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Special opening hours of the Jyväskylä Employment Services and International Jyväskylä

Интернациональный Ювяскюля, Изменения в графике работы 

Jyväskylä Employment Services, address Asemakatu 4

International House Jyväskylä, address Kilpisenkatu 1 D

Visit our office to make an appointment for services Mon - Fri at 9 am - 3 pm.

Exceptions:

  • Thu 22.6. office is open 9 am - 2 pm.
  • Fri 23.6. office is closed.

International Jyväskylä advises international residents in many matters.

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Viisi henkilöä seisoo rivissä. Image ei tiedossa

Job search skills in Finland

Looking for a job is something you can practice and learn. Job search skills include a range of knowledge and skills. They are things you should know, understand or be able to do if you are looking for a job in Finland.
 
There are 6 areas of job search skills: 1) job search channels, 2) job search tools, 3) informaton about working life, 4) your skills, 5) language skills and 6) an active and positive attitude.

Below we explain what is involved in each of these areas. Click the + sign to see the text. Use the examples to test how well you know the job search issues.

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Two smiling persons looking at a computer screen.

Cultivation boxes

Are you interested in cultivation box? Cultivation boxes are available for rent in the Korpilahti and Vaajakoski areas. There are 30 boxes available for rent in each location. The cultivation boxes are 120 cm x 80 cm in size and their rental price is 12 euros/box. The soil that comes in the box is included in the rent. The city will deliver the soil to the boxes by 15 May.

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Aikuinen ja lapsi tutkivat tulevaa satoa kasvatuslaatikon äärellä. Image Hanna-Kaisa Hämäläinen

LystiKylä festival

Welcome to LystiKylä 7.-9.6.2024

LystiKylä Festival is a children’s festival held at Jyväskylä from June 7th to June 9th. The festival features plenty of fun events, shows, movie screenings, workshops, and stuff to do for families and children to enjoy. This is the second year the festival is organized, and this year’s theme is music! Come and join the fun with the whole family at LystiKylä!

Sports Facilities

In Jyväskylä the importance of sport is also reflected in the number of facilities on offer. The City of Jyväskylä maintains altogether 360 sports venues from multipurpose halls to nature trails.

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Nainen ja poika sataman liikuntapuistossa. Image Hanna-Kaisa Hämäläinen

Lomalokki - Activities for school holidays

Lomalokki is now published!

This time Lomalokki lists different kind of activities for schools simmer holiday (3.6.-7.8.2024). Activities are listed mainly in Finnish. In some cases the description is also in English:

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youth
holiday
children
families
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Piirretty lokkihahmo kesäisessä varustuksessa aurinkoisella poutapilvitaustalla. Image Rita Suhonen

Sports facilities in Jyväskylä

Jyväskylä is a well-known city of sport and always on the move. Along with top athletes and the only Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences in Finland, it has the Finnish Institute of High Performance Sport KIHU, so it is natural for the city to play an active part in organizing sport events of note.

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Aitajuoksijat vauhdissa. Image Ville Kangas

Committees, boards and divisions

Agendas with attachments are online until the minutes are published. Agendas and minutes are in Finnish language. (Informations will be undated in English soon)

Parliamentary Elections 2023

The upcoming parliamentary election day is on Sunday, 2 April 2023. On election day, polling stations are open from 9-20. 

Regardless of domicile, every Finnish citizen who has reached the age of 18 not later than on the day of the election is entitled to vote. Therefore, Finnish citizens born on or before 2 April 2005 are entitled to vote.

Elections in Jyväskylä

On these pages, you can find information about the municipal, parliament, European Parliament, and presidential elections which concern Jyväskylä, as well as election organizing, voting times and places, and finally, the results of municipal elections in Jyväskylä.

More information on the elections website of the Ministry of Justice

Election office's managers Paula Vornanen, Susanna Majava ja Niina Ekstam
Tel. +358 (0)40 351 1402, vaalit[at]jkl.fi
Postal address: PL 193, 40101 Jyväskylä

Contact us at the Employment Services

Services for International Experts

Hannikaisenkatu 11-13
40100 Jyväskylä

Employment services personal coaches

Service hours for jobseekers, during which you can visit without an appointment on weekdays from 12:00 to 15:00 (during summer time (date) until 14:30).
You can also send an email: [email protected]
Please do not send any sensitive information by e-mail.

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Asemakatu 4 rakennus. Image Jyväskylän työllisyyspalvelut

Startup grant – support for new entrepreneurs

Start-up grants are financial support to support entrepreneurs at the beginning of their entrepreneurship.

Unemployed people, working people, students, part-time entrepreneurs or anyone who wants to become a full-time entrepreneur can be recipients of the grant.

The granting of start-up grants is determined by an employment services expert, and it is possible to receive it if the future entrepreneur meets certain criteria.

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Nainen  tutkailee tietokoneen ruutua kahvipöydän ääressä. Kuvassa myös miehen käsi