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By registering yourself as a jobseeker, you become a customer of the employment services and you can start job seeking.

Employees and employers receive advice and support from the employment authority when an employment relationship is changed or terminated.

Career coaching guides and supports you in studying different career options.

If you have a disability or illness affecting work, you can request a certificate for a partially disabled jobseeker from the employment authority.

You may receive discretionary expense allowance if you incur costs for participating in a service.

Employment services can help you find and recruit an employee.

By registering yourself as a jobseeker, you become a customer of the employment services and you can start job seeking.

The employment subsidy is a financial subsidy for employers for the salary costs of an unemployed jobseeker aged 55 or over.

In the event of dismissal, those aged 55 or over may receive extended transition security services that help them to re-employ quickly.

As a client of employment services, you can receive unemployment security for studying.

During independent studies, you may receive unemployment benefits under certain conditions.

When you want to find out more about employment services, you can get information and advice from the employment authority in your region.

You can study job-seeking skills in job-search training.

As an unemployed jobseeker, you can job search for 3 months in another EU/EEA country or Switzerland and receive unemployment benefits from Finland.

Joint procurement training is labour market training organised jointly by the employment authority and a company.

Labour market training helps you develop your professional skills and promote your employment.

If you need a comprehensive service to support your employment, you can get help from multisectoral services.

A pay subsidy is an economic benefit for employers to cover the pay of an unemployed jobseeker.

You can get compensation for travel and accommodation costs when you are applying for a job or participating in a service that promotes employment.

The start-up grant secures your livelihood during the establishment and consolidation stage of your business.

You can apply for a subsidy for arranging working conditions if your employee’s disability or illness requires new tools or alterations at work.

In the training trial, you can familiarise yourself with the studies at an educational institution and find out whether the field is suitable for you.

Vocational guidance and career planning help you assess your vocational, education or work options.

At the moment Porvoo Employment Area does not offer work coaching.

You can use a work try-out to find out about career choices and career options in practical tasks. You can also use it to support your return to work.