Immigrant job seekers

Jobseekers who have immigrated to the employment area have access to all services for jobseekers, and in addition we offer targeted services, such as integration training and social orientation. By registering as a job seeker, you start your job search and customer service in employment services. We assess what kind of integration and employment support services you need.

Immigrant job seekers can best get service in employment matters by calling job seeker number 040 757 1653 (Mon-Fri 9 am-15 pm), if a contact request Labor Market Market cannot be done through the website due to language skills or bank details.

Employment area services for jobseekers

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Promoting integration

The employment services of Kotutuja

By registering as a job seeker, you start your job search and customer service in employment services.

When you register as a job seeker, you start your job search and customer relationship with us, in the employment services of your area. As a job seeker, you can apply for unemployment benefit from Kela or your unemployment fund.

We advise and guide you in applying for a job and offer other services that help you integrate and get a job. Such services can be, for example, integration training and multilingual social orientation, where you get information about Finnish society.

In the initial interview or assessment of the service need for competence and integration, your study and work history, your language skills and other issues that affect your integration and employment are clarified. In addition, for example, your language, reading and writing skills can be tested.

The integration plan supports your integration into Finland. In it, it is agreed that you will study Finnish or Swedish according to your study abilities and skills, as well as participation in employment-promoting services that best suit your situation.

In order to register as a job seeker, you must have the right to work in Finland. The right to work is based on a valid residence permit or citizenship of an EU or EEA country or Switzerland.

We assess what kind of integration and employment support services you need.

If you have a Finnish social security number and the possibility to identify yourself electronically, start your job search In the business service of the job market.

If you do not have a Finnish social security number or you cannot start a job search in the transaction service, join us in the band.

The self-directed study of an integrated student

As a customer of employment services, you can receive unemployment insurance for studying.

Self-directed studies with unemployment benefit means that as a client of employment services, you can complete full-time studies at an educational institution. Sometimes independent study can speed up your employment and integration.

Independent study can be

  • completion of primary school
  • preparatory or preparatory education for upper secondary school
  • vocational or preparatory education
  • qualification studies, for example for doctors
  • studying Finnish or Swedish.

Studies must be in Finnish or Swedish. If the studies are included in social orientation, they can be in your native language.

You can study with unemployment benefit for a maximum of 24 months. However, if you are completing basic studies, you can receive support for a maximum of 48 months. You must progress in your studies as agreed in the integration plan in order for the support to be paid.

You can get unemployment insurance for voluntary studies if

  • you have registered as a job seeker
  • the labor authority estimates that studies are the best way to support your employment
  • the studies are agreed upon in your integration plan.

If you are planning studies or have already applied to study, please contact us and ask if it is possible for you to study voluntarily with unemployment benefits.

Work and business services (Northern Central Finland employment area)

Employers and companies

Our core task in the Northern Central Finland employment area is agile job placement. We serve companies and organizations operating in the region in matters related to recruitment. As an employer, you can get free advice and help from us to fill a vacant position, as well as information about job seekers in the field and the labor market situation. We guide and advise companies in other business-related situations together with the vital energy operators of our region's municipalities.