The Way to Successful Integration into the Finnish Labor market as an International Student of Karelia University of Applied Sciences
Haque, Saima (2024)
2024
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Author(s)
Saima Haque
Title
The Way to Successful Integration into the Finnish Labor market as an International Student of Karelia University of Applied Sciences
Commissioned by Talent Hub Eastern-Finland Project
Abstract
In this interconnected global economy, the immigration and integration are very big challenges. This thesis focuses on the investigation of the integration process of international students into the Finnish labor market. It does so by targeting only the international students of Karelia University of Applied Sciences within the context of the Talent Hub Eastern-Finland Project. Like other parts of Finland, North-Karelia also suffers from a lack of skilled labor and at the same time sees an increasing number of international students. It is very important to use the available workforce to solve the problem. So, the topic of this research is timely and relevant.
The research starts with analyzing and investigating the current integration process of the international students at Karelia University of Applied Sciences through the available historical background data. At the same time the research looks at Karelia University of Applied Sciences and Talent Hub Eastern-Finland Project’s current services for international students. In the next steps, a student’s discussion session and online interview with the project employees have been conducted to understand the challenges and find solutions.
In conclusion, to improve the integration of international students into the Finnish labor market, recommendations were given to the international students. Recommendations were also proposed to Talent Hub Eastern-Finland Project to better support the international students.
Language
English
Keywords
Immigration, Integration, International students, cultural integration, Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Talent Hub Eastern-Finland project, Labor market, Finland
Saima Haque
Title
The Way to Successful Integration into the Finnish Labor market as an International Student of Karelia University of Applied Sciences
Commissioned by Talent Hub Eastern-Finland Project
Abstract
In this interconnected global economy, the immigration and integration are very big challenges. This thesis focuses on the investigation of the integration process of international students into the Finnish labor market. It does so by targeting only the international students of Karelia University of Applied Sciences within the context of the Talent Hub Eastern-Finland Project. Like other parts of Finland, North-Karelia also suffers from a lack of skilled labor and at the same time sees an increasing number of international students. It is very important to use the available workforce to solve the problem. So, the topic of this research is timely and relevant.
The research starts with analyzing and investigating the current integration process of the international students at Karelia University of Applied Sciences through the available historical background data. At the same time the research looks at Karelia University of Applied Sciences and Talent Hub Eastern-Finland Project’s current services for international students. In the next steps, a student’s discussion session and online interview with the project employees have been conducted to understand the challenges and find solutions.
In conclusion, to improve the integration of international students into the Finnish labor market, recommendations were given to the international students. Recommendations were also proposed to Talent Hub Eastern-Finland Project to better support the international students.
Language
English
Keywords
Immigration, Integration, International students, cultural integration, Karelia University of Applied Sciences, Talent Hub Eastern-Finland project, Labor market, Finland