What Can a Job Seeker Do During Summer? by Nela Saglenova

Have you ever been in the situation when you were unemployed during the summer?

Who has never experienced it might think that it is a big luck. Typical phrases what a job seeker could here in these times are: “I would change it with you immediately”, “Such a great weather – be happy that you don´t have to be closed in the office whole day”, etc. Very often family, relatives or friends don´t realize that an unemployed person needs their support more than ever and shouldn´t grow guilty feelings for having a free time. It doesn´t help one´s confidence, neither does it eliminate one´s worries about the future. It is worth to explain our surrounding people that to lose the job is not the 1^st price in the lottery. No matter in which season it happened.

Does Finland Deserve the Unemployment Boot and Then What? – by Jukka Niemelä

Microsoft’s announcement on July 17th, 2014 to lay off 14% of its total workforce hits Finland like a lightning. Suddenly. Hard. Damaging. Leaves only smoke behind. But does Finland deserve it’s own share of the boot? Microsoft will dismiss 1,100 employees in Finland, closing Oulu product development unit probably for good. In total, Microsoft will kick out about 50% of ex-Nokians they bought less than a year ago.

Käydäänkö Teillä Kilpikonnasotaa? by Jaana Kettunen

Mitä olisi organisaatio ilman poteroita? Niitä, joista käsin omaa reviiriä suojellaan ja varotaan antamasta kenellekään mahdollista vihiä siitä, mitä ollaan tekemässä. Omassa kuopassaan jököttävä esimies pelkää joutuvansa arvostelun kohteeksi tai menettävänsä valtaansa. Se tulisi todeksi, jos muille paljastuisi, ettei esimies tiedäkään kaikesta, ei osaa jokaista yksityiskohtaa ja joutuu kysymään muiden mielipidettä.

Foreigner Starting Career Abroad → Step Out of the Line! – by Nela Saglenova

“To be or not to be…” – that is what Hamlet was asking himself in William Shakespeare´s play. And what is foreigner asking when he/she is starting career abroad? Oh boy – thousand questions and sometimes even to be or not to be…

All networks created until now stayed in the home country. All patterns how to find a job shattered into a thousand pieces and aren´t valid anymore. There is a thick black line behind all the preparation for the future career until now and blank list in front.

The universal key code for every foreigner starting career abroad is to Step Out of the Line. But it is not enough. What else to do?

All Businesses are About Helping People

I have come to a conclusion that all businesses are about helping people. When you re-consider your own business and find out how you actually help your customers, it will change your mindset. Your actions will reflect your thinking, leading to higher customer satisfaction and commitment.

Change Strikes Finnish Companies – How Can They Handle It?

It seems we have finally woken up to the fact that the change is inevitable. Like the management guru Tom Peters says, the speed of change accelerates. For some odd reason, us Finns seem to have realized this fact only recently. In today’s Helsingin Sanomat was a great wrap-up by Minna Nalbantoglu about the change striking Finnish companies.

Finland’s Dubious Honor and Living by the Book Kills Creative Thinking

A U.S. based research institute Fund for Peace nominated Finland as the least failed states in 2012. Although the institute measures non-business based values, the dubious honor we received reflects our thinking and restricts our business success. We live by the book and it kills creative thinking.