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Work in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
The Helsinki Metropolitan Area is home to the majority of Finland ’s immigrants. Most are employed in the commercial sector, industry, agriculture and horticulture, cleaning and sales work, teaching and education, hotel and catering work, and transport and traffic.
New areas in the future are expected to involve health care and social work, as well as services in support of the business sector. Finland also needs more entrepreneurs.
The Info Bank Work page provides general information on job searches, the employee’s rights and obligations, unemployment security and establishing an enterprise in Finland .
Read more about Employment and Economic Development Offices in Finland on the Info Bank Employment and Economic Development Offices page.
Work in Helsinki
Work in Espoo
Work in Vantaa
Work in Kauniainen
Job-seeking
The Info Bank nationwide Vacancies page contains links to pages displaying job vacancies.
The city as employer in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
Marvellous Metropolis (Mainio metropoli)
The cities of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area – Helsinki , Espoo , Vantaa and Kauniainen – provide work for close to 70,000 people. The services they provide cover all the area’s inhabitants.
The cities are seeking suitable candidates in various fields for a wide range of tasks. Working for the city normally requires a good standard of spoken Finnish and/or Swedish. The Marvellous Metropolis (Mainio Metropoli) website contains more information in Finnish, Swedish and English.
Seure
Seure is the recruitment agency for the cities of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, providing short-term placements in schools, day care centres, hospitals and health centres, for example. More information about Seure in Finnish.
HelsinkiRegion.fi portal (HelsinginSeutu.fi -portaali)
The HelsinkiRegion.fi portal contains useful links and information on the Helsinki Metropolitan Area labour market in Finnish, Swedish and English.
Establishing a business in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area
EnterpriseHelsinki (YritysHelsinki)
EnterpriseHelsinki’s Regional Business Services for Immigrants, which covers the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, offers guidance on all matters relating to entrepreneurship.
Business advice can be obtained in Finnish, Swedish, English, German, Estonian, Russian and Arabic.
EnterpriseHelsinki (YritysHelsinki)
Kaisaniemenkatu 6 A, 6th.floor
00099 Helsingin kaupunki
Tel. 09 310 36360
Fax 09 310 36369
open Mon-Fri 8.30 a.m.-4.30 p.m.
Information about EnterpriseHelsinki in Finnish.
Information about Helsinki as a city for business can be found on the Helsinki Business Hub website in English.
Employment and Economic Development Centres (Työ- ja elinkeinokeskukset)
Employment and Economic Development Centres support business activity and provide businesses with financial, counselling and development services.
Employment and Economic Development Centre for Uusimaa (Uudenmaan TE-keskus)
Maistraatinportti 2
00241 HELSINKI
Tel. 010 19 1450
More information about Employment and Economic Development Centres in Finnish, Swedish, English and Russian.
Further information on establishing an enterprise in Finland can be obtained from the Info Bank Enterprise page.