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Kahvikuppi ja puhelin pöydällä.
Blog: Unemployment among engineering graduates at an alarming level
The rise in unemployment among graduate engineers has been staggering. Since 2022, the number of unemployed graduate engineers has risen inexorably from around 1,700 to over 3,300. Unemployment among TEK members is significantly lower than the average for the profession, writes TEK’s CEO, Jari Jokinen.
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Keywords:
unemployment, society, TEK's research

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/blog-unemployment-among-engineering-graduates-at-an-alarming-level

Owain Hopeaketo.
Owain's corner: What is the strangest thing about Finland?
The collective spirit goes hand in hand with a trust of those around you. It’s on this trust that for example Finnish working life is built; mutual trust allows for a low hierarchy and an understanding of the benefits of a good work life balance, writes TEK's Owain Hopeaketo.
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Keywords:
internationality, TEK

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/owains-corner-what-is-the-strangest-thing-about-finland

Henkilöitä tutkimassa.
Call for nominations: Product Development Path Makers award
For the third time, TEK is joining in awarding the Product Development Path Makers Award. “Finland needs renewal and positive news,” says TEK’s Juhani Nokela.
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Keywords:
award

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/call-for-nominations-product-development-path-makers-award

Kolme ihmistä piknikillä, mukana TEKin sateenkaaren värinen lippu.
What does a trade union do to promote equality?
We asked experts at the Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK what the organisation does to advance equality in student and working life.
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Keywords:
equality, TEK, LHBTIQ+

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/what-does-a-trade-union-do-to-promote-equality

Neljä henkilöä istumassa pöydän ääressä keskittyen omiin tehtäviinsä. Etualalla olevalla on kädessään puhelin ja edessään kannettava tietokone.
Budget talks bring hope for the unemployed, but retreat on RDI funding is a disappointment
Easing the ability to study while receiving unemployment benefits is an excellent decision from the government’s budget negotiations. However, curbing the growth of RDI (Research, Development, and Innovation) funding unnecessarily hampers growth and productivity.
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Keywords:
membership fee, Research, Development and Innovation (RDI), unemployment, influencing, society

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/budget-talks-bring-hope-for-the-unemployed-but-retreat-on-rdi-funding-is-a-disappointment

Henkilö katsoo Työkirjaa.
TEK agrees with Akava: a model to ease access to permanent residence is best for everyone
The Akava Model would provide a new fast-track route to permanent residence, including as the first resident permit someone receives. The need for this more transparent and flexible route to permanent residence is something TEK firmly agrees with.
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Keywords:
internationality, society

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/tek-agrees-with-akava-a-model-to-ease-access-to-permanent-residence-is-best-for-everyone

Mustavalkoinen kuva televisiosta ja ihmisistä katsomassa sitä.
Teekkari students made the history of television
Teekkari history. Finland’s first television broadcast was made from the Helsinki University of Technology’s radio laboratory on 24 May 1955.
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Keywords:
history, teekkari culture

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/teekkari-students-made-the-history-of-television

Jari Jokinen katsoo kameraan.
The pension system is better than its reputation
The greatest threat to the system, in my opinion, is politicians.
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Keywords:
pension, work life

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/the-pension-system-is-better-than-its-reputation

Owain Hopeaketo.
Unemployment benefits should not stop a citizenship application
The second stage of the citizenship laws links unemployment benefit usage and the acquiring of citizenship. Owain Hopeaketo discusses the facts of the change and the personal impacts it will have.
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Keywords:
internationality, TEK, employment and law

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/unemployment-benefits-should-not-stop-a-citizenship-application

Owain Hopeaketo.
Owain's corner: Weakening trade unions weakens Finland’s attractiveness
At a time when Finland is desperate to attract talent, anti-union policies threaten to weaken the very thing that makes Finland a country worth choosing. That won’t just lead to the loss of individuals, but of whole families.
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Keywords:
column

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/owains-corner-weakening-trade-unions-weakens-finlands-attractiveness