Written by VPFApril 20, 2022 Impressed with the performance of Supercell in the Bloomberg series on Finnish companies introduced in our recent blog post, we have been doing secondary into Finnish game industry. The industry, as still small as characterized by a large number of start-up companies and employing around 3000 employees, has been considered
Written by VPFApril 13, 2022 According to a Statista report, the number of management consultants has been growing rapidly since 2012. The report also found that management consulting jobs have been increasing every year, reaching 734,000 consultants in 2020 for the USA alone. This blog article will shed light on the basics of management consulting,
Written by VPFMarch 10, 2022 Disclaimer: Please be noted that this post is just to introduce the mini-series of Bloomberg Businessweek and recap the companies and their products or services introduced therein. Further secondary research is conducted based on mentioned companies’ websites and available Internet articles to the best of the author’s limited knowledge and
Written by VPFFebruary 28, 2022 Source: James Clear (https://jamesclear.com/goal-setting) Meet Jane. Jane is an ambitious and determined girl who wants to improve her life for the better. It was the beginning of 2021, so she thought it was time for a “new year, new me” ritual. She then jumped on the new-year-resolution train, hopeful
Written by VPFNovember 15, 2021 Recently, we have received many questions, especially from first-home buyers, on home buying processes in Finland. So we sat down together with 3 Vietnameses, who have lived in Finland for more or less than 10 years, about their home buying experience. You might want to take these tips into consideration
Written by VPFAugust 31, 2021 What are we doing when we say we work in Accounting? Whenever accounting jobs are mentioned, the common thought that comes across most people’s mind is about someone working with Excel, doing repetitive jobs with debit and credit or and spending long working hours during closing reporting periods. While it
Written by VPFAugust 18, 2021 It has been a while since we last gathered and had a picnic together under the beautiful, sunny weather of Helsinki. Thanks to the improving coronavirus situation in the summer, we finally took the chance to organize our first offline networking event for all VPF members this June 2021. The
Written by VPFAugust 14, 2021 Job-seeking is a tough and lengthy process that involves lots of hard work, dedication, and pieces of luck. In addition to general job seeking tactics, do you know that in Finland there exist certain types of funding for job seekers that may help smooth out the difficulties along this journey?
Written by VPFAugust 14, 2021 Congratulations! You’ve got the job offer after rounds of application and interviews. Now, it comes to the exciting part of signing the employment contract.Have you been aware of key terms or considerations to bear in mind when signing the contract? When are fixed term contracts allowed in Finland? Is the
Written by VPFAugust 14, 2021 Internships in Finland: Are they really mostly unpaid? If not, how much is the standard salary?What about your first professional job? How much is it benchmarked against?We compiled some slides to answer these questions. The data is collected from over 120,000 professionals from two large unions in Finland. While it