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The Multicultural Workplace: Valamis

A visit to the Valamis Head Office opens our new series of art­icles about mul­ti­cul­tural work­places in the Joensuu region. Doors open to reveal the well-kept and sleek main office of Valamis, calm as most of the staff is work­ing remotely.  Jussi Hurskainen, the company’s CEO comes to greet us and we settle in his […]


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24.9. Luotsi Entrepreneur Lounge

Special Edition for Foreigners — How to start a busi­ness in Joensuu Eastern Finland is in need for new inter­na­tional tal­ent and entre­pren­eurs. At the same time, we have great deal of migrants with all kinds of expert­ise and a pas­sion for entre­pren­eur­ship. To help sup­ply and demand meet, we put together a panel at […]


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Talent Stories: Patricia Calzado

Teacher dur­ing the aca­demic year, cus­tomer ser­vice pro­fes­sional dur­ing the sum­mer: ”I have per­haps always been a kind of an adven­turer, mean­ing I gain a lot of energy from new people and situ­ations. It keeps me alive, you know.” Patricia Calzado, 29, moved to Finland from Spain eight years ago. She was born in Cordova […]