Pirkanmaa ELY Center: Empowering foreign jobseekers in Finland

Read all about the Pirkanmaa ELY Center, a pilot project in which a communication training course was arranged for non-Finnish-speaking jobseekers


The Pirkanmaa ELY Center is a customer- and citizen-focused, highly competent and reliable regional development and service organization. The ELY Center carries out the state administration’s regional tasks. The Pirkanmaa Employment and Economic Development Office (TE Office) creates solutions for the needs of recruiting and employment.


The Challenge

The Pirkanmaa TE Office was looking for ways to improve the employment possibilities of non-Finnish-speaking jobseekers who had lost their jobs.

The Solution

Watch the video and discover how communication training improves the employment possibilities of non-Finnish-speaking jobseekers.

Communication training at the Pirkanmaa ELY Center

The Result

In 2018, in cooperation with the Pirkanmaa ELY Center, Acolad implemented a pilot project in which a communication training course was arranged for non-Finnish-speaking jobseekers who were professionals in the ICT field.

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