Sun, 29 Mar, 2015 02:17:36 AM FTimes-STT Report, Mar 29  Young job seeker looking job at the employment office website. File Photo Lehtikuva. Companies and cities seem to be hiring summer workers broadly in line with previous years’ models.
A round of calls made by STT to five major companies and four cities suggests that the number of available positions is not affected by the ongoing economic crisis nor has it decreased significantly.
For example, in the City of Kuopio, the dip in the number of open summer jobs caused last year by layoffs will return this summer back to its former level of about 350 positions.
The same thing is happening in the big shops: Kesko is said to have the same number of open positions as in previous years and the S-Group (SOK) is estimated to have slightly more jobs than in any of the last few years.
File Photo Lehtikuva. To the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions-SAK, the situation, however, does not look so rosy. According to surveys of union representatives, summer jobs have been cut by half last year due to the weak economy.
“We are waiting on new figures and hoping desperately that the tide will turn, but it looks bad,” says Youth Secretary Tatu Tuomela.
Valio estimates that its number of summer positions will settle somewhere around 300 places, a reduction due to the Russian export ban.
Adults fill the majority of summer jobs. Work for minors is a different case, usually a chance to observe professional life, normally lasting between a couple of weeks and a month.
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