medical jobs are front-end.

Only most of them. And it should not be surprising that out there will be plenty of finns competing for same positions where our OP would apply. These people would speak excellent english AND finnish.

I hope you heard about plans to bring tens of thousands of Filipinos to work in Finland. Most of them are nurses. I think 90% of those don't say even "Kiitos" in Finnish. If they could work here, why others can't?

[Tiwaz]

Perhaps one should read ones sources better...

In Finland, the nurses first spend half a year in an apprenticeship programme. At that time they are supposed to learn the Finnish language. Then they take a test to be qualified as practical nurses.

If they fail... Want to guess if they get the job?
At the end of that 6 months they have to do whole lot better than say "Kiitos".

Furthermore, it is job taking care of elderly. AFAIK as low on the ladder for any kind of nurse as you can get.

[shrecher]

If they fail... Want to guess if they get the job?
At the end of that 6 months they have to do whole lot better than say "Kiitos".

I guess everyone knows how well a person could learn language in 6 months. I think this 6 months sort of trial period.

I'm sure state department who developed this program had the statistic about the language learning progress. To get "Tasu 1" it is required at least 12 months. Beside that first 6 months go to setup and reallocation.

[Tiwaz]

If they fail... Want to guess if they get the job?
At the end of that 6 months they have to do whole lot better than say "Kiitos".

I guess everyone knows how well a person could learn language in 6 months. I think this 6 months sort of trial period.

I'm sure state department who developed this program had the statistic about the language learning progress. To get "Tasu 1" it is required at least 12 months. Beside that first 6 months go to setup and reallocation.

6 month trial. At the end either they have acceptable ability with language or they are toast. And let's not forget that this is special deal made by Opteam instead of general practice.

Potential employer agreed to this, doesn't mean any other employer would. And as said, duties these immigrant workers get is the absolute lowest grade. Most likely more along lines of washing old folks and making sure they take their medicine.


Either way, my quote was directly from your source. 6 months and they are expected to learn the language. And take test at the end.

No speako finlando or failuro testo equalo no jobo!

[rinso]

I guess everyone knows how well a person could learn language in 6 months.

6 months is indeed enough to learn the lingo of a low qualified routine job (mind you, I don't say a nurse in general is a low qualified job, I just refer to Tiwas examples)

It is good however to see that these projects are starting. If they work, it might lower the barrier in other fields too.

[mrjimsfc]

Ohh! My mistake! I thought you wrote, "Geek graduate".