12.2.2024
Post-pandemic daily life created a need for a new type of community-based career guidance in which other students’ opinions and questions are part of the process. The career service staff of Hanken and the University of Helsinki have since learnt that an open invitation to coffee goes a long way. Read more
19.5.2023
Shortage of talent is a daily recurring topic on news and current affairs programmes. “Talent shortage poses a threat to investments in Finland.” “Up to 80 per cent of employers report problems finding the skills and talent required.” What are the fields suffering from a shortage of talent, and why? The national career monitoring survey,… Read more
25.5.2022
Reflections on the results of the university career monitoring survey What is the most important thing in working life – appreciation, pay or type of work? I was left pondering this when I looked at the results of the university career monitoring survey. The survey did not provide an answer to this question, but it… Read more
21.4.2022
– on or off course? From time to time, newspaper articles and news items talk about unemployment among immigrants, women in particular, and a simultaneous shortage in the workforce (Yle, 8 March 2022 and HS, 8 November 2021). Social service and healthcare professionals are particularly scarce (see Yle, 27 September 2021). Every year, some 100… Read more
16.3.2022
A successful learning experience rewards both the student and their instructor For many university students, the summer also involves an internship or summer job. Workplaces welcome students in various roles: as mentors, colleagues or even internship instructors. The start of an internship is an important stage during which people get to know each other, prepare… Read more
19.5.2023
Shortage of talent is a daily recurring topic on news and current affairs programmes. “Talent shortage poses a threat to investments in Finland.” “Up to 80 per cent of employers report problems finding the skills and talent required.” What are the fields suffering from a shortage of talent, and why? The national career monitoring survey,… Read more
15.11.2021
We have only been talking for 10 minutes, but my notes already fill up the whole page. A total of ten years of work experience in the forest industry in three different countries, five of which in managerial duties; a master’s degree in environmental sciences that will soon be completed within the target time; extensive… Read more
8.10.2021
Every autumn, around 18,000 university graduates are sent a national career monitoring survey. The survey is sent to graduates who have completed their Master’s degree five years ago and to doctoral graduates who have completed their degrees three years ago. The next round of career monitoring surveys will be launched in October! The career monitoring survey provides comprehensive… Read more
24.5.2021
It is that time of the year when those conducting career follow-up surveys get to the best part of the process – analysing the results of the autumn 2020 survey. The COVID-19 pandemic certainly gave the year a twist and, fortunately, the career monitoring group was awake and prepared last spring. The group decided to… Read more
