Step by Step to Finnish Work Life

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Step by Step to

Finnish work life.

Career Coaching

Valoa Project

15.02.2012Aaltje (Ata) Bos

New people come in with a wealth of professions, skills, talents and contact resources!


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Foreigners in Oulu

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2004-2083

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Expatriates

sent by their company

Expatriates who initiated

their own international experience

ApplicantsOpportunists

Students

Exchange

students

Refugees

Degree

Students

TouristsVisitors

Spouses

Business Employment Unemployment

Investors


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AdjustmentArrivalPre Departure


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The acculturation curve

Positive

Feelings

Negative

Phase Euphoria Culture-shock Accultuation Stable state

Time

G Hofstede


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What do we know?

Geography

Climate

Culture

History

Politics People

Employment


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How do we prepare? Familiarity with the Finnish

culture

Awareness of the culture-shock phenomenon

Awareness of the stress

involved inmoving

Knowlegde of Finnish values

Motivation to adapt and make

Oulu our home

Willingness to learn the

language

Do people want to adopt to Finland and its core values? Do they want to live in it, and be part of it?


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What do we expect?

Own values Experiences

Media

Bias

Stereotypes


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Does bias interfere with individual

productivity and success?

bias-ennakkoluulo


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Is there a support System?

Employers Partners

Students

Oulu International Womensclub

The Expatriate Community

The Irish Music Society

The International Rotary Club

Oulu Cricket Club


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The Seven Traineeship

Do-take the initiative

Involve people

The RegionalEmployment Centre

Job Agencies

Personal Network

People are more than their professional background.


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Finnishlanguage

skills

CrossCulturalSkills

Orientation

Meaningfulandenjoyableactivities

Work

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(Henkilkohtainen tykalu)

Self Confidence

Pleasure Happiness

Support network

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Can we identify ourselves

with?

Functional identification

Normative identification

Emotional identification

How do identification processes contribute to the social cohesion?


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First Contact

Email

Phone

Personal contact


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How to read subtle Finnish

nonverbal language?

Gestures

Facial expressions Other manifestations
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How to impress a Finnish employer?

Statistics

Professional Degree

Conservative suit

Good spoken and written English

An effort to speak Finnish


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The Black Hole

Hard working, diligent

Honest

Good listeners

Good organisers

Tolerant

Richard D. Lewis


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Understanding the Finnish employer

Attend to little things

Keep commitments

Clarify expectations

Show personal integrity


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Job Interview

What is said is more important than whosays it

Little small talk

Reliability Modesty

Enthusiasm


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Communicating

Talking to strangers! Listening

Check body language

Seek commonalities Simply say Hello

Make eye contact and smile

Ignoring

Pretending

Selective listening

Empathic listening

Good things can come out of everyencounter and conversation is

the key to finding links in our life


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Are we

Integrated?

Adjusted?

Tolerant? Integrated?

Different

Different

Integrated?

Adjusted?

Tolerant?


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Humor

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Self-enhancing

and affiliative humor are the best

choices to increase creativity.

A stressful new

environment

Increasing diversity can be not only a

source of new ideas but also asource of conflict

To create a positiveenvironment.

Amusingnon threateningcommunication


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International Competences

Clarity ofcommunication

Flexible judgement

Resilience

Valuing differences

Focus on goals

Informationgathering

Spirit ofadventure


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What is Networking?

Linking commom interests that surfacethroughout life, about making connections

among people you meet.

Gathering and exchanging information,

assistance, ideas, resources and advice

Charles D.A Ruffolo


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Five principles of Networking

Begin your network Know your network

Bond with your network

Nurture your network

Give to your network


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Building your Network

Homebase

20-30

years


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Communicating to your Network

Talking to strangers! Listening

Check body language

Seek commonalities

Simply say Hello

Make eye contact and smile

Good things come out of every encounter and that conversation is

the key to finding links in your life

Two waycommunication


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Keep the Momentum!

Remember names Use business cards

Say thank you

Re-connect


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Step by Step to Finnish Work Life