meine Meinung dazu: gut wenn die Leute das so sehen. Dann bleiben genau diese Leute auch weg... :] und die, die die wahren Qualitäten und die Schönheit des Landes und den Zugang zu den Menschen suchen und finden, sind herzlich willkommen.Svea schrieb am 11.04.2006 13:15
Ein Däne meinte vor drei Jahren mal zu mir wortwörtlich: "Finland is boring. They don't make anything of their country".
Was heisst "Schönheit"? Es handelt sich wohl um das ganze Geschäftliche und das steht ziemlich im Schatten. Das könnte besser dargestellt werden.mstampehl schrieb am 08.07.2006 00:17meine Meinung dazu: gut wenn die Leute das so sehen. Dann bleiben genau diese Leute auch weg... :] und die, die die wahren Qualitäten und die Schönheit des Landes und den Zugang zu den Menschen suchen und finden, sind herzlich willkommen.Svea schrieb am 11.04.2006 13:15
Ein Däne meinte vor drei Jahren mal zu mir wortwörtlich: "Finland is boring. They don't make anything of their country".
http://www.6d.fi/cover_story/EntrepreneurshipStart-up support
These benefits have not gone unnoticed. The Ministry of Labour, to its credit, has recognised that entrepreneurship can be a viable option for those seeking employment. The start of a business can be a painful process, with high set-up costs and volatile earnings. Training, ongoing counselling, and grants are now provided for would-be entrepreneurs.
The MOL’s start-up grant programme (Starttiraha) can support an entrepreneur during the difficult initial phase of establishing a business by paying a fixed amount for a period of time while the business grows and stabilises. Since 2005, the start-up grant has been available not only to the unemployed but also to those moving into entrepreneurship from studying, home making, or even other employment. There are also tax incentives for new entrepreneurs, such as a 25% reduction in pension insurance taxes for the first two years of a new enterprise.
The start-up grant application is made at an employment office. The amount of the grant and the time it is paid varies according to the discretion of the office and the needs of the entrepreneur. The grant is paid for up to a total of ten months and can be about 650€ a month during the first six months and about 500€ a month for the following four months. Business advice and training often precedes or accompanies the grant.
This help can be extremely valuable. “The program is not so much about the funds for me, but the support that one gets from the extremely helpful staff in the offices,” says a Canadian entrepreneur, who established a business through the Starttiraha scheme. It took two months from her initial interview with the employment office until she received her first payment from the start-up grant.
A viable business plan
Some immigrants may not choose self-employment as a first option but rather as a last chance to find meaningful employment. “I looked into traditional employment but decided that entrepreneurship was the best option for me, as I don’t have 17 PhDs and 28 years of experience in order to get a cleaner’s job at McDonalds :rolleyes: ,” jokes a Tampere-based immigrant businessman who specialises in proofreading and editing. His sense of desperation is well understood by those immigrants who have experienced long periods of unemployment while trying to enter the Finnish labour market.
Whether the potential entrepreneur is excited about starting a business or depressed about the lack of alternatives, the decision to become self-employed should not be taken lightly. Far from being an easy way out of the unemployment statistics, many may find that running a business is much more demanding and stressful than attempting to find traditional work.
Nevertheless, for those with energy and commitment, entrepreneurship may be the way forward to a more rewarding and creative life in Finland. Kristina Jakimainen, who moved to Finland from Russia, decided to start her own business in September 2005 after working for international shipping companies for many years. Her own company, International Shipbrokers Finland Oy, specialises in forwarding containers and other shipments to and from Russia, and is already doing very well.
Jakimainen’s experience of dealing with the Finnish authorities like the Tax Office and the National Board of Patents and Registration has been very positive. “If I had known how quick and easy it was to establish the company, maybe I would have done it a long time ago,” she laughs. Despite making an application, Jakimainen was not given the start-up grant – perhaps, ironically, because her business plan was too convincing – but went ahead with her plans regardless. She warmly recommends both the TE-Keskus and the NYP Business Services, who helped her with useful information and the preparation of the business plan.
“Previous experience in the industry is a good foundation but you still need to be ready to take a risk when starting your own business,” she says. “It is very different working as the representative of a large multinational shipping company, to persuading clients to put their faith in your own small new enterprise.” After some initial uncertainties, her confidence seems to have quickly paid off.
