Employment of immigrants by Johanna Lahtela https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps en-us 2018-02-14 11:50:05 UTC 2024-05-28 07:47:43 UTC hello@padlet.com QUESTIONS johanna_lahtela https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/231442549 1. What does it mean, that most of the immigrants are working age? Could Finland benefit from that? Will Finland benefit from that?

2.Those, who immigrate to Finland have a lot of knowledge and skills, even formal education. Still there are doctors and engineers cleaning, driving buses and washing dishes. What could be done, that the knowledge of immigrants would benefit the Finnish society and economy?

3.What kind of different integration services are needed in order to raise the employment rate of immigrants?

4.Immigrants are often discussed and treated as one homogeneous group of people. What are the disadvantages for this general discourse of "all the immigrants"?]]> 2018-02-14 11:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/231442549 Different types of migrants johanna_lahtela https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232844616 - EU citizens
- Migrant workers
- (Quota) Refugees
- Asylum seekers]]> 2018-02-19 09:07:19 UTC https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232844616 Interesting Fact: Age netta_kivisto https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232928807 In 2016 76 % of immigrants were at the working age (16 - 64 yo). Population in working age with a Finnish background was 64 %.]]> 2018-02-19 14:19:00 UTC https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232928807 Interesting Fact: Enterprises netta_kivisto https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232931379 The amount of enterprises owned by immigrants increased during the  economic downturn. The total number of enterprises decreased. 

]]> 2018-02-19 14:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232931379 Interesting Fact: Reasons to immigrate netta_kivisto https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232935583 52 % of all immigrants immigrate to Finland due to family reasons. Work is the second popular reason. However, 30 % of immigrants from Africa and Middle-East are refugees]]> 2018-02-19 14:38:20 UTC https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232935583 Interesting fact: Education netta_kivisto https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232937684 42 % of immigrants (age 24 - 54) has a higher education (of those who's education is known). 82 % has some education after the basic education.

Every fifth person with a refugee status, has a higher education

Of Immigrants from Middle-East and Northern Africa, 60 % has a higher  than basic level of education. ]]> 2018-02-19 14:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232937684 Interesting Fact: Rate of employment netta_kivisto https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232941073 The rate of employment among immigrants, is 10 % lower than among population with Finnish background (60 % - 69 %)

*11,5 % of immigrants with higher education are unemployed. The same number for Finns is 4,5 %

* The lowest employment rate is among those, who immigrated from M-E and Northern Africa and are refugees

* The group with the lowest rate of employment is young mothers with low education]]> 2018-02-19 14:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232941073 Interesting fact: netta_kivisto https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232945188 Immigrants work more often with fixed term works, than Finns. 70 % of them couldn't find a permanent job, although they tried.]]> 2018-02-19 15:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232945188 Interesting Fact: Reason for unemployment netta_kivisto https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232948070 39 % of unemployed immigrants told the lack of Finnish language skills being the most important obstacle for employment.]]> 2018-02-19 15:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232948070 Source: netta_kivisto https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232957658 Tilastokeskus
"Ulkomaista syntyperää olevien työ ja hyvinvointi Suomessa 2014"
http://www.stat.fi/tup/julkaisut/tiedostot/julkaisuluettelo/yyti_uso_201500_2015_16163_net.pdf]]> 2018-02-19 15:34:50 UTC https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/232957658 Interesting fact: Integration services johanna_lahtela https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/233418986 The municipalities and TE Offices are responsible for the services promoting integration. The municipalities have a general and coordinating responsibility for developing, planning and monitoring integration in their areas]]> 2018-02-20 18:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/johanna_lahtela/Eaps/wish/233418986