When I moved to Finland, it felt like there was a match
I met Gulja in person exactly once. During a hot summer day in June 2021, when we agreed to meet to record the interview for this article. Before that, we had m...
Tag: career
Reconciling work and family life or when mom starts to work…
In my very last blog post, I mentioned that I have started in my new job position after quite a lengthy period. As probably in any new position, I face some cha...
How I finally become employed again…
I was career orientated back in Slovakia. Always having 2 jobs, continuously studying and having clear aims how my work-related future would look like. But then...
It may be strange, but in my head, I reduced people to muscles…
Vendula Fischerova has had two professions. The first one was psychology and the other one is being a masseur. She moved to Finland from The Czech Republic a li...
When you are not part of the majority, you kind of feel the need to do something about representation
I met Yesmith almost a year ago at a panel discussion organized by Helsingin työväenopisto and Miitti on the topic of employment of immigrants with higher educa...
I had to forget who I was and what I did in the Czech Republic…
I met Vendula thanks to our children attending the same school and same class. Not only they can speak Slovak together, we were also lucky enough to become frie...