Recruitment training

Contact the employment authority of your area and submit a proposal for jointly acquired training.

The handler of your proposal will contact you to assess training needs and draw up a preliminary training plan.

1. Contact your local employment services.
2. Prepare a proposal for pooled training. If possible, use the online form.
3. The handler of your proposal will evaluate the training needs of the persons to be recruited and you will prepare a preliminary training plan for your company together.
4. Once the training plan is drawn up, your proposal’s handler will ask quotes from the trainer candidates in accordance with the public procurement procedures. You will select the trainer together with the handler of your proposal. The handler will procure the trainer in accordance with the public procurement procedures while considering the employer’s wishes. A procurement contract is made on the implementation of the training.
5. You will agree together on the marketing of the training and how the company is presented in the communication.
6. You will agree with the trainer and your proposal’s handler on the selection of students. Aptitude assessments, tests and the services of other experts may also be used in the student selection.
7. The schedules, contents and on-the-job learning opportunities included in the training are implemented in accordance with the set objectives and the procurement contract.
8. The parties monitor and assess the implementation of the training together.
9. As the employer, you will sign an employment contract with the students who have completed the training successfully.

The employment authority will investigate whether the prerequisites for the training are met and whether there is a need for training.

If the training is targeted at persons to be employed by the employer, the employer’s contribution to the total price of the training without value added tax is 30 per cent and the employment authority’s contribution 70 per cent.

If the training is targeted at persons laid off or dismissed from the employer’s service, the employer’s contribution to the total price of the training without value added tax is 20 per cent and the employment authority’s contribution 80 per cent.

If the jointly acquired training is intended for employees or temporary agency workers employed by the employer or temporary agency workers whose purpose is to continue working for the employer, the employer’s contribution to the total price of the training without value added tax is 30–50 per cent. The contributions from the total price of the training, excluding VAT, are determined on the basis of the number of employees employed by the employer and the employer’s annual turnover or balance sheet.

Jointly acquired training is not to be used for the financing of regular orientation and personnel training for which the employer is the cost bearer or of training that employers must organise in order to comply with the national training standards.

If you intend to become an entrepreneur, you can organise jointly acquired training to increase your entrepreneurial capabilities if you have few commissioners as an entrepreneur or if you intend to acquire entrepreneurship rights from another company.

No qualifications or partial degrees are completed during the training.

Recruitment training is intended for an employer or a group of several employers who need new competent employees. The training is also suitable for employers in the public sector.

This is a discretionary service. The recruitment training is not to be used for the financing of regular orientation and personnel training for which the employer is the cost bearer or of training that employers must organise in order to comply with the national training standards.