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Backup plan that changed the whole life

Hazel is a 34 years old nurse from the Philippines. She has been practicing nursing for over a decade in different countries: her home country, Saudi Arabia and Hong Kong. She had a dream to move to Canada to work as a nurse.  She had filled all the applications and was hoping to get a […]

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Rodora’s life in Finland

Rodora came to Finland only 16 months ago to work as a caregiver for the elderly. She was part of the HSS training program, and after the online studies and exams in Hong Kong she was relocated to Vantaa, one of the major cities in southern Finland. Rodora haswide experience working in different countries and […]

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The first group of care assistants who came to Finland graduated as practical nurses!

The first group of care assistants who came to Finland through the new training model of Healthcare Staffing Solutions (HSS) graduated as practical nurses on Friday, November 25, 2022. The goal of HSS is to solve the growing staffing needs of nursing homes with the help of work-based immigration. The study takes place in the […]

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Learning a new profession – and getting paid for it!

Maricel Dano is a Philippine college graduate who majored in industrial arts. Despite her educational background she worked seventeen years in Hong Kong as a domestic helper. Maricel learned about the HSS program from her friend and found it very appealing as the training was free and a good job in Finland was guaranteed to […]

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I hardly dared to dream about Work in Finland.

When Joy Len landed in Finland in April 2022, she went thru lots of emotion. She had just arrived in the middle of the winter wonderland: everything was white, and snow kept coming down. “I couldn’t believe that I was in Europe. Passing through the HSS program and moving to Finland was such a big […]