Road to becoming a doctor. Tensile stress and hydrogen together crack ultrahigh-strength steel within minutes. The tuning-fork test developed in a thesis provides a way to identify steel grades that are resistant to hydrogen embrittlement.

According to a recent report, the green transition requires more tech talent and broader transferable skills, such as continuous learning and resilience in a rapidly evolving work environment.

For TEK, one of the autumn’s most important topics is what tools Finland intends to use to raise the share of RDI investments to 4 % of the GDP during the 2020s.

The Finnish language requirements of workplaces are too high and residence permit processes are too long, say TEK project researchers Shannon Nichols and Patricia Virsinger, who themselves are international students.

Monimuotoisuuskeskustelulla ei ole koskaan mennyt yhtä hyvin. On harvinaista joutua enää perustelemaan monimuotoisuuden taloudellista ja inhimillistä arvoa työyhteisössä tai mukaanottavamman työelämän tärkeyttä. Kaikki on siis paremmin kuin ennen, eikö?

The discussion on diversity has never been as prominent as it is now. Nowadays one rarely needs to justify the financial and human value of diversity in the work community or the importance of a more inclusive working life. So everything is better now than before, right?

Are you wondering what to do about your career? Are you planning to find a job but don't really know where to start? Or are you having difficulties in expressing your own skills and strengths?

Gaining new skills is a worthwhile investment. You can build, expand, and strengthen new competencies, for example, while working, studying or during periods of unemployment.

It is absolutely evident that Finland is in a dire need of international technology experts.

Working life experiences were shared in the Nuorten osaajien forum programme. It was important for them to develop their own behaviour and to share experiences, participants say.