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’’Dress code in Christmas parties and how much Finns enjoy sauna can be surprising” The integration of international talent to the work community

05.10.2022

The settling in process for foreign talent can be a difficult part of international recruitment, because the newcomer must integrate into the society as well as the work community. We listed a few important tips to consider when a new employee moves to Finland.

Residence permits for the employee’s family

07.04.2021

Sometimes a foreign expert moves to Finland with their family or spouse. Residence permit issues of an employee’s family raise a lot of questions, as the policies vary from country to country.

Extension to our relocation service offering!

10.12.2020

An important part of a successful relocation is the integration of the employee’s spouse into a new country. Finland Relocation Services has now developed a new service to support the accompanying spouse.

Expat Insight – Ashwini’s Story

09.11.2017

We have often talked how important a trailing spouse’s role is when moving to work abroad. We are pleased to introduce Ashwini and her success story about her life in Finland. She is a shining example that with a proactive approach a spouse can find meaningful work and activity – even in Finland. Ashwini Gore-Deshpande…

Outcome of the Mobile Talents seminar: Importance of a foreign employee’s spouse

15.05.2017

What to do when a desired foreign talent has a spouse? Why should the employer be concerned over the spouse’s well-being? How can the employer care for the spouse’s satisfaction? Shouldn’t this be a matter for the employee and the spouse to sort out? In this spring’s seminar by Finland Relocation Services these questions were…

Expat insights – Lauren Bengston

20.04.2017

Lauren Bengston moved to Finland with her husband Matt and their young son in November 2016 from Virginia. Their move was the result of a deliberate desire to move to Sweden, but along the way they were redirected. “Matt has Swedish ancestry so we wanted to move there, but it turned out that he was…

Foreign employee’s spouse – Key to successful international employment

12.01.2017

Success in the highly competitive global markets often requires international recruitment or –assignments. Failure in these is fairly common however. Both the financial and immaterial losses incurred by failed international assignments are significant. Cultural adjustment is an essential factor and previous studies have shown that the spouse’s integration issues are the most common cause for…

Finland is a fine place to work

14.12.2015

It’s a grey December morning in Finland. The year’s coming to an end and the days are short and bleak. To someone looking at the weather it seems like the last place that could hold promise. This is not the case. Beyond the admittedly ghastly weather, the small Nordic country is still a place full…

Spouse’s View

14.08.2015

I joined my partner during his expat assignment in China for four years. A year ago, after a very interesting and eye-opening experience, we returned to Finland. Living in a country that was so different from what I was used to changed a lot of my assumptions of how the world is, and also had…