Services and support
-
International recruitment and EURES, European Employment Services
Does your organisation need help in finding and recruiting an international employee?
Experts in the international recruitment of Uusimaa TE Services will support you when you seek experts from abroad. We provide employers with free services and advice on matters related to international recruitment.
Contact us: [email protected]
We will help you with:
- planning and implementation of recruitment
- in the selection of a suitable destination country
- in the preparation and marketing of job advertisements
- providing information on adjustment services
- providing information on financial support for international recruitment
We provide you with access to the EURES services of the European Employment Service Network. EURES will help with recruitment and promote labour mobility in the EU/EEA and Switzerland by providing a comprehensive range of services and skills to support employers and jobseekers.
Examples of our services:
Finland Works Online recruitment events
The popular Finland Works Online recruitment events are organised 3-4 times a year, and they provide an efficient and free channel for virtual encounters with international talents in Europe.
Targeted Mobility Scheme - financial aid for recruiting
Targeted Mobility Scheme (TMS) -project facilitates the recruitment of experts from another EU country, Norway or Iceland, with the help of financial support. The project is coordinated by the Swedish Employment Services together with the EURES network. The amount of support granted to the employer is determined based on the extent of the induction offered to the new employee. For an employer located in Finland, the amount of support is 1,390–1,750 euros per recruited employee.
Read more: EURES Targeted Mobility Scheme (arbetsformedlingen.se)
Language training in workplace Finnish or Swedish
Customised language training for international employees, where the employer's contribution is 20-50 per cent of the total price specified in the procurement agreement, depending on the size of the company and the balance sheet or turnover.
See more: Palvelualusta.fi
International House Helsinki and entry services
IHH International Recruitment assists in finding international workers, provides information on services supporting the settlement of the worker and their family members, and introduces various financing options. IHH International Recruitment supports the entire process. We help you get acquainted with recruitment from abroad and from local applicant pools to increase the workforce. IHH also offers most of the initial authority and advisory services needed by immigrants and facilitates the settlement of those moving from abroad to the capital region.
Read more: Employers - International House Helsinki (ihhelsinki.fi)
Work in Finland makes international recruitment easier
The Work in Finland -website brings together all the most important international recruitment services and networks for employers and employees moving to Finland. Work in Finland - counseling service offers personal counseling and helps with questions related to the recruitment of foreign labor. Check out current services: For employers - Work in Finland
-
Work permit services and the employee's residence permit process
An employee who is a non-EU country, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein or Switzerland citizen usually needs either an employee's residence permit or another residence permit entitling gainful employment.
-
Other permit types include a residence permit for a family member or a student's residence permit (under the jurisdiction of the Finnish Immigration Service).
-
The residence permit of another country or, for example, the EU long term residence permit does not entitle you to work in Finland.
Under the Aliens Act, an employee's residence permit mainly entitles them to work in one or more professions. The foundation of the professional sector-specific approach are labour and occupational safety and health policy.
An employee's residence permit may also be employer-specific (posted worker, employee does not live in Finland).
Sending an application
An application for a residence permit for the first residence permit and an extension permit for an employed person may only be submitted by the applicant in person (Enter Finland, Finnish diplomatic mission, Finnish Immigration Service).
Paper application in a diplomatic mission or immigration agency: Residence permit application form (OLE_TY1 form (pdf)), in Finnish
EnterFinland: An electronic application, but the applicant must be personally identified at the mission or in Migri (usually only in connection with the first residence permit application).
Initiating an application and the employer's appendices to the application
The employer participates in the application by filling in the form required as an attachment to the application (Working conditions -form (migri.fi) (pdf)), which is submitted to the employee for attachment to the actual application.
The employer can use the Enter Finland service, for example, to monitor the status of an employee's residence permit application, send documents related to the application and pay a processing fee on behalf of the employee. You can also respond to any requests for further clarification from the TE Office through Enter Finland and fill in the Working conditions -form.
The employee's residence permit is processed nationwide without regional permit restrictions. In Åland, applications are processed by the Åland Labor Market and Study Services Agency.
Reporting a foreign employee
The employer must report a foreign employee when the employer hires an employee who is not a citizen of an EU/EEA country or Switzerland. The reporting is not necessary if the employee is a family member of an EU/EEA or Swiss citizen.
The notification is submitted electronically in the previously mentioned employer Enter Finland service, EnterFinland.fi
If necessary, the notification can also be submitted by sending a TEM-055 (suomi.fi) attachment form and a copy of the employee's passport or residence permit card to the TE Office.
Contact information
Work permit services: 02 950 40019 ( 9–11)
E-mail: [email protected]
-
