Get international expertise in your organisation
Are you looking for a new employee in your organisation? Can the job be done in a language other than Finnish or Swedish? If yes, you should consider recruiting international experts and submit the job posting to be published at Job Market Finland in English. It is worth investing in the employer image in international recruitments.
When you prepare your job posting for Job Market Finland in English, the number of potential job seekers increases as your job is seen by both international job seekers already living in Finland and experts living abroad.
When creating a job posting, select English as the language of the posting. Write the content of the posting in English. Remember to also select English as the working language. Both the language of the job posting and the working language are selected at the beginning of the form.
In general, the recommendations for Finnish job postings also apply to English job postings for international employees. In the job posting, it is advisable to give detailed information about what the position involves, the competence required for the position and what you offer to employees as an employer.
When attracting talent from abroad to Finland, you should also talk slightly more about the organisation and give a general description of the area where the workplace is located.
Plan the entire recruitment process in advance
It is important to plan international recruitment as a whole. A job seeker moving from abroad does not necessarily have prior knowledge or experience of Finnish work culture. For this reason, they may have many questions already at the recruitment stage; you should be prepared to answer them.
The recruitment process influences the applicant experience and your employer image. The employer image is of particular importance in fields where there is a shortage of skilled workers. The labour market is becoming increasingly international, and experts can afford to choose where to work. This means that the attractiveness of the employer and the work community as well as the meaningfulness and benefits of the work are of paramount importance. In addition, an increasing number of job seekers pay attention to the operating culture, the organisation’s values, the possibility of influencing their own work and the flexibility of the work arrangements.
You can support the employee in arriving in Finland and settling in with different benefit packages. You can compensate the employee for costs arising from the move, costs of language and cultural training, or children’s day-care fees, for example. Offering such benefits improves the employee’s opinion of settling in Finland and the employer. Mention any benefits already at the recruitment stage.
TE Services will help with recruitment
You can receive support for recruiting a foreign employee from local TE Services. A TE Specialist can advise you on how to prepare a job posting that reaches international experts. TE Services provide information on any available services and training. EURES advisers will help you to find out what subsidies job seekers arriving in Finland can receive if they move to Finland for work.