Project
Talent Boost 2021-2024
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Implementation time
1.6.2021 - 31.12.2025
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Self-funded
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Project description
Talent Boost is a cross-administrative program to promote the attraction, immigration and staying in Finland of international talents. The program aims to make Finland better known and more attractive to international experts and to channel the expertise of international experts already in Finland to support the growth and internationalization of companies and innovation activities.?
The program aims to strengthen the openness and attractiveness of the labor market for international professionals. Talent Boost forms a national cooperation platform for the development of services related to international experts.?
The Talent Boost goal is based on measures by which the university strengthens the integration of foreign students into Finnish society and the transition to the Finnish labor market.? The implementation of that goal requires strong regional cooperation between cities, public actors and the region's business community.
At Jamk, the goal is pursued through practical measures, e.g. events supporting job search, strengthening Finnish language training, supporting internships and sharing information on integration and other services.
Further information:
Nina Björn, project manager
Email: firstname.lastname (a) jamk.fi or TalentBoostJAMK (a) jamk.fi
Follow us:
- IG: https://instagram.com/jamk_talent_boost
- FB: https://www.facebook.com/talentboostjamk
- Blog: https://blogit.jamk.fi/talentboost/
Subscribe to the Telegram group: https://t.me/jamk_talent_boost
Project results
Autumn 2021:
- Setting up Instagram and Facebook accounts, getting followers
- Creating a blog, career stories from students and alumni
- Monthly newsletter: events, trainings, open job positions
- Survey for students: the aim was to find out the need for Talent Boost measures and get more ideas from the target group (the University of Jyväskylä commissioned the same survey in spring 2022)
- A group of students to support project actors in ideation and event planning
- Talent Boost: Integration into Finland module (0-30 cr), combined from existing courses supporting the Finnish language, integration and employment. The module has been added to all international bachelor level curricula starting in autumn 2022.
- For nursing students, vocational teacher support in internships
- In Logistics, in-depth cooperation with companies
Spring 2022:
- Talent Boost: Communicating in Finnish module (0-15 cr), new advanced online courses in Finnish. Added to all international bachelor level curricula starting in autumn 2022.
- 6 part-time trainees hired for the project 05/2022-12/2022
- Finnish language support for internships for students and companies
- Boost your career skills, online event 02/2022
- Boost your networks, campus event 04/2022
- Boost your Finnish experience, Finnish language workshops three times
- pop-up guidance
- participation in the JKL City Hall Jyväskylä for you event 04/2022
- presentations in the orientations of new students
- A plan to raise awareness with the Jyväskylä Entrepreneurship Society
- Indian food day 04/2022
- Ukrainian food day 06/2022
Autumn 2022:
- Talent Boost and Info Center presentations in all the orientations of new international students
- Jamk Ambassador program with the city of JKL
- Boost your pocket event 09/2022
- Boost your networks event 11/2022
- Career Boost, club activities three times a semester
- Juttuklubi (Finnish conversation club) at Jamk 10/2022
- Boost your Finnish experience: Finnish language workshops 12 times, alternately on the main campus and Dynamo
- Finnish language support for internships for students and companies
- Workshops for career tutors in international programmes on how to study the Finnish language
- Preparatory training for immigrants in higher education
- Feedback survey
- International Food Days