Finland Beyond Tourism

It is relatively difficult for foreigners to secure full-time employment in Finland, but travelers may be able to obtain summer work. Check the CIMO website (see below) or www.igapyear.com for information on work placement. The organizations below coordinate limited work and volunteer opportunities. For more info on opportunities across Europe, see Beyond Tourism.

The American-Scandinavian Foundation (AMSCAN), 58 Park Ave., New York, NY 10016, USA (☎212-879-9779; www.amscan.org/jobs/index.html). Volunteer and job opportunities throughout Scandinavia. There are a limited number of fellowships for study in Finland available to Americans.
Centre for International Mobility (CIMO), Säästöpankinranta 2A, P.O. Box 343, 00531 Helsinki (☎2069 0501; http://finland.cimo.fi">http://finland.cimo.fi">http://finland.cimo.fi). Provides information on youth exchange programs, technical and agricultural internships, Finnish language studies, and study abroad. CIMO also organizes European Voluntary Service Programs (www.4evs.net)for EU citizens, who can spend a fully funded year doing service in another EU country. EVS opportunities are largely in social work. Similarly, the EU offers the European Youth in Action Program, which also offers years abroad in Finland (ec.europa.eu/youth/youth-in-action-programme/doc126_en.htm).

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