The course is intended for people living in North Karelia, who are interested in entrepreneurship and are planning to become an entrepreneur. You can also apply for this course if you are starting a business in North Karelia. This english-language entrepreneurship course is primarily aimed at those who are unable to participate in Finnish-language course due to lack of Finnish language skills.
Group start dates:
Group 1:
11.9.-13.10.
Apply before 31.8.
Group 2:
6.11.-11.12.
Apply before 22.10.
Course content and implementation
1. You will make an initial mapping to help you identify, market, and sell your own expertise.
2. You will make an entrepreneurial test and get more information about your entrepreneurial skills and weaknesses.
3. You will meet your personal coach online.
4. You will make concrete business plan for your own business idea.
Your business plan consists of the following parts:
- Entrepreneurship and business planning
- Market analysis
- Business forms
- Marketing and sales plans, productisation
- Economic planning
- Profitability, pricing
- Entrepreneur´s insurance and social security
- Entrepreneur´s tax, law and employer knowledge
Feedback from previous courses
“My Opinion of the course is really helpful, the teacher was so understandable and helpful. it open my eyes on many things, like how to think as entrepreneur not like a normal person. I learned that I have to make plan for my business. I am happy for join the course.”
“Very good training compered to some I have done. During this training it really gets clear on what is needed for starting a company. So really recommend this training. “
“I liked the course, I learned a lot of new things in particular I received a lot of information from the trainer about the Internet resources of doing business in Finland, taxes, pension insurance, the process of creating a company, marketing.”
“The training was excellent beginner’s course for foreigners who want to start business in Finland. I feel my initial business idea improved alot during this course.”
“It was more then I expected!”
More information
Tarja Kekäläinen, puh: 040 199 1023 / tarja.kekalainen@valmennusmajakka.fi
Application
Employment training (Työvoimakoulutus) is primarily aimed at the customers of the Employment and Economic Development Offices (TE Offices) and the municipal experiment employment services (Kuntakokeilu), who are unemployed or are at risk of unemployment. A job seeker at risk of unemployment is, for example, the one laid off, the one in a part-time work coming to an ending or in a fixed-term employment relationship.
One can apply the training at www.tyomarkkinatori.fi > Individual customers (Henkilöasiakkaat)> Employment training currently accepting applications (Haussa oleva työvoimakoulutus). If you fill out the online application by identifying yourself with you bank credentials, your application will be activated immediately. If the application is made using the open form (without bank credentials), the entered information always requires validation, i.e. the person has to show up at the TE Office and present a valid personal identification document (ID card) prior to the end of the trainings application period.
The training participants are chosen based on the applications and interviews, so please justify your application carefully!
You can follow the processing of your application at www.tyomarkkinatori.fi > My e-Services portal of TE Office (TE-palveluiden Oma asiointi) > Employment training (Työvoimakoulutus). By submitting the application, you commit to start the training if you are selected for it. If you do not participate in the training you were admitted to or cancel your participation in the training, the TE Office will investigate whether you meet the conditions for receiving unemployment benefits.
As a rule, during the training you are entitled to the unemployment benefit and additional expense allowance (possibly increased). Read more about the additional expense allowance on our website: https://tyomarkkinatori.fi/palvelut/48d92f9d-b497-4670-a1cb-3f78c522661b/kulukorvaus-te-toimiston-jarjestamiin-palveluihin-osallistumisen-ajalta.
You can get more information about applying for the training and about the benefits paid during the training via phone 0295 020 702 (Mon-Fri from 9:00 am to 4:15 pm) or via chat (Mon-Fri from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm). The counseling service is also available on Facebook www.facebook.com/koulutusneuvonta.