Spotlight your TRUE self

<p>This is my reality right now. My manager position that I have had since January 2024 will be discontinued from 1st June 2025 onwards due to cost-cutting measures in my company and a decision to reduce the number of...

<p>Is the employment situation for immigrants in Finland really as bad as we think?</p><p>What does the statistics tell us?</p><p>And how can we use this data to initiate improvements both for international job seekers...

<p>Kingsley grew up in Nigeria and just turned 18, when his parents died at a car accident. Suddenly he had the full responsibility for his four younger sisters, the youngest just being 7 years old.</p><p>It was clear...

<p>We have all knowledge available for free nowadays. You just need to pull your smartphone out of the pocket and use Google or ChatGPT to find information. And in plus of that we have access to free education from...

<p>Yes, the job market is extremely tough right now. There are hundreds of applicants for one open position and more and more headlines that companies are laying of people. Yle News has recently shared that the...

<p>Are you playing small in your job applications or at your workplace? Do you catch yourself thinking “I’m not qualified” or “I should not call myself an expert”? </p><p>That voice in your head could be the so called...

<p>Is that you? You are writing hundreds of job applications, but you always get rejected. You never make it to the job interview. And you have no clue what should be wrong with your CV or cover letter.</p> <p>In this...

<p>You see a job ad, you want to be smart and quick, you feed ChatGPT with it to create a cover letter and think you have a good text to apply for this position.</p> <p>I tell you as a hiring manager: It is very obvious...

<p>It doesn’t matter what you know. It doesn’t matter what you say or do. It only matters how you make other people feel. </p> <p>And having the ability to imagine what other people think or feel (to make them feel...

<p>If you look back on 2024 – how do you feel about it? What experiences have you made? Which decisions have you made? What people have you met? And did you achieve the targets you have set for yourself?</p> <p>I looked...

<p>“What are your weaknesses?” or “Tell us about your biggest weakness!” – are you afraid to be asked this question in your job interview? Because you are so insecure what do respond to that?</p> <p><br /></p>...

<p>Do you have a job interview upcoming – but you are afraid that you will miss this unique chance to land the job, because you are so nervous that this might jeopardize that you present yourself well there?</p> <p>A...

<p>Yes, the job market is tough and when >100 of candidates apply for one position only about 10-15% of them get shortlisted to the first round of job interviews.</p> <p>How do you get among this small share of people...

<p>Have you ever dated someone that ended up in a relationship? I hope we all have! – And hey, this means that you know also how to land a job. Because searching for a job is like dating!</p> <p>Many people who are...

<p>“All my life I had been chasing success, but here I was – with 38 – and had no idea when I will ever work again.”</p> <p>This episode is the second part of the interview with Tomi Kaukinen, a Finnish start-up...