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Alsiva Oy: It´s the atti­tude that counts

Awarded with the Luotsi award on Joensuu Day 2022: Alsiva Oy ”We have many pos­i­tions that require a lot of skill and edu­ca­tion, but we also have pos­i­tions on the pro­duc­tion side where the decid­ing factor is a pro­duct­ive atti­tude and pre­ci­sion. We have been very sat­is­fied with the new Ukrainian work­ers who have star­ted […]


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Tackling the labor short­age with inter­na­tional hands

Awarded with the Luotsi award on Joensuu Day 2022: Joen Leipurit Oy Where to find work­ers? Labor short­ages are expec­ted to become an obstacle for the suc­cess of many busi­nesses in the com­ing years. One of the fields facing poten­tial struggles is the bakery busi­ness, which employs 7000 people in Finland. For the Average Joe, […]


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Improving integ­ra­tion through work­place Finnish

Awarded with the Luotsi award on Joensuu Day: Napakka Osk Pohjois-Karjalan Napakka Osk is a cooper­at­ive enter­prise estab­lished in 2004, also act­ing as a voucher-based ser­vice pro­vider for Siun Sote. Napakka offers a vari­ety of domestic ser­vices in the Joensuu area, ran­ging from clean­ing to small main­ten­ance work and yard­work. Napakka also offers billing ser­vices […]


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Bold employ­ers rewar­ded on Joensuu Day

The tra­di­tional Luotsi awards were once again given out on Joensuu Day, on Tuesday, November 29 at Teatteriravintola. This year, the awards were given to employ­ers who have boldly employed inter­na­tional tal­ents. This year, the Joensuu Day Luotsi awards were given to three busi­nesses to thank them for their open-minded and bold employ­ment of immig­rants […]


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Juttuklubi Joensuu: a warm bon­fire for all to gather around

Juttuklubi Joensuu is aimed at immig­rants and its meet­ings con­tinue after the sum­mer break on 21 September, 2022, 17–19, in Luotsi’s facil­it­ies. The topic of the first meet­ing is vol­un­tary work. The club meets three times and has dis­cus­sions about Finnish work­ing and find­ing a job in Finland. For example, you get to hear about […]


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Coming up : Työtä Karnevaalit, a unique recruit­ment event!

Seeking a job? Looking for the per­fect match, even? Then look no fur­ther, as a heart-pound­ing event is about to take place very soon. On the 17th of August at Sokos Hotel Kimmel in Joensuu, employ­ers and job seekers are look­ing for the per­fect match! Työtä-karnevaalit is a free recruit­ment event where any­one can drop […]


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How to make good use of your for­eign edu­ca­tion degree in Finland

Your edu­ca­tion is not auto­mat­ic­ally null and void once you cross the bor­der and apply for a luc­rat­ive job in a new coun­try. On the con­trary, a degree is and should be a valu­able asset every­where, but due to dif­fer­ent edu­ca­tion sys­tems used in most coun­tries, using a degree to your advant­age in a for­eign […]


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Welcome to International House Joensuu

As of 30 May, 2022, the immig­ra­tion ser­vices of the city of Joensuu are effect­ively renamed International House Joensuu. The new name shares sim­il­ar­it­ies with other International Houses oper­at­ing in other major Finnish cit­ies, such as Helsinki, Tampere, and Turku. You can even find an International House in Estonia and Copenhagen, mak­ing the concept truly […]


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Hiring a non-nat­ive speaker into the organ­iz­a­tion

In our blog series The Multicultural Workplace we have inter­viewed com­pan­ies that have embraced a more inter­na­tional work cul­ture here in the Joensuu region. Adapting the com­pany cul­ture to bet­ter facil­it­ate non-Finnish speak­ers and mak­ing English the second or even the primary busi­ness lan­guage allows busi­nesses to tap into the poten­tial of inter­na­tional pro­fes­sion­als, grow […]


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Talent Stories: Daddi Diesel

When Dorian moved to Joensuu two years ago, he had to redis­cover him­self and find a new career path. Watch this Talent Story and learn how Dorian became Daddi Diesel, a YouTube pod­caster, who wants to bring inter­na­tional atten­tion to Finland. Dorian will be one of the guest speak­ers at Luotsi’s Entrepreneur Lounge today, Friday […]