WORKING IN THE FINNISH ICT INDUSTRY

Sandun DasanayakeM-GroupDepartment of Information Processing ScienceUniversity of Oulu04.11.2014

ABOUT ME 2005 : B.Sc. in CSE (Sri Lanka) 2005 2006: Media Team, University of Oulu 2006 2012: Various roles in Finnish ICT

companies. Software designer, Senior software engineer,

Team leader, Scrum master Ardites, Symbio and Nokia

2012: M.Sc. in Information Processing Science 2013: Ph.D. Student / Researcher

FINLAND IS ASMALL COUNTRYbut

A LEADER IN GLOBAL ICT INDUSTRY

Rank 1 - Networked Readiness Index 2014 (WE Forum)

The Networked Readiness Index measures, on a scale from 1 (worst) to 7 (best), the performance of 148 economies in leveraging information and communications technologies to boost competitiveness and well-being.

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/GITR/2014/GITR_OverallRanking_2014.pdf

PIONEERS

NEW COMERS

FINNISH ICT WORKFORCE

Source: Statistics Finland, the labour force survey, http://www.ficom.fi/ict/ict_1_1.html

AS A EMPLOYEE, YOU CAN Discover interesting career opportunities. Be an early adopter of new technologies and methods. Use one of the best social welfare system in the world.

Employee pension Sickness insurance Unemployment insurance Family / child-care support

Have a good work-life balance. Get support to start your own business. Enjoy many other benefits

WANT BE A PART OF IT?

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SOME OF THE SUCCESS STORIESAfter I graduated, it wasnt easy to find work, but I succeeded in the end. Right now Im working as an assistant accountant at a Helsinki accounting firm. Over 400 people applied for the job. I speak Finnish with my workmates, and Im not planning to leave Finland any time soon. - Giang Hong Pham, 24 (Vietnam)

A few months before I finished my course, I started actively looking for work. At the start of January I sent my resume to a software development company. I got through three levels of interviews, and in April I started a full-time job with the company. - Polina Noeva, 25 (Russia)

Ive now been working as a marketing assistant in Vantaa for more than a year at a company that specialises in industrial technology solutions for measuring the concentration of liquids. I really love my work because its never routine. I go on business trips, organise sales conferences and work with more than 100 of our reps around the world. - Natalia Vyslovska, 29 (Ukraine)

STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD!

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DO YOUR HOME WORK!

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BE READY TO EMBRACE CHANGE!

Source: http://mobiili.fi/2013/08/19/2006-symbian-2013-android-2020/

CAREER CHANGE, A POSSIBILITY!

Source: http://imtcblog.com/career/changing-jobs-in-2012-the-skills-to-make-it-happen/

LEARN FINNISH LANGUAGE!

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WORK FOR YOUR SELF

Mashable (18/11/2013): http://mashable.com/2013/11/18/collapse-nokia-next-silicon-valley/

THE STORY OF HALTIAN

LOTS OF SUPPORT AVAILABLE

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THANK YOU! LETS TALK J

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Sandun Dasanayake