University of Helsinki Career Services & career management skills Student Services Leena Itkonen

Career Services – advice and information Job-hunting, job openings and working in Finland Careers planning Graduate destinations Internships in Finland and abroad for ex. Erasmus training programme Commissioned Master’s Thesis

Contact information workshops as well as the latest job openings. For more information >> http://www.helsinki.fi/rekry/english/index.htm Customer Services University main building (Fabianinkatu 33) ground floor Drop-in: A short chat with a career adviser at our customer service Mon - Fri 12 - 2 pm. Phone +358-(0)9-191 22125 E-mail: rekrytointi@helsinki.fi

Decision making and action planning Career management skills Self-knowledge: Recognize your personal qualities, interests, skills and values. Occupational-knowledge: Explore your options in the labour market. Decision making: Make career decisions and plans to achieve your goals. Job-hunting skills: Write a good resume and succeed in an interview. Decision making and action planning Occupational knowledge Self-knowledge Job-hunting skills DOING KNOWING FSU-model for career planning

Job hunting process (T. Koskinen/MPS Finland Consulting oy 2004) I can… My ideal job what how why where CV OPEN VACANICIES My competences APPLICATION STRATEGY HIDDEN JOBS I want… CONTACTING Self Assessment Job hunting plan Action!

Where to look for a job? Hidden job markets: 70% → Networking, networking and networking!!! → collecting information of the field. http://finbio.net/en/ http://www.forestindustries.fi/Pages/default.aspx http://www.forest.fi/ http://ec.europa.eu/eracareers/index_en.cfm Company lists: http://helecon3.hse.fi/EN/yrityspalvelin/ Open vacancies: RekryForum, Aarresaari (aarresaari.net), Mol (www.mol.fi (keyword ”the”), monster.fi Employment office (Kluuvi: Mikonkatu 7)