Fortsetzung folgtEntrepreneurship an alternative for foreigners
The story is a common one: an immigrant comes to Finland and then spends months or even years in depressing unemployment. Conventional wisdom tells the migrant what to do: learn the language, go back to school, be persistent… yet after following all the advice, permanent employment may still remain elusive. Estimates from the Ministry of Labor (MOL) put immigrant unemployment at around 28%, which is almost three times the national average. However, there is another option that is becoming more popular with immigrants – starting their own business.
Immigrant entrepreneurs can be highly innovative with new products, processes, or services that have been ignored by older and established organisations. This entrepreneurial innovation not only yields profits to the owners but also helps address social problems. The European Union has noted with approval that in Finland “new entrepreneurs [in social services] acted as innovators, providing alternative services when compared with public-sector activities. For instance, new entrepreneurs started new types of service-based group homes and offered visiting services for the elderly in their own homes, the business concept being the provision of high-quality services tailored to the needs of individual clients.”
Immigrant businesses often market their products and services to the expatriate communities that they are part of, ethnic restaurants and grocery stores being the most obvious examples. While foreign entrepreneurs may start by filling niche markets in immigrant communities they feel comfortable in, they also offer new opportunities and experiences for native Finns. New businesses also benefit society as a whole, as well as the individual. Successful companies increase the collective wealth of the nation, yield more tax revenue and create jobs over time.
http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Job+ad ... 5220958654Job advertisements become increasingly demanding in ten years
Companies are setting more stringent requirements for job seekers in their job advertising than they did ten years ago.
The ideal employee in today’s want ads is a winner (Anm.) with an ability to tolerate pressure, and a high sense of work ethics. Ideal potential employees are expected to be committed to the job, to seek results, and to take responsibility. They should also be accustomed to constant changes, and be eager to learn. (Anm. Blablabla. Wo ist es nicht so? Ist es nicht selbstverständlich?)
Helsingin Sanomat studied changes in the content of job ads placed in the newspaper on three Sundays in July of 1996 and 2006. A total of 637 such advertisements were published in Helsingin Sanomat on the days in question.
Ten years ago the most sought-after qualities in a job applicant were flexibility, capacity for cooperation, and initiative. Now, alongside those qualities have come the ability to withstand pressure and a willingness to achieve results.
Other frequent requirements are commitment to a job and a willingness to acquire new knowledge and skills.
Today’s requirements generally include training for the field in question, good linguistic skills, and thorough knowledge of the sector; ten years ago typical job ads required a basic education, and basic training in the field in question. Nokia would even hire students who were in the final stages of earning their degrees.
Anna-Maija Lehto, who has made studies on working conditions for Statistics Finland for 20 years, and Ulla Groop, a leading recruitment consultant for the recruitment agency JL Consultants, attribute the trend to the fact that <span style="font-size:15pt;">Finns[/color] are better trained than they were ten years ago, leading to tougher competition for jobs. <span style="color:red;">(Anm. Spricht das nicht für sich, welche Chancen da den gut, sogar verdammt gut ausgebildeten Ausländern übrig bleiben? [img]mad.gif[/img] Ach, wie verdammt aufgeschlossen klingt der Text im Radio - ich sah heut morgen rot!!! Aber es entspricht der Realität.) [/color]
Lehto sees some potential problems arising from the rising demands.
"Studies on working conditions have shown that people feel stressed in their work, and that pressures are constantly growing."
She also notes that it is not always easy for recent graduates, who often have little work experience and do not have much of a chance to meet all expectations.
Ulla Groop, who has been involved in direct recruitment consultation for companies, feels that one of the greatest changes is that managerial staff are considerably younger than they used to be.
YLE24Discriminatory Requirements Common in Job Listings
Published 22.08.2006, 10.02
Many job listings contain discriminatory requirements, despite a two-year-old law which bans them.
The newspaper Keskisuomalainen reports that violations have been found in all sectors of labour.
Complaints have been made against employers specifying a specific age, gender, or religious and political background. Many jobs illegally require men to have completed military service instead of civilian service.
“Employers often find it difficult to accept the fact that they cannot stipulate certain age or gender requirements for potential employees,” said Marja–Riitta Pihlman of the Ministry of Labour.
According to the anti-discrimination law, someone experiencing employment discrimination can be compensated as much as 15,000 euros.
