Welcome to CareerBoost – an online Job Hunting Programme

CareerBoost is based on peer support and the meetings will be led by the participants themselves.

By participating in this program, you will get the best tips for job search in Finland. This successful programme has been prepared by experienced career coaches and bring you the best advice to support your job search.

The next three-week CareerBoost program runs from Monday 4 May to Monday 25 May. See below for details.

Three weeks online-group

During spring 2026, we will run two CareerBoost groups. The first group starts on Monday 26 January and ends on Monday 16 February.
The second group starts on Monday 4th May and ends on Monday 25th May. Registration to the May group opens at 9:00 am on 2nd April 2026.

The career coach is present at the start of the group during the first week and weekly on Thursdays for joint meetings. Otherwise the group members will facilitate the meetings by themselves.

CareerBoost is targeted for the unemployed members of six Akava unions. In your group, you can share the successes and disappointments of your job search, get encouragement and feedback, as well as new perspectives on the direction of your own skills and the flow for successful employment.

You can participate in CareerBoost group regardless of where you live.

Each week has its own themes, tips and exercises that will propel you to a new job. Every day from Monday to Friday, there will be job search-related activities. The tasks take about two hours a day.

Who can participate in CareerBoost?

If you belong to one of the unions behind CareerBoost and you are unemployed or threatened with unemployment, you are warmly welcome to join. You can participate in CareerBoost regardless of where you live, from anywhere in the world.

Participating unions:

Helsinki Society of Engineers, The Union of Professionals in Natural, Environmental, Food and Forestry Sciences Loimu, Suomen Ekonomit, The Professional Community of Academic, Engineers and Architects TEK, The Professionals of Business and Technology TRAL, Social Science Professionals YKA

CareerBoost ’s weekly online schedule:

Monday from 13:00 to 15:00
Peer group meets online: Lessons learned from the previous week and preparation for the coming week’s themes

Tuesday from 13:00 to 15:00
Job search workshop with your peer group

Wednesday
Independent work and feedback from the peer group for your job application documents

Thursday from 13:00 to 14:30
A job hunting theme meeting led by a career coach or a guest lecturer

Friday
Updating your own job search plan

At CareerBoost, you will meet people from different fields, from experts to managers and from recent graduates to experienced professionals. Career coach Anku Merisaari will be present at the first meeting of the group in the first week and at weekly meetings on Thursdays.

Feedback from previous CareerBoost participants

Knowing that I’m not alone with the challenge of finding employment; meeting other jobseekers in the same boat.

This program gave me a great boost of confidence. The most useful task for me was CV review by the members of the group.

Thank you organizers, found this extremely helpful. These really helped especially, meeting other professionals in a similar situation, CV & cover/motivation letter, guest speaker, the platform and as a whole, this course definitely boosted my career.”

Welcome to Careerboost in January 2026!

The next three-week CareerBoost program runs from Monday 4 May to Monday 25 May.

Registration between 2 April December 2025 – 29 April 2026.

Careerboost is organized by six Akava-affiliated trade unions

You can also ask for more information from your union’s career services.

Helsinki Society of Engineers
The Union of Professionals in Natural, Environmental, Food and Forestry Sciences Loimu
Suomen Ekonomit
The Professional Community of Academic Engineers and Architects TEK
The Professionals of Business and Technology TRAL
Social Science Professionals YKA