Are you an immigrant seeking guidance and connections in your professional field? Luckan’s JobBuddies Mentorship Program is now accepting applications for new mentees to join our Autumn 2025 mentorship groups! What is JobBuddies? JobBuddies is a mentorship program designed to support internationally trained professionals who are navigating the Finnish job market. Each group includes: Together, they form…
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JobBuddies Breakfast Seminar 21.5.2025
On Wednesday, 21 May 2025 at 8.30 – 11.30 AM, the JobBuddies mentoring programme of Luckan Integration hosts its second breakfast seminar at the Luckan premises in Georgsgatan (Yrjönkatu) 27, Helsinki. We offer engaging discussions about aspects of employment of immigrants, with representatives from Remmi Työpalvelu Oy, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Arcada University of…
JobBuddies Project Officially Launched
On Thursday, January 30, 2025, Luckan Integration hosted the Kick-off Seminar for the JobBuddies project. The event brought together mentees, mentors, project team and board members, as well as representatives from organizations focused on employment, recruiters, and other key stakeholders. It was both an official launch and a celebration of the two-and-a-half-year ESF+ project, featuring…
Luckan begins a Nordic research project on mentoring
Luckan has received funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers for a Nordic cooperation project named Kvinder i Job (Women at Work) 2023-24. The aim of the project is to gather knowledge about the impact of mentoring programmes on immigrant women’s employment and educational opportunities in Finland, Denmark and Norway. The research results are intended…
FIKA kicks off again with new mentor pairs!
A new round of mentoring has begun at Luckan’s mentoring programme FIKA. The programme pairs people who have moved to the capital region with volunteer mentors who are established in Finland. Together the two share experiences about working and living in Finland, practice Swedish or Finnish, discuss society and culture, socialise, and do whatever they…
FIKA kicks off a new round of mentor pairs!
As the spring of 2021 is arriving, around 30 matched pairs on Luckan’s mentoring program FIKA are beginning their mentorship periods. For the first time in FIKA’s history, most of the new pairs begin their mentorship by meeting in a series of online events – this time also with a brand new group format. With…