The aim of career counselling is to support the attainment of career planning and employment skills. Good career planning skills help you, for instance, in recognizing your own strengths and possibilities, in developing yourself and in making decisions about your future. You can receive career counselling at a personal career guidance conversation or by taking part in the study units on career planning and job seeking.
Career guidance conversations are confidential and personal dialogues with a trained career counsellor. You can bring out issues relating to your future, study choices or the working life that occupy your mind. The discussions are always based on your own questions and needs. You can consult a career counsellor at any stage of your studies and within a year of your graduation.
You can read in more detail about career planning and career counselling on the career planning page of the Aarresaari, the Career services network of Finnish universities (opens in a new tab).
Book an appointment to career counselling
Kudin.fi career readiness self-assessment test and send the results to the career counsellor as you book the discussion time. The Kudin.fi tool helps you recognize and develop your career competences and yields important information to the counsellor about the support you might find helpful.
You will find the free times for career counsellors’ appointments in the JobTeaser portal (opens in a new tab). The one-hour sessions are for discussions about issues, such as, your strengths, interests or possible study or employment alternatives. The 30-minute appointments are for shorter questions, for instance, comments on job seeking documents or other job seeking advice.
You can access the JobTeaser with your UEF credentials. Create a profile in your own name and choose your field(s) of study in the Course/Programme drop-down menu. In the Appointments tab, you will get to choose the type of appointment, the location (on campus/online) and the time. After sending the request for the appointment, the career counsellor will send to your UEF-email a confirmation of the appointment and, in case of an online meeting, a Teams link. You will find more specific instructions on how to use the Jobteaser service in the Kamu JobTeaser page.
Welcome to career counselling!
More detailed instructions on how to use the JobTeaser and a link to the service:
Career counsellors
Joensuu campus
- Career counsellor Hanna Reinikainen (English and Finnish)
- Career counsellor Kirsi Vallius-Leinonen (Finnish only)
- Career counsellor, coordinator Outi Suorsa (Finnish only)
Kuopio campus
- Career counsellor Janne Saarela (English and Finnish)
Email: firstname.surname@uef.fi or urapalvelut@uef.fi