Enhancing Employability and Recruitment Skills in the Finnish Labour Market
The Finnish Labour Market Roadmap project, initiated in November 2021, aims to address labour shortages and mismatches in various sectors across Finland. The project identified shortages in critical occupations like health services, ICT, early childhood education, and industrial sectors. Additionally, the Work Ability Programme focused on improving employment opportunities for individuals with impaired work capacity through various initiatives. IMAGO coaching sessions targeted employers to enhance diversity skills and improve employer branding, ultimately aiming to facilitate the employment of immigrants in suitable roles.
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Analyzing changes in the labour market & measures to adopt to improve jobseekers employability and employers recruitment skills some best practices from the Finnish PES May 2023
Labour Market Roadmap project The tripartite project was launched in November 2021 in order to find solutions to the labour needs of different sectors throughout Finland. The data model developed for the project deepened understanding of the extent and causes of labour shortage and mismatch in different occupations and regions. At the same time, the project clarified the current situation of labour reserves and the need for work-based migration. An analysis carried out as part of the project in 8 different sectors divides occupations into those characterised by shortage, mismatch or surplus. According to the report, within the occupations offering an average income there is a particular shortage on health and social services as well as ICT experts, early childhood education teachers and within several industrial occupations. The project report also explains that the increase in labour market mismatch is largely explained by the growing number of atypical employment relationships. More information: https://tem.fi/en/-/report-on-supply-shortage-and-matching-of-labour-sums-the-results-of-the- labour-market-roadmap-project 2
Work ability programme The aim of the programme was to improve employment of people with impaired work capacity,. The programme, carried out during the government programme of Prime Minister Marin (2019-2023) also developed more effective services to support working capacity. Within the programme: A state-owned special assignment company was launched in order to employ people with impaired capacity to work who are in the most difficult position. The company employs the people directly in an employment relationship and sells their work input to its customers (like Samhall in Sweden). More Working capacity coordinators were recruited at PES Offices, coordinating services for jobseekers with impaired capacity to work according to their service needs. The coordinators worked closely with different networks, taught PES staff how to identify services needs of this target group and helped employers in the recruitment. A condition was set for social employment in public procurement. Employment through procurement means that the public procuring entity attaches a condition concerning employment to the invitation to tender and the procurement contract. The employment terms require that the selected contracting partner employs persons in a vulnerable labour market position defined by the client during the contract period. A strategy for social enterprises was drawn up and a Centre of Expertise for Social Enterprises was launched. More information: https://tem.fi/en/work-ability-programme Final report of the Work Ability or Working Capacity Programme: https://tem.fi/en/-/workiworking-capacity-programme-ends-but-some-measures-will-continue-in-the-new-government-term 3
IMAGO couching to strenghten diversity and employer image IMAGO couchings are targeted to employers and workplaces wanting to strenghten their diversity skills and employer image. The couchings are part of the Working life diversity programme and Talent Boost programme. The programme s goal is that companies and organisations benefit from diversity and that immigrants can more easily find employment that corresponds with their skills and advances their careers. IMAGO coaching sessions strengthen participants competence and understanding of employer branding, diversity-orientated recruitment skills, multicultural and internally strong corporate cultures and employer image development. More information on IMAGO couchings: https://toimistot.te-palvelut.fi/web/imago More information on Talent Boost Programme: https://tem.fi/en/talent-boost-en 4
Employ with competence good recruitment and employer skills for small entrepreneurs Employ with competence is a nationwide service which gives advice to sole and micro entrepreneurs on how to acquire workers and on how to act as an employer. The service encourages employment by developing good employer and recruitment skills. The goal of the service is help the entrepreneur to get ahead in acquiring a worker and potential employments or contractual relationships to start well. The service aims to lower the recruitment threshold of the entrepreneur. The service helps entrepreneurs to see what is the best way to acquire workforce based on the entrepreneur s situation. The service maps the situation of the entrepreneur, based on which personal counselling is provided for approximately 3-5 hours. In addition, the entrepreneur gets access to an extensive bank of instructions and a personal written plan to support his/her progress. More information: https://toimistot.te-palvelut.fi/en/recruit-like-a-pro 5
Further educated with companies F.E.C. trainings Further educated with companies (F.E.C) trainings are recruitment training programmes, the goal of which is to develop the job seeker's professional skills to meet the needs of companies and employment in new positions at the end of the training. The trainings are aimed especially at highly educated and more experienced persons in the field of education who are unemployed or at risk of unemployment. The total duration of the training is about six months, of which theory studies account for about 20%. The rest of the training time is on-the-job learning in a cooperation organization. F.E.C training is an alternative way of looking for a job, especially in situations where the job seeker needs to update his/her skills. More information, example of F.E.C. training at Aalto university: https://www.aaltoee.fi/en/services-for-organizations/recruitment-training-programs#further-educated-with-companies-f.e.c 6
More information on the public employment and business services in Finland: Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment https://tem.fi/en/public-employment-and-business-services Digital service platform Job Market Finland https://tyomarkkinatori.fi/en
