Jacob - IT/gastronomy worker

[jakub.rusin]

Dear Reader of This Forum (and probably my future employer)!!

I would like to introduce to you MYSELF as a great, responsible and determined worker!

My name is Jakub Rusin (internationally - Jacob or Jack).

Making a long story short:
I come from Poland (south of Finland, over the Baltic sea, an EU country). I moved to Finland few days ago and now live at my cousin's, in Helsinki at Laakavourentie. The goal is clear: to improve my skills, polish my English, learn new language and meet new people. To achieve that I clearly need a JOB. What kind of JOB? To be honest - any, since salaries here are much more higher than in Poland.
I am aware that finding any job at services here in Finland without Finnish language will be difficult. But I am starting the Finnish course in few days so we can hope that soon I will speak it, enough to communicate. Good thing is I speak very fluently English. Hope You can appreciate that.

What am I good at? Preferable positions:
- bartending
- serving foods
- waitering
- baristing (making coffee)
- any working or helping at restaurants, bars etc
Why gastronomy? It's my passion. I've been working as bartender/server/waiter for 3 years in few places (e.g. Hotel**** Villa Park in Ciechocinek (Poland)) so I have the experience and know high standards.

Apart from gastronomy I love computers, IT and Internet stuff. My education acknowledges it (Licenciate of Higher School of Banking [WSB] in Thorn [Toruń] from Management, specialization "Informatics in Businness) Thus I could work as:
- web-designer (creating and modifying websites); some of my websites: http://www.arma.zdrojowa.cba.pl/new2 http://www.jackwiat.prv.pl http://www.alpinking.com.pl
- web-developer (making site on-line)
- site administrator (taking care about site content)
- informatic (person who cares about your computer, printer etc.) - it may concern your personal, small-businness and big companies
- network administrator
- help-desk worker
- PC assembler
- any work conntected with IT, computers, network etc.



My Dear Future Employer, if you are looking for ambitoius, determined, open-minded, cheerful and full of sense of humour You've found me! Here is my detailed contact infro:
Jakub Rusin (Jacob)
+358 468 837 817
jakub.rusin@gmail.com
or via this forum (PM)

[jakub.rusin]

Did it disappear?

[Adrian42]

Did it disappear?

Your post appeared just fine - but I'd be surprised if you'd get any job offers:

working as bartender/server/waiter is really out of reach for you before you speak Finnish fluently like a Finn - and that will take years.

Your "IT skills" sound more like a random collection of buzzwords than something that should be taken seriously.
When you write My education acknowledges, everyone reading it expects you to mention what relevant university degree you have. Let me guess - you don't have any?
Your first entry there is web-designer. The first question anyone considering to hire you for that will be "What is your portfolio of past work?". Let me guess - there is none?
Oh, and your general picture "I do toilet cleaning and server administration" does not make your IT skills shine.

Regarding your "I don't speak Finnish but I would do any job":
There are thousands of people like you in exactly the same situation in Helsinki at the moment, and nearly no such jobs.

On a sidenote, Finns are humble people and bragging is considered very impolite.
Jacob - best worker! is not a good way to advertise yourself in Finland.

The goal is clear: to improve my financial status. To achieve that I clearly need a JOB.

Rising unemployment and a language you don't speak make it very unlikely that you will find a job here.
It might be a better choice for you to move to the UK and try to find a job there.

[jakub.rusin]

Dear Adrian42!

Thank you for your reply! As it befits to Finnish - a cold one. First of all thank you for all your prompts. I did edit my topic. Hope you like my works!

working as bartender/server/waiter is really out of reach for you before you speak Finnish fluently like a Finn - and that will take years.

Coming here, first thing I did was visiting few offices (Empoyment Office, Kela). I was also at the Police to ask for a few things. Guess what: the nice lady there told me (among other important things) that I could walk from bar to bar, from restaurant to restaurant and leave there my CV, since there ARE foreigners working at gastronomy in Finland (and replying to your sure-to-post counter-argument - I would have to and I will learn at least basic Finnish).

Your post appeared just fine - but I'd be surprised if you'd get any job offers:

Well surprised you! I was just invited to a job interview! It's a cleaning company, but don't tell me that I won't find any job.Maybe for you, Finnish, cleaning toilets may be derogatory, but for me it's a proof that I can somehow manage to make living outside my home country. Moreover - according to your thinking:

There are thousands of people like you in exactly the same situation in Helsinki at the moment

it seems I'm better than thousands.

Dear Adrian42, I wish not to argue. Yes it's true - it's difficult to find a job here. But should't you be glad that people from outside Finnland are willing to pay taxes and crank up the economy here? There very few of you according to a area you have. I hope that you do now want to tell me that you don'y like foreigner? Maybe I was not humble enough? If so - take my apologies.

Best regards,
Jacob!

[Adrian42]

Dear Adrian42!

Thank you for your reply! As it befits to Finnish - a cold one. First of all thank you for all your prompts. I did edit my topic. Hope you like my works!

working as bartender/server/waiter is really out of reach for you before you speak Finnish fluently like a Finn - and that will take years.

Coming here, first thing I did was visiting few offices (Empoyment Office, Kela). I was also at the Police to ask for a few things. Guess what: the nice lady there told me (among other important things) that I could walk from bar to bar, from restaurant to restaurant and leave there my CV, since there ARE foreigners working at gastronomy in Finland (and replying to your sure-to-post counter-argument - I would have to and I will learn at least basic Finnish).

No, my sure-to-post counter-argument is:
They are not working as bartenders or waiters.

There are thousands of people like you in exactly the same situation in Helsinki at the moment

it seems I'm better than thousands.

Dear Adrian42, I wish not to argue. Yes it's true - it's difficult to find a job here. But should't you be glad that people from outside Finnland are willing to pay taxes and crank up the economy here? There very few of you according to a area you have. I hope that you do now want to tell me that you don'y like foreigner? Maybe I was not humble enough? If so - take my apologies.

I definitely don't want to tell you that I don't like foreigners - I am a foreigner myself.

As for "cranking up the economy", that's just nonsense - foreigners taking jobs where sufficient people are available in Finland are not a benefit to the Finnish economy.
The exact opposite is true: A Finn doing the same job would equally pay taxes, and if a foreigner gets the job instead that's the same taxes paid but one person more who receives unemployment benefits paid from Finnish taxes.

But that's not what I wanted to say. What I wanted to say is that there are many people from countries like Greece or Spain - who just like you want to get out of the economic misery of their home country - searching for a job in Finland. And many foreign students looking for part-time and holiday jobs for financing their studies. If you actually get a full-time job as a cleaner you are a very lucky man.

[Pursuivant]

Good if you find a job, but as the Finns say "you may not start laying under fire" so once you get your contract and things settled, you get onto Finnish classes. Then if you aim for bartending you go onto the hygiene pass and alcohol pass courses. Once you can understand what is " karpalolonkero" and if you can sell it - your employability rises exponentially. Also, any job at first is good as you get your foot in the door. PS look theres always jobs at the depots cleaning trains and buses.