There is a shocking shortage of competent employees in many fields in Finland, so employers compete for university students not only once their graduate but also during their studies. The Aalto University School of Business attracts talented foreign students who are looking to get in touch with the world of work in Finland and who, on the other hand, offer a solution to the labour shortage.
Act now and hire an international student from the Aalto University School of Business for an internship!
Hiring an international student as an intern offers an easy and risk-free way for your company to try out international recruitment. It does not require all processes to be translated into English but provides an opportunity to see how a multilingual work community would work. Several small and medium-sized companies have already hired our international students for internships.
Did you know that slightly more than 10% of our bachelor's and master's students have come from abroad to study in Finland?
At the bachelor's level, our students study on two campuses.
Hundreds of international students study at the master's level in Otaniemi. The Information and Service Management programme, which includes experts working at the interface between business and technology, is the most popular among them.
According to our career surveys, small and medium-sized companies employ just over one third of our international students. Large companies employ them slightly more than the SME sector, and they have also found jobs at the university, in non-profit organisations or have their own company. IT/telecom has been the most common employer's main sector, and the main task has been related to data analytics. However, there are many sectors and tasks, and they have found employment in such areas as consultancy, business development, service design or investments.
According to our career survey, our international students who have found it harder to find a job in Finland around graduation have found the lack of Finnish language learning, work experience and networks to be the main factors hampering employment.
Read more about the School of Business Graduates in Working Life.
Source: Placement survey of Aalto University School of Business
Aalto University has its own job portal, Aalto JobTeaser, where employers can advertise jobs, internships and thesis assignments suitable for Aalto students. We publish adverts that match the level of the university degree and the content of the study field. An internship must also be a paid position for it to the published, and the salary for a full-time internship must at least meet the work requirement of Kela (the Social Insurance Institution of Finland) (including a monthly salary of at least EUR 1 331 in 2023).
Employers can submit job, thesis and placement advertisements free of charge in the JobTeaser service.
You will find instructions for using JobTeaser and our terms of publication on this page: Aalto JobTeaser- Recruit a student
When submitting an advertisement, please, mark it as suitable for international students by adding Tag: No Finnish needed. We kindly also remind you to check the language of the advertisement and the recruitment process: Is it accessible to non-Finnish speakers?
International House Helsinki provides free advice to employers and organisations on issues related to international labour force. Read more at https://ihhelsinki.fi/.
Work in Finland International Recruitment Advice Service for Employers is a “one-stop shop” for employers based in Finland who want to recruit international talent. Read more https://www.workinfinland.com/en/employers/.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (fewer than 250 employees), non-profit organisations and state organisations in Finland can apply for a subsidy from the School of Business for the salary costs of an international student if necessary.
We provide subsidies only for paid internships in the fields of business and economics in Finland. The salary for a full-time internship must at least meet the work requirement of Kela (the Social Insurance Institution of Finland) (including a monthly salary of at least EUR 1 331 in 2023). The employer pays the student's salary for all internship months and invoices the School of Business for the internship subsidy after the internship period.
If the internship subsidy is a precondition for hiring a trainee, the School of Business may, if necessary, support the placement with an internship subsidy of no more than EUR 1,800. Support is available within the financial budget. There are conditions concerning both the student and the employer. If you do not need internship subsidy, you can offer an internship by submitting an advertisement to JobTeaser.
Familiarise yourself with the internship criteria and what to do if you want to utilise the subsidy.
The employer pays the student's salary for all internship months and invoices the School of Business for the internship subsidy after the internship period.
An internship subsidy agreement is concluded between the employer and the School of Business before the placement begins.
The employer of the placement concludes a fixed-term employment relationship with the student for the duration of the placement and a written employment contract is drawn up as proof of the employment relationship between the employer and the student. Aalto University does not offer a ready-made employment contract template.
We reserve the right to make changes.
A supported internship at a higher education institution is a useful experience not only for the student but also for the employer - at best, the intern brings fresh perspectives and new ideas to the workplace. The tasks of the placement must be such that the student can utilise the knowledge and skills acquired in their studies, learn new things and develop working life skills and professional competence.
An example of a successful placement.
Karol Lukaszewski came to Finland to study Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management at Aalto University. His journey in Rovio Entertainment started in May 2021 with a position of Performance Marketing Trainee. The traineeship period lasted for 4 months, but the journey continues as he was soon offered a permanent full-time Performance Marketing Specialist position.
Phuong Nguyen started her marketing internship at EFLA Oy as a third-year International Business student in Häme University of Applied Sciences, and has been working there ever since. Currently she works as a Sales & Marketing Manager at EFLA Oy and is also pursuing her Master’s degree in People Management and Organizational Development at Aalto University School of Business.
Offering an internship to international talent is a good gateway to multiculturalism in a company
Through us you'll reach business students in various ways. We, for example, publish employers' job adverts, mediate recruitment messages and organize career events & fairs.
We help employers recruit Aalto University students by publishing work and internship adverts as well as thesis and project assignments in Aalto JobTeaser.
Internships are an efficient channel for recruitment, through which employers get valuable work contribution and information on the education at Aalto University. By hiring an intern, your organisation will gain the latest industry views and fresh ideas.
We have a long tradition of co-operation with our alumni and the corporate world. We offer multiple forms of collaboration to our alumni, companies and other organizations as well as the public sector.