Employment services, Personal Customers

By registering yourself as a jobseeker, you become a customer of the employment services and you can start job seeking.

Career coaching guides and supports you in studying different career options.

If you have a disability or illness affecting work, you can request a certificate for a partially disabled jobseeker from the employment authority.

You may receive discretionary expense allowance if you incur costs for participating in a service.

By registering yourself as a jobseeker, you become a customer of the employment services and you can start job seeking.

In the event of dismissal, those aged 55 or over may receive extended transition security services that help them to re-employ quickly.

As a client of employment services, you can receive unemployment security for studying.

During independent studies, you may receive unemployment benefits under certain conditions.

You can study job-seeking skills in job-search training.

As an unemployed jobseeker, you can job search for 3 months in another EU/EEA country or Switzerland and receive unemployment benefits from Finland.

Labour market training helps you develop your professional skills and promote your employment.

If you need a comprehensive service to support your employment, you can get help from multisectoral services.

You can get compensation for travel and accommodation costs when you are applying for a job or participating in a service that promotes employment.

The start-up grant secures your livelihood during the establishment and consolidation stage of your business.

In the training trial, you can familiarise yourself with the studies at an educational institution and find out whether the field is suitable for you.

Vocational guidance and career planning help you assess your vocational, education or work options.

Job coaching will guide and support you personally in searching for a job and finding employment.

You can use a work try-out to find out about career choices and career options in practical tasks. You can also use it to support your return to work.

Employment support can be granted to a company when it hires an unemployed young person under the age of 30 who meets the eligibility criteria.