Get Work Vantaa

Get Work Vantaa is an ESR+ project co-funded by the European Union. The City of Vantaa is the main implementer and Laurea and Metropolia UAS are the project’s sub-implementers.

Get Work Vantaa project has three customer groups: employers, English-speaking jobseekers in Vantaa, and experts in the field of employment and integration. 

Watch the project’s introduction video: Get Work Vantaa -hanke tarjoaa tukea työnantajille ja työnhakijoille (in Finnish)

Recruitment services for employers

Are you looking for new employees? We connect you with a diverse pool of English-speaking candidates, from experienced professionals to emerging talent.

We help companies increase diversity in the workplace by providing a direct channel for recruiting English-speaking employees. We have a diverse pool of over 400 candidates from different fields. Our services are free of charge.

Candidate search

Our recruitment advisors search potential candidates from our client base and send you the most promising CV’s and help you arrange a live interview at our office. We base our search on the requirements and expectations that you set for the job. This way, we can find the most suitable candidates for you, so the recruitment process can quickly move on.

We kindly ask you to fill in this document to share what kind of employees you are looking for:

https://link.webropol.com/s/gwvrekry

You are also welcome to email us directly: getwork@vantaa.fi

Minirekry recruitment event

We offer our space in Myyrmäki for industry specific Minirekry events, where your company can introduce the open positions and your operations directly to those who are experienced in or interested in the field.

We take care of managing the event and inviting the candidates – all you need to do is show up.

At the heart of the Minirekry events is mini-interviews, where you can get to know potential candidates in a short amount of time. If you want, you can already accept applications on-site or share instructions on how to apply for the positions. 

Our candidates

Our candidates are immigrants living in Vantaa, who use English as their primary work language. These candidates represent many fields, including cleaning, financial management, sales, communications, IT and technical fields. 

Services for job seekers

Note: The registration for services has ended October 31st, 2024 as the project has moved to the next phase. The registration will not reopen.

Our walk-in service point in Myyrmäki is open for all English-speaking job seekers until March 25th, 2025.

Opening hours: Tuesdays, 12:00-15:00

Address: Isomyyri mall, 2nd floor (Liesitori 1, 01600 Vantaa). The office is on the right side of the escalators.

Get Work Vantaa project has moved on to the next stage, where we focus on supporting the job search of our registered clients. We offer two services to support our clients: Get Work Support and Career Coaching.

Career coaching webinar series recordings as a playlist.

• Discovering Your Unique Selling Proposition
• Manage mental health and rejection while job seeking
• Hidden opportunities

For experts in the fields of employment and integration

One of the objectives of Get Work Vantaa Yksi Get Work Vantaa project was to create and develop an operating model called Work First, which enhances the employment opportunities for English-speaking immigrants and supports employers in hiring English-speaking employees and in building diverse working communities. The operating model includes various employment-support services for employers and jobseekers.

The Work First operating model was developed using service design methods. The development work was led by Laurea University of Applied Sciences. Read a more detailed description of the operating model and about its design process from this article by Raija Kaljunen:

Speeding up the employment process for immigrants in Vantaa with the new Work First operating model (in Finnish)

Employment and career coaching services have been piloted in Vantaa during 2024. Alongside the operating model, a production model was designed. Read more about the practical implementation of the Work First model from this article by Raija Kaljunen:

How job placement and career coaching services for immigrants were produced in a joint project of three implementers (in Finnish)

Work First operating model will be gradually introduced into Vantaa’s employment services as part of the TE24 reform. During the project, we aim distribute the model more widely for employment services and other entities working in employment and integration in Finland.

Would your organization like a customized information session? 

We are happy to organize an event to share more information about the entire operating model or its various components, such as best practices in job placement, corporate collaboration, career coaching, events, the service point operations, and many other aspects we have developed.

Contact: getwork@vantaa.fi

Why is the Get Work Vantaa project needed?

Almost every third Vantaa resident is a foreign-language speaker. Of all the municipalities in Finland, Vantaa has the highest number of foreign-language speakers in respect of the population (29 %).

Many positions demand good proficiency in the national languages – Finnish or Swedish – which makes it more difficult for those who do not have fluency in those languages to find employment. In August 2023, there were altogether 6 274 foreign-language speaking unemployed job seekers in Vantaa.

According to a recent study, 81% of Finnish employees in 2023 say that they have difficulties in finding the employees they need. The lack of competent employees is regarded as one of the biggest hinders to the success of Finnish businesses. (Employment Outlook Survey, Q4 2023)

The Get Work Vantaa team helps employers and employees meet one another. The project workers support both the employer and the new employee at the beginning of employment. Special support is given for solving language and communication pain points on a practical level.

The career coaches of our partners – Laurea and Metropolia UAS – help our customers to develop their know-how to meet the needs of the labor market.

Basic information on the Get Work Vantaa project

Get Work Vantaa began in June 2023. The City of Vantaa is the leading partner, while Laurea and Metropolia Universities of Applied Sciences are the co-implementors. The project will end on May 31, 2025.

The goal of the Get Work Vantaa project is to find employment for 260 jobseekers and cooperate with 260 employer companies. 

The project workers consist of three project managers (from the city of Vantaa, Laurea UAS and Metropolia UAS), project coordinator, seven recruitment advisors, a service designer (Laurea UAS), and two career coaches (Laurea UAS, Metropolia UAS). 

The main goal of Get Work Vantaa is to develop an operating model called Work First. The operating model is developed together with clients of the project and other relevant interest groups. Laurea UAS is responsible for developing the operating model.

Employment services – services that promote finding employment – will be transferred from the government to municipalities, such as Vantaa, on January 1, 2025. The Work First operating model will then become part of Vantaa's employment services.

Another project, Kohtaanto +50, aiming to improve the employment of over-50-year-olds, began on June 1, 2023. The Kohtaanto +50 project and the Get Work Vantaa project progress side by side.

Get Work Vantaa is an ESR+ project co-funded by the European Union, with the City of Vantaa as the main implementer and Laurea and Metropolia UAS as sub-implementers.

Contact us

If you need assistance or wish to discuss any employment-related matter, please contact us via email: getwork@vantaa.fi