Looking for Graphic Designer or DBA job

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interleukin
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Re: Looking for Graphic Designer or DBA job

Post by interleukin » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:49 pm

find a job without necessity to speak finnish cause even though i am trying hard to learn it ; its very difficult to remember the long words
It is not hard to see why they would want you to speak, but most importantly write, Finnish. Imagine ordering a 4m x 1m sign and there is a spelling error. Have you considered trying to freelance and do work for customers in other countries (eg. English-speaking countries)? Might be easier to get assignments from them. Then, after a time in Finland, hard work in learning Finnish and making friends with contacts, and a longer CV, maybe you would find it easier to secure a "normal" job in Finland.

The "not getting a reply" bit is nothing personal, it is like that around here.

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Oombongo
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Re: Looking for Graphic Designer or DBA job

Post by Oombongo » Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:20 pm

Another factor that goes against you is that you are not in Finland. But count this factor as positive since you will be still looking for a job even you are here and running out of your money.

US is a big country, and there are more opportunities on that side of pond compare to this tiny little small country
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Re: Looking for Graphic Designer or DBA job

Post by EP » Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:06 pm

It is a hard. For example advertizing agencys are laying people off right and left. One big one does not even charge for their work. People work for free.

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Re: Looking for Graphic Designer or DBA job

Post by raamv » Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:13 pm

bkurala wrote: Hi thanks for your advice .. The main problem is i dont know how to get clients from other english speaking countries staying in finland.I am ready to do any job like what u said "Normal" if i can get one. Its been just a month and i dont have much contacts as i stay at home wife with 2 kids. Please help me in this regard.
www.mol.fi/paikat and type in the "haku" field for keywords which you are familiar with ( and read the stickies in this section)..
A month is actually nothing in Finland for any job to be decided on ´, unless you know the person hiring U..( heck even the its a lot of paperwork and some months)
Jobs that require no Finnish are generally jobs that have minimal interaction with anyone..e.g. Cleaning, hotel cleaning, etc
So define any job? and yes, you need to really have a network to get a job..and even if you have a big network, there is no guarantee of a job as now the situation is pretty bad everywhere and in every sector!!
Best bet is to investigate if you can do your own business from home..but that is another can O worms..
Good luck!
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