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CAREER SERVICES

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Instructions for students:” Traineeships”

• Traineeships• Career planning• Career monitoring• Job hunting• Mentoring• Comissioned

Master’s Thesis

• Career Counselling• Consultation on

traineeships andEU careers

• ThinkCareer-events,workshops andinfo sessions

• Communication onworking life

• Career monitoring data

Jobs and traineeships:helsinki.fi/rekrynet

Expertise

UH Career ForumHY urapalvelut

Career services on the web

TODAY´S PROGRAMME

Traineeships in general

Traineeship subsidy

Job finding info + CVWorkshop

Questions

TODAY´S PROGRAMME

Traineeships in general

Traineeship subsidy

Job finding info + CVWorkshop

Questions

TRAINEESHIP

● Either a compulsory or an elective part of the degree

● The traineeship included in the degree can be completed eitherabroad or in Finland, supported by university or the employercovering all the costs

● Students may apply for a subsidy for a traineeship that is part oftheir degree. Please see `Instructions for students´, section`Traineeships´ to find a list of the traineeship course codeseligible for subsidy applications,https://guide.student.helsinki.fi/en/traineeships

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OBJECTIVES AND BENEFITSOF TRAINEESHIPS

The objectives of traineeships are defined by your own degree, soplease get to know the objectives before the traineeshipDuring the traineeship you can

• acquire information regarding different employment possibilites,search for your own path

• apply what you have learned in practice: learn new skills, learn howtheoretical learnings are applied in working life

• find a topic or material for your master´s thesis

A traineeship is an excellent opportunity to create contacts. Manystudents get employed by the same employer, where they´ve donetheir traineeship.

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PREPARE FOR ATRAINEESHIP

• See to the employment agreement and the traineeshipagreement

• Acquaint yourself with the employer´s organisation before thebeginning of the traineeship

• Clarify your own and your employer´s objectives for thetraineeship

• Familiarise yourself with the learning objectives of thetraineeship course in your degree

• Keep a learning diary• Please ask further information about reporting the traineeship

from the coordinating teacher of your degree programme.

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THE TRAINEE´S WAGE

● A trainee always agrees on his/her employment with theemployer, who pays the wage of the trainee

● The mimimum wage of the trainee is set by Kela, in 2018 itwas 1 189e/month

● A trainee has the same rights as any other employee workingfor the employer (sick leave, occupational health care, annualleave etc.)

● Read more about employment relationships from thepublication Ready for working life issued by Akava.

● Union members get guidance regarding terms of work fromtheir own unions.

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TODAY´SPROGRAMME

Traineeships in general

Traineeship subsidy

Job finding info + CVWorkshop

Questions

UNIVERSITY FUNDINGFOR TRAINEESHIPS

● The subsidy is one way to get support for doing thetraineeship.

● The subsidy is not paid directly to the student, but isinstead used to cover part of the wage expenses for theemployer.

● The traineeship subsidy is 1 800€ per student for atraineeship lasting at least two months.

● The employer is entitled to invoice University after thetraineeship about the wage expenses (1 800€)

● The employer will pay the wage for the trainee. N.B!employment agreement

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APPLICATION PERIOD

• No official deadline for the applications• The application period started on 1 November• Apply for the traineeship subsidy only after you have been

selected for a traineeship placement and if the employerrequires the subsidy

• N.B! Apply for the subsidy before the beginning of thetraineeship, the subsidy is not granted retrospectively

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REQUIREMENTS FORTHE STUDENTS

All attending undergraduate students are eligible to apply if theymeet all of the criteria below:

● Bachelor’s students with 60 credits completed at the University ofHelsinki by the time of application.

● Master’s students at the time of application, if you meet the remainingcriteria below:

● The degree programme/degree you are currently completing includesa course involving a funded traineeship.

● You have not completed the course involving a traineeship which isincluded in your degree programme/degree.

● You have not previously used the University of Helsinki’s traineeshipsubsidy.

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EXCEPTIONS

NB! Exceptional cases in which the funded traineeship is only inthe Master’s stage:● the Faculty of Social Sciences● general and adult education (Finnish- and Swedish-language

programmes) at the Faculty of Educational Sciences● geosciences/geology at the Faculty of Science● agricultural sciences at the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry

NB! Exceptional cases in which the funded traineeship isincorporated only into the Bachelor’s stage:● Master’s programme for teachers of mathematics, physics and

chemistry.

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CRITERIA FOR THEPLACEMENT

● The traineeship placement can be in a company, central orlocal government, an organisation, an association, a foundationor a cooperative in Finland or abroad.

● The University’s traineeship funding is not available for atraineeship in which the University of Helsinki is the employer.

● The trainee must have a contractual or public-serviceemployment relationship, and the wage paid to the traineemust equal or exceed the minimum wage defined by Kela(1 189€/month in 2018).

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CRITERIA FOR THEPLACEMENT

● The minimum duration is two months.

● The trainee must be offered expert duties and the traineeshipmust develop the student’s professional expertise and provideopportunities to learn new knowledge and skills.

● The trainee must have an appointed supervisor at the hostorganisation.

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HOW TO APPLY?

1. Make sure you meet the criteria for applying for the subsidy.2. Once you have been selected for a traineeship placement,

notify Career Services by completing the relevant e-form.3. Career Services will check the information on the e-form to

confirm that both you and your employer are eligible for thefunding.

4. After completing the e-form, you will receive an emailconcerning the decision to grant you the funding. Attached tothe email will be a pre-filled traineeship agreement

5. Submit the traineeship agreement to your employer forsignature. You will receive detailed instructions via email.

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● Organisations, associations, trusts and foundations 37 %:– Chambers of Commerce– Peace Education Institute– World Vision Finland– European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control

● Companies 33%:– Verto Analytics– Next Games– Trimble Solutions Corporation– Cumucore

● Government 20 %:– Finnish Meteorological Institute– National Resources Institute Finland (Luke)– Finnish Institute of Organizational Health

● Universities

INTL. MASTER´S DEGREEPROGRAMMES: EMPLOYERS OFSUBSIDISED TRAINEESHIPS IN 2017

FUNDING A TRAINEESHIPABROAD

● Erasmus traineeship grant (Europe)

● International travel grant (instead of Erasmus or outside ofEurope)

More information at the International Exchange Services(studentexchange@helsinki.fi)

● Only one funding at the time for a traineeship.

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FURTHER INFORMATIONInstructions for students (how to apply for traineeship funding):HTTPS://GUIDE.STUDENT.HELSINKI.FI/FI/HARJOITTELU/ENJob search: HTTPS://FLAMMA.HELSINKI.FI/EN/STUDIES-AND-EMPLOYMENT/JOB-SEARCHE-mail: TRAINEESHIPS@HELSINKI.FI