Service group: Work & industries
Introducing Vantaa to Embassies in Finland
On September 20, 2024, for the first time, Vantaa organized a “Getting to Know Vantaa” introduction event for the embassies located in Finland. The event gathered together Ambassadors and other representatives of embassies from more than 40 missions.
Company looking for a top location: come to the Tikkurila Competence Campus!
The Tikkurila Competence Campus is a unique hub of continuous learning, business and innovation, located in Jokiniemi, Vantaa. The campus is now looking for tenants who want to locate in a prime location a few minutes from the airport.
Outdoor sales and mobile food premises
Mobile food premises typically operate at different events. Register your food business with the local food control unit four weeks before starting operations. Remember to notify the local food control authority when you operate in different municipalities.
Employment services advisory
At the employment services counselling, you can get guidance on job searching and studying.
Building of Tikkurila Competence Campus’ streets and parks to begin in the fall
Building the campus begins by building the streets and parks in the course of the year 2024. In addition to the competence campus, the area will house workplaces, housing, as well as versatile services.
New career coaching service helps immigrants find jobs and plan their careers
The City of Vantaa has launched Get Work, a project to provide immigrants with one-to-one career coaching in English. Laurea and Metropolia are co-implementing the project. The project will run until 2025.
Vantaa’s summer entrepreneurship programme boosts young people’s confidence in their skills
The Vantaa Summer Entrepreneurship Programme encouraged young people in Vantaa to try entrepreneurship and the viability of their own business idea. In summer 2023, a total of 16 young people aged 15-29 from Vantaa participated in the programme. Each participant received a mentor and €300 to start
Vantaa is a forward-looking city – in the year 2024 Vantaa invests in the future
Vantaa Mayor Pekka Timonen has published his budget proposal for the year 2024. The city will continue to grow; it has managed to reduce its debt in a long-term basis; and during the next few years, Vantaa will implement several investments that will bolster the city’s vitality.
Get Work Vantaa
The Get Work Vantaa project's main goal is to devise an operating model to help English-speaking immigrants into Vantaa, who do not speak either of the two national languages, find employment. We aim to help businesses flexibly employ English-speakers. Our vision is that entrepreneurs realize the
Towards a more culturally diverse working life
Vantaa is involved in the Muutostöissä (Change at Work) campaign, which aims to open peopleʼs eyes to the possibilities of a culturally diverse working life and the obstacles to it: ignorance, conditioning and beliefs.