A change to online transactions for unemployed people - the new Suomi.fi guide is here to help all unemployed people navigate the changes to unemployment services in Finland
Finland's employment services have been reformed, with changes due to take effect from 2 May 2022. Unemployed jobseekers will now receive a more personalised service at the start of their job search. Jobseekers will also agree on more specific targets with the authorities regarding the objectives of their job search.
The new guide for unemployed people is available on the Suomi.fi Web Service and contains up-to-date information on the changes to employment services.
The guide provides tailored advice by asking jobseekers to complete an initial survey
The guide is designed both for people who are about to become unemployed and for those who have been unemployed for some time. Based on Life Events, the guide provides tailored information and services for both young people leaving school and those experiencing a decline in their ability to work.
Unemployed people have a wide range of personal circumstances. For example, academic degree holders and people with a long employment history may have a different path back to work than someone who becomes unemployed after 20 years working in a factory, or someone whose career is fragmented.
"I believe that this nationwide guide will also serve those who provide customer service in different regions by guiding customers with up-to-date, targeted information," says Mira Pihlaja, Project Manager of the Vaasa Employment Ecosystem at the City of Vaasa Welfare Services. "Users of the guide begin by answering some background questions in order to get the right information for their specific situation," Pihlaja continues.
The new Suomi.fi Web Service guide responds to a wide range of needs The guide covers topics such as studying while unemployed, becoming an entrepreneur, and applying for vocational rehabilitation.
By answering questions about their own situation, jobseekers can find the advice and services that are right for them. The guide contains informationon key government regulations, legal obligations, and services for unemployed people.
The guide provides situation-specific information and services instead of an information overload
"In difficult life situations, such as when you become unemployed, it often isn’t easy to familiarise yourself with the extensive guidelines and find the information you need. At worst, unemployment can be prolonged and livelihood security can be jeopardised if people cannot find the right services in time," says Olli Hurskainen, Senior specialist at the Digital and Population Data Services Agency.
Jukka Haapakoski, Executive Director at Työttömien Keskusjärjestö ry welcomes the new information portal as a good addition to services for unemployed people. "With many issues concerning unemployed people and unemployment currently undergoing major changes, it is important that jobseekers are able to find tips and links as comprehensively as possible on a one-stop-shop basis."
The ELY Centre Ostrobothnia, Folkhälsan, Kela, the KEHA Centre, Kokkola Region Employment Experiment, Pohjanmaa TE Office, the Guarantee Foundation (Takuusäätiö), the City of Tampere, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), The Federation of Unemployment Funds in Finland TYJ, the Federation of the Unemployed, and the City of Vaasa have participated in the design of the guide.
Get to know the new guide
- Individuals
- Moving
- Check your own personal details
- Certificates from the Population Information System
- Names
- Guardianship
- Having or adopting a child
- Marriage
- Death and estate inventory
- Life changes while living abroad
- Moving while living abroad
- Registration of a child born abroad
- Marriage concluded abroad
- Partnership registered abroad
- Divorce granted abroad
- Registration of a name change performed abroad
- Death abroad
- Registration of citizenship
- Loss of citizenship of another country
- Notification of retaining Finnish citizenship
- Legalisation of foreign documents
- Submitting foreign documents
- As a foreigner in Finland
- Registration of a foreigner
- Guide for students
- Municipality of residence
- Family relationships and Marital Status
- Instructions on arriving in Finland from Ukraine
- Guide for employed persons
- Fast track service for specialists and growth entrepreneurs
- Instructions for legalisation
- Submitting foreign documents
- Foreigner’s move to Finland, in Finland and out of Finland
- Services of notary public
- Confirmation of gender
- Population information in the Population Information System
- Elections and Right to vote
- Certification of purchase
- Registration of a gift notification
- Organisations
- Certificates, cards, seals and stamps
- For social welfare and healthcare service providers
- For organisations
- Electronic sealing service
- Timestamping Service
- Electronic signature
- Service certificates
- Advisory service, support and revocation service
- Certificate Directory
- Test the use of a certificate
- Card Reader Software
- Information about certificates
- Population information services for organisations
- Public administration sampling and updating service
- Private sector information services
- PIS modified data interface
- Modified data update service
- Population Information System query interface
- Browser-based Population Information System query
- Resident selection service
- Selection service for municipalities
- Reform of personal identity code
- Conditions for using population information
- Selection service for wellbeing services counties
- Maintaining the Population Information System
- Extracts from registers
- Suomi.fi services
- Services to promote digitalisation
- Digital support
- Digital security services
- Services of notary public
- Certification of purchase
- Right to officiate weddings
- E-services
- Finnish Authenticator identification service
- Certificates, cards, seals and stamps
- About the agency
- Digital and Population Data Services Agency
- Digital and Population Data Services Agency as an Employer
- Use our services electronically
- News
- Contact
- Customer service for private customers
- Customer service for organisations
- Service locations
- Digital and Population Data Services Agency address, switchboard e-billing details
- Digital and Population Data Services Agency Management
- Marriage ceremony premises information
- Contact details for media
- International Affairs
- Invoicing
- Quality policy
- Equality plan for customers
- Data protection
- Population Information System
- For media
- Brochures and publications
- Projects
- Foresight and research cooperation