How to Start a Job Search in Finland
Essential Questions to Ask Yourself Before Starting a Job Search
You've decided that you need to find a new job, but where do you start? The first steps in a job searching process usually looks something like this: research job opportunities, review job openings and find potential employers.
It is worth to start the job search process by identifying your own interests, areas of expertise and strength. It could facilitate the preparation of a CV and cover letter.
It's easy to think that looking for a job inevitably starts with updating your resume. However, if you fail to ask yourself the right questions in the beginning, this process can be more complicated and lengthier. Before starting the job search, you need to figure out the answers to some important questions:
- What is your core competency, strength and special expertise?
- What kind of skills do you have?
- What sort of job would you like to do?
- What sort of job would suit you?
- What sort of working hours would you like to have?
- Would you like to work from home?
When applying for a job, it is important to be active, flexible, unyielding and motivated.
- Don't just apply to every job you see, but think what positions you're interested in and start your search from there.
- Remember that quantity does not replace quality! Your resume (CV), as well as cover letter needs to be tailored to fit each specific job vacancy.
- Useful and simple advice (life hack): change your CV for each job application, using the key words from the job advertisement.
- It is not advisable to set too precise criteria for the job you would like to apply for, especially if you do not have too much experience.
- Keep in mind that also fixed-term work and temporary work can well be a pathway to a permanent employment relationship.
- Job interviews do not always give us the expected result. But positive thinking is essential in job hunting: Even a failed job interview provides valuable experience for the next interview.
How to find a job in Finland? One of the most common ways for job seekers to uncover employment opportunities is through the job search sites. The top most popular sources to find job vacancies:
- TE-services (in Finnish, TE-palvelut)
- Duunitori.fi
- Oikotie.fi
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Job search guide