Türkiye provides excellent opportunities for the Talent Boost programme
Finland launched the Talent Boost programme in 2017, which aims to boost the immigration of senior specialists, employees, students, and researchers. Türkiye, with its young and highly educated population, is a good target for talent boosting. Read more about the Talent Boost programme and the opportunities Finland and Türkiye offer.
Finnish companies need skilled employees from abroad since the population growth is based exclusively on immigration. Therefore, Finland launched Talent Boost cross-administrative programme in 2017, which aims to boost the immigration of senior specialists, employees, students, and researchers and focuses on attracting talent who will be instrumental in Finnish companies' growth, internationalization, and innovation. In addition, it targets sectors suffering from a labour shortage. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and the Ministry of Education and Culture coordinates the programme.
Through the Talent Boost programme, more attention goes to Finland's immigration and integration of international students and researchers. Finland competes with the rest of the world for the best talent. International specialists bring knowledge of local conditions and cultures, language skills, international contacts, and networks. In addition, they often have a good understanding of global trends.
The programme has three objectives:
Finland becoming an internationally attractive place to work, study, carry out research, and invest.
Employers willing and able to recruit international talent.
The expertise of international specialists driving the internationalization and renewal of Finnish companies and organizations.
Finland has aimed to identify unique countries of interest for Talent Boost, concentrating on specialists, students, start-up entrepreneurs, and other employees.
Currently, there are 8 million students and more than 200 universities in Türkiye. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, Türkiye is the youngest country in Europe. Find Course-webpage highlights how the three most popular fields of study in Türkiye are textile design, business administration, and computer science. According to OECD, about 35% of 25-34 year old have third-degree education. However, a significant part of university graduates is overeducated for their jobs. About 40 percent work in a field that does not correspond to their degree.
According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, the current unemployment rate is almost 4 million in Türkiye. However, the Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Türkiye estimates the unemployment rate to be nearly 10 million. In addition, unemployment among university graduates is currently at a record high, and every third of young people is unemployed.
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung's research underlines how around 73 percent of young people in Türkiye want to look for carrier opportunities abroad.
Finland aims to give the best immigration experience in the world. The country invests in quality integration and digital paths to achieve it. It includes, for instance, international recruitment services for companies hiring foreign experts, English-speaking schools and kindergartens, programs for spouses to ease the settlement, and high-quality and work-life-oriented programs in universities and universities of applied sciences. Also, the diversity of society and working life and internationality in working life attracts people to work, study and invest in Finland.
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