Searching for employment: highly educated immigrant women and combined capabilities

Steel, Tytti; Jyrkinen, Marjut

doi:10.51815/fjsr.110764

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“…The importance of language proficiency for employment is widely acknowledged within the research field, as well as by migrants themselves (Steel & Jyrkinen, 2017). During the interviews, the significance of language skills emerged as a central topic, discussed both in terms of coping during service and as the opportunity to improve language skills during conscript service.…”

Section: Improving Language Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining the Impact of Conscript Service on the Labour Market Integration of Migrants

Bontenbal,

Riikonen,

Kosonen

2024

Int. Migration & Integration

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This research considers the role that participating in conscript service has for individuals with a migrant background in overcoming barriers to labour market integration. According to previous studies, these barriers include discrimination, previous qualifications not being recognised and a lack of language skills, networks and information. The study is based on 24 interviews conducted with individuals with a migrant background who have performed conscript service in Finland. The research takes place in the context of conscription and mandatory conscript service among male citizens. The findings indicate that conscript service may have some direct and indirect beneficial outcomes for labour market integration. Direct labour market outcomes are particularly related to qualifications acquired during service, which can be directly applied in the civilian labour market. Indirect outcomes are associated with acculturation, such as learning the language and becoming familiar with the host society’s culture and norms. Performing conscript service also facilitates the establishment of social networks, especially with native-born youngsters. Furthermore, conscript service is perceived to have the potential to elevate conscripts’ status in the eyes of potential Finnish employers. As a result, completing conscript service enhances location-specific human capital, and therefore, it can potentially improve labour market integration outcomes.

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Section: Improving Language Skillsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Examining the Impact of Conscript Service on the Labour Market Integration of Migrants

Bontenbal,

Riikonen,

Kosonen

2024

Int. Migration & Integration

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“…Another way of gaining access to career-important social networks was found to be through the women's family members and friends. For instance, a study conducted in Finland by Steel and Jyrkinen (2017), which indicated that finishing a degree in Finland is perceived as beneficial for easing the search for employment. Furthermore, the research found that physical appearance and youthfulness are often seen as advantageous factors, and having a Finnish spouse can help improve one's social networks.…”

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What Enables Skilled Immigrant Women to Build Career-important Social Networks?

Shaymardanov,

Lämsä,

Heikkinen

2023

EIS

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An aging workforce and a decreasing population have increased the need for immigration and international workers in European societies. The aim of this study is to contribute to literature on international workers and their careers by focusing on skilled immigrant women’s career-important social networks. In particular, it explores what enables the women’s access to such social networks, which support their careers in the country of destination. Qualitative interview data from 26 Russian skilled immigrant women working in information technology (IT) or healthcare in Finland were collected. Qualitative content analysis was done to analyze the data. The results show that the studied skilled immigrant women have many paths to accessing career-important social networks. It is concluded that although skilled immigrant women tend to experience challenges in accessing these networks, they can overcome challenges through their own initiatives and with the help of supervisors and colleagues as well as family members and friends. However, relevant organizational arrangements and practices are needed.

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“…In fact, a woman with migrant background faces several challenges to get access to the labour market in Finland. Not only low-skilled immigrant women but also highly skilled ones face various challenges in finding a job (OECD 2020a;Peltonen 2016;Sigurjónsdóttir et al 2018;Steel & Jyrkinen 2017;Larja & Sutela, 2015).…”

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Understanding inclusive entrepreneurship

Yeasmin

Hasanat

2022

Finnish Yearb Popul Res

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A recent OECD report recognises that the limited scope for immigrant women to integrate into mainstream Finnish society has kept them out of the labour market. In fact, a woman with migrant background faces several challenges to get access to the Finnish labour force and this has prompted them to become self-employed in small business, particularly in the northern part of Finland. However, establishing a small business and its operation induces diverse problems in this remote, mainly rural region. An inclusive entrepreneurship policy may support improving their condition in entrepreneurship. The study explores the main factors hindering the financial and socio-cultural inclusion of women immigrants in Northern Finland. A thematic analysis of cultural and economic inclusivity, based on descriptive phenomenology, helps understand and reconstruct a policy of inclusive societies in the context of rural entrepreneurship.

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Searching for employment: highly educated immigrant women and combined capabilities

Cited by 6 publications

References 9 publications

Examining the Impact of Conscript Service on the Labour Market Integration of Migrants

Examining the Impact of Conscript Service on the Labour Market Integration of Migrants

What Enables Skilled Immigrant Women to Build Career-important Social Networks?

Understanding inclusive entrepreneurship

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