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Work in Oulu

The Work page of the Info Bank website provides general information on job seeking, the rights and duties of employees, unemployment benefit, and starting a business in Finland.

The City of Oulu website also provides information on working in Oulu in English.

Employment and Economic Development Office of Oulu Region

The Employment and Economic Development Office of Oulu Region (Oulun seudun TE-toimisto) registers job seekers and provides information on job vacancies.

The office is located at Torikatu 34–40, FI-90100 Oulu. Further details are available on its website in Finnish and English.

Links for jobseekers

Job vacancies are advertised on the website of the Employment and Economic Development Office of Oulu Region (Oulun seudun TE-toimisto) in Finnish and Swedish.

The job vacancies of the City of Oulu are advertised online in Finnish.

The brochure “A starter kit for newcomers to Oulu” is available online in English as a pdf file (Adobe reader or equivalent application required).

The Oulugogo.fi website, available in Finnish and English, promotes international practical training.

Entrepreneurship in Oulu

The Oulu Regional Business Agency (Ouluseutu Yrityspalvelut) provides information on starting a business in Oulu both in Finnish and English.

Further details of Oulu as a business environment are available on the Business Oulu website in English.

Job opportunities for young people

The Employment and Economic Development Office of Oulu Region (see above) and the Nappi youth information and guidance centre (see the Welcome to Oulu page) will help you get started in finding work.

Workshops for young adults

Workshops for young adults provide various working and practical training opportunities for residents of Oulu aged between 17 and 24 years. These workshops seek to help young people to get a start in their chosen profession, to promote employment, and to facilitate applications for further education. The workshops are aimed at young adults with no vocational training, or with vocation training but no work experience.

The website of the City of Oulu young adult workshop service is available in Finnish, English and Russian.

Further links for young adults:

Immigrant NettiNappi
Education and Work

Taxation

All income in Finland is taxable, and everyone must have a tax card. The Oulu tax office (Oulun verotoimisto) is in the same building as the Employment and Economic Development Office of Oulu Region at the following address:

Torikatu 34 B
FI-90101 Oulu

Further details of the Finnish taxation system are available on the Taxation page of the Info Bank website.