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  • Get to know our International Talent Ali Basem Al-Darraji

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    Just like most entrepreneurs, Ali is highly skilled and passionate about what he’s doing. I’ve met him in Herttoniemi where a year ago he decided to create his own future. He took his passion for cars next level and together with his friend Ahmed opened a mechanic garage. This is Ali Basem Al

  • Get to know our International Talent – ph.d Anna Lenkewitz-Salminen

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    Today I had the pleasure of spending a couple of hours with one of the most beloved figures in the NGO world, Anna Lenkewitz-Salminen. Even though she could never imagine herself living anywhere else but Germany, she fell for Finland. ‘Pretty much after I came here for the first time (2011) to work

  • Skill mapping focusing on your transferable skills with expert career coach Emilia Deseille

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    Any experienced career coach will ask you to write down all the things that you enjoy doing, you feel you’re good at, others compliment you for or come to you for help. What are your super-powers? It doesn’t matter whether you consider it marketable or not, if your colleagues value your presentation

  • Talent Vantaa and Euroscalers helping companies to go abroad

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    Talent Vantaa met the founder of Euroscalers program this fall as they launched their second round to support the growth of Finnish companies. Rasmus Basillier, the founder of Euroscalers, has seemingly developed a worthy concept to do that based on the results of previous round conducted last

  • Get to know our International Talent Ekaterina Podnebesnikova

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    If you are active on LinkedIn, you might have read by now some of her articles from the ‘Inspired by Experts’ series. Today’s story features Ekaterina Podnebesnikova, a very determined young lady, originally from Saint-Petersburg, who came to Finland 3 years ago.

  • Connect & experience; How a startup nation is systematically organized and maintained

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    I had the honor to take part in a five-day learning program to Israel as part of a delegation of European ecosystem leaders. This program is part of the European Innovation and Technology Institution – and is organized by EIT Hub Israel, portfolio program: #connectandexperience.

  • Get to know our International Talent – Barbora Kachlíková

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    Get to know our International Talent -campaign is part of Kasvua Vantaalle kansainvälisistä osaajista – Talent Vantaa –project that implements the targets of national Talent Boost Program and receives funding from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. Project is implemented in cooperation

  • Get to know our international talent – Joppe Quaedvlieg

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    If you are a foreigner in Helsinki looking for work, most likely you have already attended one of his workshops. Just like the interactive sessions he delivers, his employment path here in Finland stands as an example of ‘How to network yourself into a job’. I’m sure you have guessed by now, this