Employment services for immigrants
When you register as a jobseeker, you start your job search and customer relationship with the employment services of your region. As a jobseeker, you can apply for unemployment benefit from Kela or your unemployment fund.
The employment authority advises and guides you in applying for work and offers other services that help you integrate and get work. Such services may include integration training and multilingual social orientation, where you can find information about Finnish society.
The initial interview or the assessment of the competence and integration service needs examines your study and work history, language skills and other matters affecting your integration and employment. In addition, your language, reading and writing skills may be tested.
An integration plan supports your integration in Finland. It agrees on Finnish or Swedish language studies that correspond to your study skills and on participation in services that promote employment that best suit your situation.
When you register as a jobseeker, you start your job search and become a client of the employment services in your area. As a jobseeker, you can apply for unemployment benefits from Kela or your unemployment fund.
The employment service will advise and guide you in your job search and provide other services to help you integrate and get a job. These services may include integration training and multilingual social orientation, where you can learn about Finnish society.
In the initial interview or skills and integration needs assessment, your education and work history, language skills, and other factors that affect your integration and employment will be reviewed. Additionally, your language, reading, and writing skills may be tested.
The integration plan supports your integration into Finland. It includes an agreement on studying Finnish or Swedish based on your learning abilities and skills, as well as participation in employment services that best suit your situation.
Do the following
If you have a Finnish personal identity code and can identify yourself electronically, start your job search in the e-service.
If you do not have a Finnish personal identity code or cannot start a job search in the e-service, contact the employment services in your region.
You can get support for using the E-service from the Job Market Finland's E-services advice.
If you have a Finnish social security number and the ability to authenticate electronically, start your job search in the e-services.
If you do not have a Finnish social security number or cannot initiate your job search in the e-services, contact your local employment services.
To whom and on what terms
In order to register as a jobseeker, you must have the right to work in Finland. The right to work is based on a valid residence permit or the citizenship of an EU or EEA country or Switzerland.
The employment authority in your region will assess what kind of services you need to support integration and employment.
To register as a jobseeker, you must have the right to work in Finland. This can be based on a valid residence permit or citizenship from an EU/EEA country or Switzerland.
The local employment service will assess which services you need to help with your integration and finding a job.