Eine entsprechende Gesetzesverschärfung ist in der Bundesrepublik gerade in Kraft getreten.sunny1011 schrieb am 22.08.2006 14:30Discriminatory Requirements Common in Job Listings
Published 22.08.2006, 10.02
Many job listings contain discriminatory requirements, despite a two-year-old law which bans them.
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According to the anti-discrimination law, someone experiencing employment discrimination can be compensated as much as 15,000 euros.
In Finnland ist der Unterschied prozentuell noch grösser als in Deutschland. Jetzt wollen sie auch oberhalb von "glass ceiling" eine Frauenquote im obersten Vorstand einführen, wie in Norwegen. Allein die Idee ist krank. Es soll natürlich und aufgrund der Qualifikation geschehen und nicht weil man "muss" ne Frau auch in der Firmenleitung haben.Loja schrieb am 22.08.2006 17:35
Das ist auch bitter nötig. Es schimpf sich Gleichberechtigung und trotzdem verdienen Frauen trotz gleichwertiger Qualifikation weniger. Ist das gerecht?
Loja, das passiert mir andauernd. Bin eben schwer vermittelbar, da ich in den letzten Jahren in einen viel (zu) hohen Rang "geraten" bin (für eine Ausländerin in Finnland *vorsicht ironie*). Jetzt will ich natürlich in diese Richtung, nur da wird anderswo nicht wie bei uns auf Englisch gearbeitet. Meine Sprachkenntnisse werden gelobt (aus Anstand?). Aber mein Preis ist zu hoch - so kann's gehen. Doch die Zahlen, über die man spricht (meine Gehaltsvorstellungen vs. Managementjob vs. meine vielseitige Aus- und Fortbildung) sind in der europäischen (z.B. deutschen Skala) wirklich sehr niedrig. Dazu muss man auch die lokalen Lebenshaltungkosten berücksichtigen, die hier nun höher sind und die Kaufkraft geringer. Ich bin auch bei diesen Verhandlungen flexibel, möchte dennoch angemessen bezahlt werden. Das ist doch normal.Loja schrieb am 22.08.2006 17:35
Ebenso ungerecht ist es, einen Ausländer mit der besseren Qualifikation nicht zu nehmen (ist mir passiert!), sondern statt dessen den weniger qualifizierten Einheimischen. Deswegen können die Strafen gar nicht hoch genug sein. Solch ein Gemauschel zwischen Männern bzw. Einheimischen unter sich muss aufhören.
blablabla...Projektipäällikkö
HALUATKO MUKAAN VOITTAJATIIMIIN?
Jos...
1. Olet aidosti yrittäjähenkinen
2. Pidät haasteista, vapaudesta ja vastuusta
3. Olet 25-35-vuotias*
4. Olet kiinnostunut suomalaisesta yritysmaailmasta
5. Olet sitä mieltä, että lehtiala vaikuttaa kiinnostavalta
6. Sinulla on myyntikokemusta
Projektipäällikkö
HALUATKO MUKAAN VOITTAJATIIMIIN?
Jos...
1. Olet aidosti yrittäjähenkinen
2. Pidät haasteista, vapaudesta ja vastuusta
3. Olet 25-35-vuotias*
4. Olet kiinnostunut suomalaisesta yritysmaailmasta
5. Olet sitä mieltä, että lehtiala vaikuttaa kiinnostavalta
6. Sinulla on myyntikokemusta
Wenn ich die Idee hätte, wäre ich EU-Präsidentin Oft wird zumindest in Deutschland diskutiert, dass Frauen selbst schuld sind, weil sie sich "schlecht verkaufen", zu bescheiden sind, eigene Qualifikationen runterspielen, keine Angemessene Entlohnung fordern, nicht recht verhandeln können. Wenn es noch im Paar mit der finnischen Bescheidenheit geht, dann aber Feierabend. Dennoch hab ich eigentlich eher die "naisten voima" (Frauenpower) hier mitbekommen. Manchmal sogar zu aufdringlich, aber wenn ordentlich untermauert durch Leistung und Kompetenz, ist es der richtige Schritt. Definitiv schaffen Quoten keine Abhilfe. Das Problem ist der Mangel an fairen Chancen, da erstens, auch in Finnland sind Firmen "eingespielt" und stehen Neuem nicht offen gegenüber, zweitens, sind extrem auf Sparkurs und daher zählt billig vor gut, drittens, AusländerInnen gegenüber recht verschlossen in den meisten Branchen.)
