The Employability of Foreign Graduates in Finland
Adam, Abdurasak; Adam, Abdurasak (2016)
Adam, Abdurasak
Adam, Abdurasak
Kymenlaakson ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016121620823
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2016121620823
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Internationalization of higher education was the agenda of the Finnish higher education to attract foreign talents who come as international students thereby creating an international environment for study and work. Every year about 2000 non-Finns from the Finnish universities graduate, and majority of them end up taking their skills and expertise outside the Finnish job market due to lack of appropriate ways of integrating them into the Finnish Industry in their qualified professions. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges facing foreign graduates by looking at the factors, which, hinder their employability and find methods and techniques of enhancing their employability in the Finnish job market.
The study applied qualitative method for the research methodology and has used semi-structured face-to-face interviews for primary data acquisition. Secondary data was derived from articles, reports and statistics and the author used coding method approach to analyze the data collected.
The findings show that although Finland is gradually becoming multicultural and tolerant to other cultures, still non-Finnish graduates face challenges in integration into the Finnish labor market. This is mainly due to several factors, which include; lack of adequate working Finnish language, lack of work experience in Finland, lack of professional network and negative Finnish employers’ attitude. And finally the author feels that this study will greatly contribute to finding lasting solutions in this subject.
The study applied qualitative method for the research methodology and has used semi-structured face-to-face interviews for primary data acquisition. Secondary data was derived from articles, reports and statistics and the author used coding method approach to analyze the data collected.
The findings show that although Finland is gradually becoming multicultural and tolerant to other cultures, still non-Finnish graduates face challenges in integration into the Finnish labor market. This is mainly due to several factors, which include; lack of adequate working Finnish language, lack of work experience in Finland, lack of professional network and negative Finnish employers’ attitude. And finally the author feels that this study will greatly contribute to finding lasting solutions in this subject.