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Questions related to finding a job in Finland

Post by Suvetar » Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:29 pm

Hi,

My request is perhaps dumb :roll: but I have few questions atm and they need answer.

For the short story, I lived in Finland (Helsinki, Vantaa, Turku - not in that order) for almost 6 years (Husband is finnish, and we have 2 kids).
Now I'm back to my country (with husband and kids ofc) and I have the opportunity to go on with my studies.

Problem is, we plan on coming back to Finland sometimes soon - in about, 2 to 4 years from now, nothing for sure but we want to. In the meantime I'm followed by some organisation to find my dream studies.

AND another problem comes to me: I want something that will give me work in Helsinki, but what I'd want to be would be like, really hard to get an actual job there (working with animals, preferably in a zoo), or it would be painfull to look for a job with no results (or next to no).
Then I decided to MAYBE do something less interesting but that would give me a job there (need to feed one's family!).
All I see, or saw, was the difficulty to find medical staff. That's about it. But it's something that doesn't interest me.
I thought about tourism. I am fluent french/english, and not too bad at finnish. With some more courses in it, and maybe some swedish, I could actually get myself a job somewhere.

That's my dilemma. Tomorrow I have an appointment with my work shrink, and we're gonna talk about it. It's a tough choice but I'm gonna have to make one sooner or later anyways.

Thanks for reading my thoughts :ochesey: and sorry if I seem confusing (or confused!! Hehe)

If you have experience in job recruting, or know a bit about it, I'd be interested to know your point of view. :thumbsup:



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Re: Questions related to finding a job in Finland

Post by mrjimsfc » Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:03 pm

I always thought that being a mother is a full time job. Being a wife and a mother is working two full time jobs. I guess you would rather give up on the two jobs you have and try to find fulfilment by scooping sh*t behind exotic animals at some zoo. Your shrink should say much the same thing but phrase it nicer. Work a lot harder at being a wife and a little harder at being a mother and the rewards will exceed anything else you might ever accomplish with your life.
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Re: Questions related to finding a job in Finland

Post by Upphew » Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:19 pm

mrjimsfc wrote:I always thought that being a mother is a full time job. Being a wife and a mother is working two full time jobs. I guess you would rather give up on the two jobs you have and try to find fulfilment by scooping sh*t behind exotic animals at some zoo. Your shrink should say much the same thing but phrase it nicer. Work a lot harder at being a wife and a little harder at being a mother and the rewards will exceed anything else you might ever accomplish with your life.
BS. Welcome to Finland, we have gender equity. If being wife and mother is two full time jobs, then so is being husband and father. Or rather then both are one full time jobs. So in Finland you either scoop the !"#¤% or hear how you leech the system.
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Re: Questions related to finding a job in Finland

Post by mrjimsfc » Thu Sep 29, 2011 6:03 pm

Upphew wrote: So in Finland you either scoop the !"#¤% or hear how you leech the system.
Aint that the truth! When you put it in that perspective, maybe we should give Suvetar a little more help. After all, what's the difference between changing a diaper (nappy) and scooping sh*t? With the scoop, you don't get your hands in the poop. :P I think Suvetar should train to be an animal groomer. Those people who are more affluent (richer) than the rest of us always want to have someone wash their dog or groom their cat. Even in hard times they still have money to get their pets taken care of. Some people (the really rich and weird) have some really exotic pets that have to have special grooming. How about clipping the claws on a cougar or trimming the tufts on the ears of a lynx? You could even have your kids help!
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Post by interleukin » Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:03 pm

Are you drunk mrjimsfc, or just losing it?
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Re: Questions related to finding a job in Finland

Post by Suvetar » Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:21 pm

Woaw. I thought I'd meet j*rks on teens forum, never on this kind!
Oh well :)

I've been a full time mom and a full time wife for some time. Truth is, when you're in trouble financially, it's a good thing to get a job (you should try it ^^ it helps a lot!). Anyway, nothing prevent anyone (mother OR father) to be a good person at home and at work.

It's actually the first time I hear that kind of sermon :lol: usually everyone goes like "Hey! Move your arse and go to work!". You know, stay at home moms are not well seen. And from what I saw, especially not in Finland.

I suggest that if you don't have anything else smart (and not smart-ass ;) ) to tell me, that you go bug someone else that actually needs bugging. :ochesey:

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Re: Questions related to finding a job in Finland

Post by Suvetar » Thu Sep 29, 2011 7:24 pm

Oh btw, I think you have issues :lol:

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Re: Questions related to finding a job in Finland

Post by onkko » Fri Sep 30, 2011 6:09 pm

Vetenary (or what it is who cuts balls from cats and shovels hand in cows arse) could be answer?
In helsinki youll probably be more cat and less cow.
I have no idea how foreign diplomas do in here but i assume its less stright than doing humans.

We only have few zoos and i have no idea how they pick workers but i assume traditional "i know him" approach so befriend zoo workers :lol:
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Re: Questions related to finding a job in Finland

Post by Rob A. » Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:25 am

Forget it...

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Re: Questions related to finding a job in Finland

Post by rinso » Sat Oct 01, 2011 8:54 am

I have no idea how foreign diplomas do in here but i assume its less stright than doing humans.
It is possible, there are some foreign vets. But a vet has an official function in the Finnish animal health system (he has to report some symptoms and deceases and treat some infectious diseases). So a qualified vet must first follow an additional course (legislation etc) before he can work as a vet. And those courses are Finnish only.

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Re: Questions related to finding a job in Finland

Post by mrjimsfc » Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:27 pm

OK, Neil has stepped in and given me fair warning so I guess I better justify my previous post. Karen is a single mother of a large family. She provides for that family by working out of her home as an animal groomer/hygenist. She is so good, that the local veteranarians call her to come "prep" animals for surgery. She gets 53.00 € per hour for that service. Her children have performed "pet sitting" for friends and other costumers and earned their "own" money for school etc. When Karen is called to take care of grooming for extremely exotic or dangerous pets, the fees she is able to charge are huge! I'm sure that Neil as well as most of you think I was merely casting aspersions at Suveta and her ambitions. The truth is, she can have a job she really likes, work from home and make a bunch of money too. Her children as a consequence of working with mom will gain an understanding and love of animals that most of us will never experience.
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