Työn Taitajat
Työn Taitajat is an Oulu-based youth working life model for cooperation between companies, other employer organizations and educational institutions. Työn Taitajat events give companies and other organisations the opportunity to communicate directly with future employees. Companies are involved in ensuring the skills and know how for the future. Additionally, participating in the Työn Taitajat actions companies demonstrate their social responsibility. Työn Taitajat strongly supports building of the positive employer image of companies and other employer organisations.
Päivä Taitajana job shadowing day is organised once in a school year. It is organized for upper comprehensive shcool pupils and high school students in the City of Oulu. Companies and organisations from different fields in Oulu can offer young people a day-long work familiarisation experience. During the job shadowing day, one or more young people are taken on a day-long placement to get to know the company and its´ work community.
- Työn Taitajat is a youth engagement initiative developed in Oulu, focusing on the collaboration between businesses and educational institutions.
- The goal is to enhance employment opportunities and ensure the timely availability of skilled labor to companies and other employer organizations.
- Työn Taitajat highlights the significance of continuous learning, helps young individuals in identifying their talents, and assists them in finding their role in the working life.
- Entrepreneurship and an entrepreneurial mindset are one of the key components of the Työn Taitajat program.
An opportunity for businesses to make an impact and build their employer image
Within Työn Taitajat, companies and other organizations have the opportunity to communicate directly with future employees. These companies are actively involved in ensuring the development of future skills, thereby demonstrating their responsibility. Työn Taitajat strongly supports the creation and enhancement of the employer image and brand for businesses and other employer organizations.
Raising the profile of businesses, increasing awareness about different professions and industries, and the ease of the model’s implementation are strengths of Työn Taitajat. Career and company stories are presented either through a pre-prepared presentation or in an interview format.
You are welcome to ask for more information and/or to enroll your organization at tyontaitajat@businessoulu.com
A versatile and effortless approach for educational institutions to collaborate with the working life
Työn Taitajat brings working life and companies closer to the talents of the future and supports teaching staff in their guidance work. Työn Taitajat implements various face-to-face, online, and hybrid formats, including working life lessons, seminars for study councellors and teachers, a job shadowing day, and the World’s biggest virtual company visit. The Työn Taitajat events are practical, participatory, and informative.
Työn Taitajat lowers the threshold for transitioning into the workforce, encourages individuals to examine their own skills more broadly, and emphasizes that every young person’s expertise has a place in the diverse business landscape of the Oulu region.
Työn Taitajat motivates young people to acquire information about more employers and to deepen their knowledge of the most well-known companies and other organisations. Information is also provided on how to apply for a job and job interviews. Young people learn about different fields, occupations, changing job descriptions and the activities behind the titles.
We are building a vibrant Oulu region together
The activities are carried out by BusinessOulu and the educational and cultural services of the city of Oulu (Oulun kaupungin sivistys- ja kulttuuripalvelut) together with a wide network of stakeholders. BusinessAsema (Sepänkatu 20, Oulu) is the meeting place.
Työn Taitajat has already reached more than 28,000 children, young people, and adults. More than 200 representatives of companies and organizations have already participated.
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Working life lessons are 45–120 minutes sessions, during which the participants hear career stories from company and other employer representatives reflecting their own working life skills development and encourage youth for future working life.
Representatives of companies and other employer organizations get to speak directly to future talents. They have a chance to influence on both young people’s career choices as well as the company’s employer image. Working life lessons are organized throughout the school year live at BusinessAsema in Oulu and also in the form of remote participation.
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Tools, networking and inspiration are offered in the Työn Taitajat morning events for study councellors, teachers and other faculty to support guiding young people. In the seminar, current information about the business life of the Oulu region and the skills needed in working life now and in the future will be included.
The events are themed, and the entire Northern Ostrobothnia study counselors and other teaching staff can participate in them. Events are organized at BusinessAsema (Sepänkatu 20, Oulu). Remote participation is also possible.
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Job shadowing (Päivä Taitajana) is organized once a school year for middle school and high school students in the city of Oulu. Day-long work life experiences are offered by companies and organizations from various fields in Oulu. Companies and organizations take one or more young people to get to know the work tasks and skills needed as well as the working community during one day.
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The world’s biggest virtual company visit is organized once a school year in April-May. The goal is familiarizing chosen industry or spesific working life topic and the career opportunities it offers.
The day includes targeted content for children and young people of different ages. During the visit, different companies and professions are presented in the target field at. This includes what a working day in the sector looks like and what kind of skills are needed in the field.
Through career stories, we learn what kind of skills and attitude are needed in the field and what kind of subject and study choices can be used to get a job in the field. The world’s biggest virtual company visit will take place online on the city of Oulu’s YouTube channel.
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Työntaitajiksi “To become a skilled employee” is a professional and working life event organized once a year aimed for young people and young adults. The event has a professional library, a career cafe, job fair, companies and other key factors related to young people’s working life skills. Työn Taitajat organizes the stage programme at Työntaitajiksi event.
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Työn Taitajat encourages companies, its partners, and various departments within the City of Oulu to register their TET (introduction to working life) opportunities on the nationwide TET.fi platform run by the Children and Youth Foundation. This service provides employers with support materials to facilitate the implementation TET. Employers can choose the timing of the placements they offer. Through the platform, young people can apply for TET opportunities across different fields on an equal footing. Students can explore placements that interest them on TET.fi independently or with the help of their guidance counselor. Työn Taitajat also participates by offering TET opportunities within BusinessOulu and the City of Oulu’s Educational and Cultural Services.
We would love to tell you more
Tiina Haapaniemi
Specialist, Future talents for work
Reeta Räisänen
Specialist, Future talents for work, CRM