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Employment and know-how

The planned new investments in the Kokkola region will significantly increase the labor demand. At the same time, the shrinking working-age population and declining birth rates pose challenges for the city in securing skilled labor

  • Ensuring sufficient resources for vocational education and training, and integration.

    The planned cuts to vocational education and training will irreversibly weaken the level of competence. The availability of skilled labor is crucial for attracting large international investments to the region. With the TE25 reform, regions must prepare for investments by providing adequate, work-oriented education.

    Offering foreign-language workers and professionals the chance to gain qualifications that meet Finnish labor market requirements is crucial for effective integration.

    Kokkola’s goal is to ensure sufficient resources for vocational education and training. It is also necessary to provide education in English. To support the integration of immigrants into the region, it is important to provide sufficient Finnish and Swedish language courses.

  • The employment services’ customer service model should be developed to allow more flexibility in managing customer work. The 2022 reform of the job seeker’s service process made the customer process more mechanical, rigid, and uniform. The current process does not meet the diverse service needs of customers.

    Kokkola’s goal is to further develop the current rigid and mechanical model to better accommodate expert discretion and address the individual needs of each customer.