Jobs in software development - how to look for them?

duckfish · Post by **duckfish** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:17 pm

I am planning to relocate to Finland so I am looking for a job there. I come from the Czech Republic, where a person with my experience (6 years in development, 2 years in project management) just contacts an agent and gets couple job offers almost right away. He doesn't even need to speak Czech.
Unfortunately, I haven't had this experience with Finland so far. I tried contacting agents, replied to job offers, sent couple open applications (in English), but got no responses. Even the agents don't seem to be interested. Is it a low demand, is it me not knowing Finnish, or is there just a different way to get a job in software development field in Finland?

**Sponsor:**

GermanInHelsinki · Post by **GermanInHelsinki** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:40 pm

There is of course low demand after the Canadian ruined Nokia.

rinso · Post by **rinso** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:17 am

most jobs are found by personal networking. And yes the market is saturated with the Nokia lay-offs.

cors187 · Post by **cors187** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 10:36 pm

A good cleaner is worth more than a software developer, imho

irnbru · Post by **irnbru** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:54 am

Monster.fi, linkedin I got one IT job off here.

irnbru · Post by **irnbru** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 9:54 am

GermanInHelsinki wrote:There is of course low demand after the Canadian ruined Nokia.

Depends on your skill set.

duckfish · Post by **duckfish** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:18 pm

I thing I should have the benefit of not being Canadian!

Thanks for the comments, they made me change the way I was looking for job.

Finland Forum

Find information about moving to, living in and life in Finland