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17.11.2019

Talent Boost Summit 2019 offers concrete solutions, encourages companies to act

The 3rd annual Talent Boost Summit took place on Tuesday 12 November at Logomo Teatro in Turku. This year’s theme was talent retention and how to boost business through international talents. The event started with welcome words from Timo Harakka, the Finnish Minister of Labour, who reiterated that they are working to shorten processing times […]

13.11.2019

Study and Stay creates connections

On Monday, the first ever Study and Stay in Turku event for international university students took place at the Joki Visitor and Innovation Centre. More than 200 students and international talents attended the event. The overall goal of the event was to meet the national government’s goal of getting more international students to remain in […]

06.11.2019

#FinlandWorks at Bengaluru Tech Summit

Finland is a small country that has produced big things. This includes SMS and 5G. Finnish pressure sensors are even on the Mars Curiosity rover. In Southwest Finland, we have thriving maritime and tech industries. Southwest Finland is also one of the best places in the world to live and work. We will be part […]

23.10.2019

Sea the future with Finnish maritime industry

When Ludmilla Seppälä moved from St. Petersburg to Turku, Finland, it was for a job with local software company CADMATIC. She planned to try it out for a year or two. Then she met her husband and twelve years later, she is still working with CADMATIC. CADMATIC makes computer-aided design software for ships, plants and […]

10.10.2019

First Talent Boost Breakfast in Turku

On Thursday, Turku held its first Talent Boost Breakfast. The event is part of the Talent Boost Roadshow. More than 50 companies and organizations in Southwest Finland came to learn about the variety of resources available to help them with international talent attraction and recruitment. The event was opened by Turku Science Park Ltd Network […]

03.10.2019

#FinlandWorks at KORMARINE 2019

#FinlandWorks will be at KORMARINE 22-25 October in Busan, South Korea. We will be part of the Finland Pavilion at Booth 4H26. The overall goal is to share the latest news and issues in the international marine industry. You also will meet representatives from our shipyards, marine engineering and shipping companies and learn about a […]

02.10.2019

Talent Call extras: What Finland has to offer…

One of the ways Talent Call Turku was different from other talent contests was that we invited the whole family. While Southwest Finland has a big shortage of workers, it also offers great benefits to for families. Finland has the best education system and one of the best health services in the world as well […]

27.09.2019

Talent Call Extras: Why Did I Apply…

Even though Talent Call Turku 2019 is over, we have lots of extra material. Occasionally, we will be sharing them with you. As you know now, many cities throughout the world have held similar talent attraction contests. The overall goal is to fill its worker shortages. Bringing the skilled workers for a visit lets the […]

27.08.2019

Talent Call Winners visit was a success

Five international professionals and their families spent the week touring Southwest Finland and learning about the variety of job opportunities available to them. They were visiting as winners of the Talent Call Turku contest, which seeks to attract skilled international workers to fill labor shortages in the region. The winners and their families were: Audrey […]

11.07.2019

Neighborhood search engine Know Your Hoods introduces unique neighborhoods for anybody who is planning to move

Summer is a time for vacation, yet for many it is a time to plan a move to a new city due to a freshman year in new studies or a new job. An award-winning start-up, Choose Your Future, is publishing Know Your Hoods – search engine for neighborhoods in hoods.fi on July 11th to […]

05.06.2019

Turku – The legendary city with best default settings for great life

Powered by Turku Business Region, Business Finland, City of Turku, and greatly facilitated by Macken company, two roadshows were well organised in Da Nang – the coastal city in the central region, and the biggest economic center in the southeast area, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. This activity was to promote Turku and Southwest Finland as […]

29.04.2019

Talent Explorer funding

The new Talent Explorer funding in Finland supports hiring of an international expert. The Explorer funding can be used to hire an expert in order to obtain new information and expertise to help the company make progress in a new international market. The Explorer funding service is intended for Finnish small and medium-sized enterprises and […]

26.04.2019

Turku attracts international top professionals to Finland with a unique campaign

There is a severe shortage of experienced coders, engineers and other top professionals in technology fields in Turku. To solve this problem, Turku announces a global Talent Call Turku campaign. The campaign is organized by Turku Science Park Ltd and the City of Turku in cooperation with Business Finland. The campaign invites highly educated international […]

20.03.2019

Finland is the happiest country in the world again

The Global Happiness Report has ranked Finland in first place for the second year in a row. Published by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the report ranked 156 countries by happiness levels, assessing factors such as life expectancy, social support and corruption. The top five was rounded out by Denmark, Norway, Iceland and the Netherlands. Book […]

15.03.2019

Executing innovations in Turku – Story from Cadmatic

Ludmila moved to Finland 12 years ago. Find out how she has adapted from big city life in St. Petersburg, Russia to living on an island in Turku.

11.03.2019

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