14 Websites to Find an English-Speaking Job in Finland
The job market in Finland is tricky. The application process itself might be challenging. And nothing is as stressful and frustrating as not knowing where to look for a job when you do not speak Finnish fluently.
But don’t worry, we are here to help! We collected 14 websites to check if you want to find a job in Finland. We gathered smaller and bigger job listing portals, matchmaking platforms and talent pools.
That’s one of the first places for job hunting. Find open positions with the keywords and don’t forget to use the filters like location, entrance level or remote/hybrid possibilities.
LinkedIn also is a great networking tool. You can add people from your industry. They might be posting about job openings in their companies.Every now and then they will be sharing about events you want to attend too or news relevant to you. Also, you can add the recruiters on LinkedIn and ask questions about positions you are about to apply to.
Don’t forget to work on your own LinkedIn page. Fill in your education and previous positions, share your portfolio, publications or anything that can make you stand out and show your personality. However, don’t confuse it for Instagram, don’t overshare your life events, keep it professional.
Jobly
It’s a job portal formerly known as Monster.fi. It is ranked as the second most visited job and career website in Finland. That indicates its popularity and relevance in the Finnish job market.
Jobly is a very smooth and user-friendly portal fully translated to English. You can find there not only full time positions but summer jobs and internships as well.
Duunitori
Found in Finland and a very diverse job seeking website with listings for entry- or C-level jobs in, basically, any industry. Even though the website is in Finnish, they’re listings in English that don’t require Finnish language. But to use it at its full capacity you have to speak a good level of Finnish.
The Hub
This platform focuses on the Nordics and the Baltics and mostly start-ups. It’s perfect for young professionals or university graduates in sales, marketing, customer success, design and development fields.
If you’re looking for internships, there’re plenty, sometimes unpaid, though. Don’t get an impression it’s only for juniors there’re full-time positions for more experienced professionals too.
Meet Frank
MeetFrank is a headhunting app where 100s of recruiters approach candidates with relevant job offers.
You can easily create a free profile listing your skills and expectations. CV is not required. And the app will show your profile to 100s of recruiters that are hiring for remote jobs.
Work in Finland
Work in Finland is a job portal that offers English-speaking job opportunities in Finland. The website highlights Finland's economic and social stability, good work-life balance, and close proximity to nature, even in cities. It is ranked as one of the top job portals in Finland
Usually, they have hundreds of English-speaking jobs across Finland.
Indeed
It’s a worldwide employment website. Unfortunately, the page for Finland is not tailored for non-Finnish speakers. However, you can still be able to find some English-speaking jobs by using English keywords.
Furthermore, you can check a company's revenue, read their employees’ reviews and sometimes see the companies’ wages.
Glassdoor
It’s famous for rating companies, their diversity levels, work-life balance and posting anonymous reviews from the ex or current employees. It’s not very popular in Finland for job hunting itself but great for researching and protecting yourself from potentially toxic work environments.
The Shortcut
Their Talent Community program is a talent pool. Once you create your profile with information about your employment status, CV and goals they will offer you personalized suggestions about open positions in their partner companies.
These suggestions won’t come everyday, however, it’s a great way to be notified about recently opened positions and be one of the first applicants.
Additionally, their Spark Academy provides several free courses for women and non-binary people in entrepreneurship, business and IT.
Startup Refugees
The main objective of Startup Refugees is to connect immigrants and refugees with local businesses or help them to create their own.
They're a great matchmaking platform. By filling in your information they will match you with potential employers. They have offices in Helsinki, Rovaniemi and Oulu and are connected to smaller cities around them.
Herizon
Relatively young community but with a proven track record of training and employing 200+ individuals in 100+ companies in the Nordics and Baltics. Their main focus is to diversify the tech industry with more female and non-binary people employees, mainly through paid growth and marketing internships that turn into full time jobs. If you identify as male you’re still welcome to apply and be part of the community.
Talent boost and International hub/house projects
These projects are organised by Finnish cities, they help immigrants to adapt to the society by helping to find Finnish language courses, throwing networking events or giving advice on job hunting. It’s not a direct way to get a job but a great tool to open possibilities and meet people in your city.
Talent boosts are usually focused on students and young specialists and international hubs/houses on all the immigrants but it’s still worthy to check both!
There’s no unified website as they are city founded but can be easily googled with “Talent boost” or “International house/hub of insert city name” keywords.
Spouse Program
They’re familiar to the International hubs but their agenda is helping those that moved to Finland for their spouses or family bounds. Usually it’s experienced workers who need to “restart” their careers in a new country.
Spouse programs organise networking events, and their doors are open to anyone, you don’t have to be married or in any relationships to attend.
Spouse programs are again sponsored and arranged by the Finnish cities individually, thus, there’s no unified website and you’ll have to find them yourself.
Online industry communities
Last but not least, check online industry communities, usually it’s Facebook groups, Slack or Discord servers or LinkedIn pages. You have to look for them yourself by googling or searching in social media keywords like “Marketers in Finland”, “Designers of Lahti” etc, or familiar keywords in Finnish.
That’s more for networking but with the possibility of getting hired, you can introduce yourself or promote your services, meet people of your industry which never hurts, seek help or see job openings. These kinds of communities help you to integrate and feel less lonely in Finland.
We hope this list helps you find a desired job in Finland. After crafting your CV and Cover Letter for the position, and before sending it, book a 15-minute call with us to check for any improvements that will help you secure the interview.