StaffPoint offers recruitment services all over Finland to different business areas, such as retail, HoReCa, industry and logistics, office jobs and executive roles. I applied for the HR trainee position at StaffPoint during my exchange period in fall 2021. I had realized during my IB studies that HR is the area of business that interests […]
In the spring and summer of 2022, I had an opportunity to work as a trainee at Valmet Technologies Oy, in Jyväskylä. I was working in the Global Financial Operations department, in the Costing & Inventory Recognition team. I applied for this position through LinkedIn, and the interview process was relatively easy. At first it […]
Working in sales related to technology I completed my 2 months of practical training in Trustmary. I had heard about them seeking for trainee´s through my classmates and saw the job announcement in the WhatsApp group of International Business. I decided to immediately send my application as I had only heard good things about them […]
I’m going to be telling you about my internship and practical training as a sales assistant in a company called VitrulanComposites Oy. I got the job through a normal path, which equals me browsing through the main job search engines (Duunitori etc.) seeking for summer jobs that would include an opportunity to do the practical training at the same time. […]
I completed my practical training at South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, Xamk during the summer 2022. I was working in the International Services unit on Xamk’s campus in Mikkeli for 3,5 months. I found this job from Duunitori.fi and noticed they were looking for a summer employee/trainee for the summer, and as I needed […]
Working in a banks marketing team One of the biggest parts of the education is the practical training to graduate from International Business programme. My dream was to work in this bank before I was even studying business. I wanted to do the practical training in a company of my interests and the field I […]
I learned German for the last 1.5 years, passed the exam, and am planning to have my exchange there the next year. Therefore, a summer practical training in Germany was a logical step for me: not only my German can be improved and polished, but also new experiences can be gained. Moreover, this work turned […]
I spent the last four months of my life working as a service advisor in a company know as Lassila&Tikanoja. To be more specific, I worked for one of its subsidiaries; L&T Ympäristöpalvelut Oy. The company is the market leader of Finland in the field of waste disposal. It also has operations in Sweden. In […]
My name is Nika and I’m doing my 3rd year as IB Bachelor student. The place I choose for my practice should be a clear example of how to apply the knowledge from lectures at the university. I had an internship in a small Italian hotel and worked during the high occupation summer season, which […]
Finding an interesting internship place is surprisingly hard. After months of applications and interviews I got the opportunity to join to the Finnish team of international beauty company Hairlust. I wanted specifically to do my internship abroad in a company that would represent my area of interest, sustainable beauty. So, I spent the last six […]