Applying for job positions and funding

Applying for jobs and planning for a career are topical at different stages of academic careers. Completing a doctorate, for example, is one typically one point in a research career, when many ponder the potential options. Help and support for career planning can be searched from career services and career tracking surveys, as well as networking events and so forth.

 

You can begin the application process for jobs e.g. at the Job Market Finland. If needed, you can register there as an unemployed jobseeker and search for open vacancies.

At the Job Market Finland website, you can find information on job seeking, labor market training and vacancies.

Members of the Union of Research Professionals are provided with unemployment insurance through the Unemployment Fund for Education and Science. For further information on unemployment security, visit the Unio’s website. For further information on earnings-linked unemployment security, visit the Unemployment Fund for Education and Science website and Federation of Unemployment Funds in Finland (TYJ) 

Finding a job in Finland

Academic Positions − Akateeminen uraverkosto provides jobseekers with a forum that offer a wide variety of jobs in academic and scientific organizations.

Aarresaari − Academic Career Services is a network of academic Finnish career and recruiting services representing Finnish universities. Vacancies are advertised on the universities’ websites only. However, the Aarresaari website provides helpful information, including instructions for drafting a CV or a job application, as well as for looking for a job outside Finland.

Reseach Council of Finland has two annual periods for submitting applications. Applications for jobs outside Finland can also be submitted outside the Academy’s regular application periods.

If you are interested in a career as a civil servant, visit the Valtiolle.fi website. Individuals with varied educational backgrounds can apply for job positions in the government.

Finnish municipalities have their own recruiting website, kuntarekry, available in Finnish and Swedish.

Finland has a wide range of organizations that employ individuals with an academic education. Organizations also hire people with a doctoral degree.

If you are interested in becoming an entrepreneur, visit the Yrittäjät website, available in Finnish, and other similar websites, and, if you are enthusiastic about cooperation, the Pellervo website, available in Finnish and English.

On the Job Market Finland, a number of links point to websites advertising vacancies.

The Network of Doctors aims to lend support to improving the career prospects of holders of a doctorate degree, to develop their skills to succeed as an entrepreneur, to further their networking and to improve their prospects of receiving peer support, to counteract negative notions of and attitudes towards them with an adverse effect on their employment, and to find solutions to the rising unemployment rate among holders of a doctorate degree. This network relies on the Skillhive platform – formed by a ‘swarm’ of experts – and the members also compare notes in a LinkedIn group and on X under the #tohtoriverkosto hashtag (‘Network of Doctors’).

Finding a job outside Finland

Those who are interested in finding a job outside Finland can find helpful information at the website of the Union.

Academic Positions − Akateeminen uraverkosto is a leading career network in the Northern and Central Europe. It offers jobseekers a wide variety of jobs in academic and scientific organizations.

Researchers can find information on job opportunities at the EURAXESS–Researchers in Motionwebsite.

The Your Europe website offers both helpful advice and information on vacancies.

Many community-based services, such as LinkedIn, ResearchGate or Academia.edu advertise vacancies at their websites.

Grants

Research.fi  provides a list of open grant calls.

Post Docs in Companies offers funding for researchers moving to the private sector. The grant call is open twice a year.

Information on working with a grant

Association of Finnish Foundations’ website

The Grants and scholarships webpage of Research Professionals.