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Employment services for integration client

By registering yourself as a jobseeker, you become a customer of the employment services and you can start job seeking.

Introduction

Residents Immigrants
When you register as a jobseeker, you start your job search and customer relationship with the employment services of your area. As a jobseeker, you can apply for unemployment benefit from Kela or your unemployment fund.

The employment authority advises and guides you in applying for work and offers other services that help you integrate and get work. Such services may include integration training and multilingual social orientation, where you can find information about Finnish society.

The in…itial interview or the assessment of the competence and integration service needs examines your study and work history, language skills and other matters affecting your integration and employment. In addition, your language, reading and writing skills may be tested.

The integration plan supports your integration into Finland. It sets out an agreement on studying Finnish or Swedish that corresponds to your study readiness and skills, as well as on participating in the services that promote employment and best suit your situation.

Prerequisites

In order to register as a jobseeker, you must have the right to work in Finland. The right to work is based on a valid residence permit or the citizenship of an EU or EEA country or Switzerland.

The employment authority in your area will assess what kind of services you need to support integration and employment.

Units

Service has 1 units in total