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Teemu Hankamäki katsoo kameraan.
Unemployment continues to rise – TEK membership offers protection
Unemployment among recent graduates with a Master’s degree in engineering or technology has risen by 28 per cent and among architects by 58 per cent over the past year. However, unemployment among TEK members is lower than among those who are not members of the union.
News article
Keywords:
member services and benefits, membership, TEK, unemployment, unemployment fund, unemployment statistics

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/unemployment-continues-to-rise-tek-membership-offers-protection

Opiskelija täyttää kalenteriaan kuulokkeet päässään.
Join the KOKO unemployment fund during your studies
While you are studying, are you doing any work for which you earn at least €465 per month? If so, it is worth joining the KOKO unemployment fund.
News article
Keywords:
student, unemployment fund

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/join-the-koko-unemployment-fund-during-your-studies

Henkilö käyttää tekoälyagenttia puhelimella.
Higher earnings through the use of artificial intelligence
The most active users of artificial intelligence earn up to eight per cent more.
News article
Keywords:
salary, TEK's research, artificial intelligence

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/higher-earnings-through-the-use-of-artificial-intelligence

Vanhempi ja taapero käyttävät samaa tietokonetta.
Toddlers torpedo incomes – but only for women
Having a child substantially reduces a woman's income, and the effect is long-lasting. Conversely, having a child is financially beneficial for fathers, according to a recent study. Workplaces do not always know how to provide optimal support for career development for employees after they have started a family.
News article
Keywords:
family and work life, gender equality, research, equality, TEK's research

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/toddlers-torpedo-incomes-but-only-for-women

Ihmisiä kävelemässä käytävällä modernissa lasiseinäisessä toimistotilassa
Employment prospects looking increasingly bleak for newly graduated international experts
Only around one in two international technology graduates had a job waiting or lined up when they finished university. Improving the situation requires investing more in both students’ language skills and their networks by, for example, creating more opportunities for thesis work in industry.
News article
Keywords:
Graduate Survey, internationality, TEK's research, influencing, recent graduate, society

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/employment-prospects-looking-increasingly-bleak-for-newly-graduated-international-experts

Sari Haataja-Helander ja Katja Sulenko istuvat pöydän ääressä ja keskustelevat.
How to excel at job interviews
TEK’s career coaches share their top tips for acing a job interview from start to finish.
News article
Keywords:
Workbook, job search, job search and career

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/how-to-excel-at-job-interviews

Tuunia Keränen katsoo kameraan.
Talk up your pay
People who regularly talk to their supervisor about their pay get salary increases more frequently than others, reveals TEK’s recent labour market survey. TEK’s Salary Researcher Tuunia Keränen shares her top tips for talking up your pay.
News article
Keywords:
member services and benefits, salary, salary advice, Salary Surveyor, salary recommendation, labour market survey (TMT)

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/talk-up-your-pay

Henkilöitä pöydän ääressä.
Hidden jobs spark interest – here’s how TEK members have succeeded at it
Hidden job hunting is very relevant. Work life is changing rapidly, there is uncertainty in the labour market, and competition for open positions is fierce. Traditional job-seeking methods do not always yield the desired results; moreover, jobseekers are expected to show initiative and the ability to identify opportunities even where they are not yet visibly on offer. In response to this, TEK offers its members a popular online course.
Blog post
Keywords:
job search

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/hidden-jobs-spark-interest-heres-how-tek-members-have-succeeded-at-it

Artur Brutyan juoksee.
While many skilled workers are leaving Finland, Artur Brutyan decided to stay
Fewer and fewer international experts in the field of technology want to stay in Finland. Artur Brutyan, an Armenian-born ICT professional, explains why he has enjoyed working in Finland for over 12 years and how Finland could become even more attractive to international talent.
News article
Keywords:
internationality, family and work life

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/while-many-skilled-workers-are-leaving-finland-artur-brutyan-decided-to-stay

Profiilikuvassa Linda Liukas.
NWiTA finalists 2025: Linda Liukas
We introduce nine women in the field of technology who are driving change. These nine experts were Finland’s finalists in this year’s Nordic Women in Tech Awards. Here is one of them.
News article
Keywords:
career

https://www.tek.fi/en/news-blogs/nwita-finalists-2025-linda-liukas