Employment services for immigrants

In order to receive employment services from the employment area, you must register as a job seeker. Once you have registered as a job seeker, you can apply for unemployment security from Kela or your unemployment fund.

The employment advisors in the South Häme employment area will advise and guide you in applying for a job. We also offer other services that help you integrate and get a job. Such services include integration training and multilingual social orientation, where you can learn about Finnish society.

Assessment of the competence and service needs

Once you have registered as a job seeker, we will assess what you are good at and what services you need. During the assessment, we will find out, for example,

• what goals and wishes you have,
• what you have studied before
• what you have done for work
• what languages you know
• what kind of working capacity or functional capacity you have, as well as
• what else has a significant impact on your getting a job and integration.

We may also test things like how well you read or write.

Integration plan

We will decide together whether to make an integration plan for you. An integration plan supports your integration into Finland. If we make an integration plan for you, we will agree with you,

• what kind of goals you have in integrating and getting a job,
• what services you participate in.

The integration plan may include, among other things

• social orientation,
• integration training,
• teaching reading and writing skills,
• other service you need.