Employment Services

Are you looking for a job? Is your company looking for an employee?

The City of Porvoo organises statutory guidance, counselling and education services for jobseekers, but also work try-out opportunities, various lectures and events, rehabilitative work and pay-subsidised employment.

All services support the jobseeker’s return to work and the recognition and development of their competencies. The cross-sectoral services also include many other forms of supporting employment, such as workshops.

The employment services also support local employers in cooperation with the TE Services. An employer may receive financial support for the payroll costs of an unemployed Porvoo resident as pay subsidy from the central government and as municipal employment allowance from the City of Porvoo.

The City of Porvoo supports entrepreneurs and employers by providing advice on employment issues.

The local government pilot on employment is a national project where some of the tasks of the TE Offices were transferred to the municipalities. The pilot is carried out in 125 municipalities. Of the municipalities in Uusimaa, the ones participating in the pilot are Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Kerava, Porvoo, Raseborg and Hanko. The pilot began on 1 March 2021 and will end on 31 December 2024.

The services included in the pilot are intended for you if you belong to at least one of the following groups:

• you are under 30 years old
• your native language is something other than Finnish or Swedish, or you do not have Finnish citizenship
• you receive a labour market subsidy or basic unemployment allowance from Kela
• you have previously been a customer of the local government pilot.