There are 1,800 applicants for the janitor position. I applied for janitor, kitchen assistant, and other jobs, but always receive rejection letters. Finding a job here is really difficult.😭😫🤯

by Adventurous_Bike4787

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  1. Yeah finding a job in finland is difficult and it’s been said alot of times by now that coming here solely for work is not a good idea.

  3. I feel very sorry for you… current situation is very hard and it is really hard to find any job. This year has given at least some positive signs at my field (automation) so maybe it will start to get better.

    If you are up to it you can try to find some home cleaning jobs or similar but if course then you would be employer to yourself.

  4. Over 300k unemployed fighting over some 27k positions – even if there were 0 fake listings, less than 10% of the unemployed would get a job if _every_ job was filled (which is a pipe dream to begin with).

  5. It depens on what grounds you came here? If as family ties without anything else, it’ll be hard, maybe a mistake. But studying and then finding a job with finnish fluency, it’ll be better.

  6. Most of them are probably people who are forced to send an X amount of applications each month to receive financial aid from the government. Have your CV and applications checked by some locals, and make sure to emphasize in your application why you really want to work in that specific company.

  7. Its just the reality which you face.

    Theres only so many low key jobs available and theres too many of applicants who are after those. Other jobs might have different ratios, like for example there is major need for experienced psychiatric physicians in Finland, and they get employed right away if they choose to.

    You need to make a strategy and plan accordingly. What is in demand, where the demand is. How will the situation change in the future. And aim for there.

  8. Yes, Finland is dying country. As a native i also think about moving somewhere else. I am currently studying to be an engineer and it is almost impossible to get internship. Not only that job market is bad, but also values and culture in Finland has taken nose dive in past few years.

  9. Working on board a ferry is popular, good money, great work culture and work one week and be free one week. Awesome gig. At least that was my experience.

  10. The same is for native finns right now, so dont worry it’s not about immigrants. Even students applying for internships (that employers don’t have to pay anything, students are basically free workforce) can’t find ones. Finnish labor market is in chaos right now.

  11. Do like the boomers say and just walk to a job of your choice and tell them here I am I came to work when can I start

  14. If it helps there was 1798 other applicants that were also rejected, who probably also just get rejection letters.
    Searching for a job in this economy is HARD.
    But in the end only one has to say yes, so keep at it.

  15. With 1.8k applicants, imagine how pro the successful candidate must have been. Like the robocop of janitors or something, mops and vacuum cleaners for arms, his head just a repurposed bucket.

  16. You need contacts to find work, only online application is often quite useless

  17. Low and unskilled labor is a bad bet in 2025. Anywhere. Also in Finland.

  18. Thats why you shouldnt take immigrants willynilly if you have no jobs for em.

  19. I can also imagine any Jobs that don’t necessarily require proficiency with Finnish are potential to be more popular for many applicants, and all of those without it applying to pretty much all of the ones who don’t require it.

    Technically unrelated but I have a friend who is a qualified teacher in Finland but if he doesn’t land the like a Total of 6 English teacher positions in the capital area in English speaking schools – he’ll have a tough time getting employment in the field as he essentially cannot be hired to work in a Finnish speaking school without being able to speak Finnish

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