Career Bootcamp

Career Bootcamp is an established one-day career development event that gathers hundreds of highly educated professionals and a broad network of service providers from across Finland. The event supports professionals in advancing their careers while providing a platform for private, public, and non-profit organizations to showcase their latest initiatives and services for professional development and working life.

🛠️ Career tools showcase: Explore the latest career tools, services, and opportunities from service providers at their stands and on stage.

🚀 Advance your career: Dive into our immersive workshop and gain the knowledge, skills, and confidence to navigate working life in Finland.

🌐 Network and connect: Build meaningful relationships and collaborations with peers and professionals across a wide range of industries.

🚀 Unique opportunity: One of the few events in the capital region of the few events in the capital region designed for public, private service providers and non-profit organizations supporting professionals’ career development.

🛠️ Services showcase: Host your own physical stand and deliver a 3-minute pitch on stage to promote your services to a wide motivated audience.

🌐 Networking: The event attracts hundreds of participants - network and connect with professionals and other organizations at the event!

🪟 Event exposure: The event will be advertised on City of Espoo’s social medial channels and our partners’ networks.

Downloadable files

Career Bootcamp Autumn 2026 - Service Provider Proposal.pdf

The event takes place live in Otaniemi, Espoo, at our partner Technopolis Otaniemi venue. The program consists of a keynote, workshop, service fair and networking opportunities. The final program will be published closer to the event.

The event is held in English and is free of charge.

📆When: Tuesday 29 September 2026

⏰Time: 09:00 - 16:00

📍Where: Technopolis Innopoli 2, Tekniikantie 14, 02150 Espoo

Program (subject to change)

☕ 08.30 - 09.00 Registration & Coffee

🎤 09:00 - 09:15 Welcome words

🎤 09:15 - 09:45 Keynote

🎤 10:00 - 11:00 Service Providers Pitching

🤝11:00 - 13:00 Service Fair, Lunch Break and Networking

🛠️13:00 - 15:45 Workshop

🎤 15:45 – 16:15 Feedback and closing words

Register for the Espoo Career Bootcamp here!(external link, opens in a new window)

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💡 New to working in Finland? Discover the rules, rights, and responsibilities that everyone should know before entering the labor market.

✨At Espoo Career Bootcamp 29.9.2026, join our workshop designed for highly educated professionals, especially newcomers, where you’ll gain skills to navigate working in Finland and know the most essential administrative, legal, and contractual aspects.

🔍At the workshop, you will get to:

👉 Understand key rules and regulations on worker's rights, responsibilities, and obligations.

👉 Strengthen own agency by increased knowledge and awareness.

👉 Gain skills to look for information and help, when needed.

🎤 The workshop is led by Jutta Linna, Senior Specialist at Akava - Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland.

The event is organized by the Economic Development unit of the City of Espoo. We withhold rights to changes in the event program.

If you have any questions or requests, please contact: Trang Pham, Event Specialist, trang.pham@espoo.fi

Trang Pham

Event Specialisttrang.pham@espoo.fi

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Career Bootcamp

Benefits for professionals

Benefits for service providers

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List of service providers (to be updated)

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Get to know the keynote speaker (to be updated)

Get to know the workshop facilitator

Trang Pham