Talent Hack Day 2026- For Professionals/ Talents
Talent Hack Day is designed for international talents in Finland - students, recent graduates and those looking for new opportunities
A Hack Day is a fast-paced event where participants come together to brainstorm, build, and innovate on creative projects within a short timeframe. It’s all about collaboration, problem-solving, and pushing the limits of what’s possible!
Real Challenges
Work on actual tasks set by companies, providing a practical learning experience.
Apply creative problem-solving skills
Enhance your design thinking and problem-solving abilities that are valued by employers everywhere. No previous hackathon or innovation event experience required - we will help you to achieve your goals!
Networking is the key in Finland
Forge connections with local companies and professionals. You get a chance to showcase your ideas and skills, while working together on company challenges. Maybe you have a possibility to network with your future employer during the event?
Diverse teams
You can join the event as an individual, in which case we will team you up with other talent with multidisciplinary backgrounds, or you can join the event with a ready-made team.
Eaton
Eaton is experiencing a rapid business growth in the Finnish and Nordic data center market. This expansion has created increasing needs of future resources and competences: securing sufficient field service engineers and power electronics specialists to meet the increasing B2B customer demand.
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Career Opportunities at Eaton
Intero Integration
Theme: B2B Sales & Market Penetration
Challenge description: Help this company develop a strategy to reach target B2B customers and land paying clients by improving product-market fit and building trust in a recovering market with zero budget. You will find ways to stand out from competitors with a
More information about Intero Integration
Cogknit
Theme: Career navigation & AI-driven skilling
Challenge: Help Lukla AI design actionable, company-led skilling journeys that bridge the employability gap for international professionals in Finland. You will develop ways to translate local labor market demand into clear, personalized learning
Elva
Theme: HR Tech & AI
Help Elva to improve their employee relocation platform by refining the product flow and overall relocation experience. The focus is on making processes like immigration and local setup more intuitive, transparent, and efficient for employees while reducing manual work, friction
Facilitation
We are partnering with Startup Refugees to facilitate the Talent Hack Day 2026. Startup Refugees facilitators together with mentors from our partner companies will be guiding and supporting participants throughout the day.
Start Up Refugees
Startup Refugees is an award winning and innovative non-profit organization that supports refugees, asylum seekers, and other migrants in employment, skills development and entrepreneurship through creating fast integration model for newcomers.
More About Startup Refugees
Team Formation and Match Making
Participants will collaborate in teams of 3-5 people to tackle a company challenge, with each company having three teams working on its challenge.
You can either form your own team and register together. OR you can register individually. If you sign up alone, the organizers will match you with a team based on your challenge preferences and educational background.
We’ll do our best to align teams with their interests and expertise to ensure a great experience!
Choosing the challenges
All registered applicants will receive more information about the challenges in a separate email. Participants are encouraged to review the challenges carefully and indicate their preferences, including a second and third choice in case their first option is unavailable. We will prioritize assigning participants to their first-choice challenge; however, if a challenge is oversubscribed, you may be placed in your second or third choice. This approach helps us create well-balanced teams while taking everyone’s preferences into account.
Guidance and Support
Participants will be guided and supported through out the day by mentors from Business Vantaa, by representatives of challenge owner companies and by Startup Refugees facilitators. They will also receive a short pitching training before the pitches are made.
Selection of participants, assigned teams and challenges
Once registration period closes, selected participants and teams will be notified of their selection by the end of February. At the beginning of March, you will receive details about your assigned challenge, your team, and additional information about the hack day. Stay tuned!
Venue
The Talent Hackathon will be held at Startup Runway at Aviapilot (Lentäjäntie 3, Vantaa). Lunch, snacks, and coffee will be provided for all participants.
The venue is accessible by car and public transport, and accepted participants will receive detailed arrival instructions by email.
The venue has step-free access from the main entrance, with access to the hackathon area on the second floor via an elevator, and accessible washrooms are available on the first floor. If you require further information about the venue’s accessibility, please contact us.
Check Our Previous Hackathons
We have been organizing the Talent Hackathon for four years. Our past events have featured participants from large international companies, startups, and professionals from around the world.
Feel free to check out our previous hackathons to learn more. You can also read articles and watch videos to see what our participating companies and professionals have to say about their experiences.
Contact Us for more Information
Blogs
Ekaterina - Winner of Business Vantaa’s Talent Hackathon
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Business Spotlight: Fazer’s Recipe for Global Success
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