Next Level
Edukai Oy's Next Level project (ESF+) supports employers in Kainuu in recruiting workers with foreign background living in Kainuu. We offer employers and jobseekers personalised and accompanying services at different stages of job search and recruitment. Our services are free of charge for individuals and companies.
For whom?
- Foreign-language job seekers, students, and employees
- Employers
Main sectors of the project
Improving the employment of foreign-language job seekers and supporting employers in recruitment
Theme of the project
Supports new residents of Kainuu in employment with individual services and Kainuu employers in recruiting and onboarding new residents.
What a foreign-language job seeker/student receives by participating in the project’s activities?
- Guidance and job coaching – recognizing and showcasing previous skills
- Small group training and working life certification courses
- Learning Finnish
- Guidance in their own language for job searching and at workplaces
What you receive as an entrepreneur or employer by participating in the project’s activities?
- Supported trial with a suitable job seeker
- Easy-to-understand work instruction cards and other materials
- Translations of work instructions into different languages
- Interpreter and other support services for onboarding foreign-language employees
- Finnish language / workplace Finnish teaching and learning at the workplace
Funder and implementer
ESR+, Edukai Oy
Project operating time
2.10.2023 - 30.9.2026
Further information and contact
Next Level – Uudelle tasolle uusien kainuulaisten työllistämisessä (edukai.fi, in Finnish)