Career Bootcamp

✨Join us for the keynote session “𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗪𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗼𝗯 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀" at the 𝗘𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟵.𝟵.𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 and discover how thinking like a business can transform the way you pursue your next career opportunity!  

💡 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝘆𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲?  

✅ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲: Many jobs in Finland are never publicly advertised, but the problems companies are trying to solve are often hiding in plain sight. Learning to spot them can become your way in.  

✅ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵: The session shows how to treat a job search the way a business wins customers - discover how to identify a company's real challenges, connect with the right people, and earn conversations that could open unexpected doors.   

✅ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀: Gain a systematic way to spot those challenges, show how you can solve them, and engage with the people who influence hiring. You'll learn how a simple coffee chat can become a meaningful win-win conversation that leads to new possibilities.  

🚀 Whether you're new to Finland, exploring career options, or looking for a more strategic way to approach your job search, this session will offer fresh ideas and actionable insights you can start using right away.  

The keynote is presented by: 

🎤 Akash Vasan is the Growth & Sales Lead at Sandberg Translation Partners, where he is currently building the positioning and sales pipeline system to diversify the company's revenue stream. Spending over seven years across software, research technology, and higher education management in India, France, and now Finland, he has worked primarily in growing inbound demand for businesses and improving their commercial systems.   

He arrived in Finland at the start of 2026 and spent his first couple of months here growing his network and navigating the market before he landed his current role. Along the way, he has learned a few things that he is looking forward to sharing at the keynote.

✨ Join us at the practical workshop “The Finnish Working Environment”, designed especially for international professionals who want to build a strong foundation for their career journey in Finland.   

🔍 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽?  

👉 Learn about the 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 of employees in Finland.  

👉 Discover where to find 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 when facing questions or challenges in working life.  

👉 Increase 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 to make informed decisions through greater awareness of employment-related rules and practices.  

🚀 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. Understanding the fundamentals of working life in Finland can help you avoid common mistakes, protect your rights, and take charge of your professional future.  

🎤 The workshop is led by Jutta Linna (M.Soc.Sc, BBA). She works as a Senior Specialist focusing on international affairs in Akava - Confederation of Unions for Professional and Managerial Staff in Finland. 

She works closely with immigration and integration policies and is also the architect behind Akava’s Start to Finnish® online courses about Finnish working life.