{"id":8858,"date":"2014-08-08T14:57:39","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T11:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/?page_id=8858"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:42:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:42:42","slug":"integration-and-employment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/integration-and-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Integration and employment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Integration is defined as settling into a new country and culture. Integration is an individual process and takes time. SMY does concrete, grassroots work to promote the integration of immigrants. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Learning the Finnish language is an important part of integration. Language is the key to understanding culture and building social relationships. SMY offers Finnish language courses and discussion groups. <a href=\"http:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/learn-languages\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Read more about learning languages! <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Settling into a new culture requires the adoption of new practices. The creation of social networks and peer-support help in getting to know a new culture. Integration is not only achieved through official actions, but associations and individuals play a significant role as providers of social support. SMY organizes versatile leisure activities to promote integration and offers opportunities for creating social networks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Employment and education are essential elements of integration. The aim of <a href=\"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/towards-own-career-project\/own-career-project-2019-2020\/\">Towards Own Career-Project<\/a> is to promote the employment of immigrants by trying to find and offer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>work, work trial, and rehabilitative work experience<\/li>\n<li>training and education<\/li>\n<li>practical and tangible guidance in acquiring a job<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The employees of the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/towards-own-career-project\/own-career-project-2019-2020\/\">Toward Own Career<\/a>&#8220;-project assist, among other things, in preparing a CV and job application, as well as in getting to know the Finnish work culture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/abc-of-working-life\/\">Basics of Working Life for Immigrants<\/a> is a guide to employment in the Pori region. The guide is written in easy Finnish. The guide has nine sections: learning Finnish, studying, job application, CV, how to find a job, job interview, Finnish culture in working life, laws and agreements regarding working life and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Integration is defined as settling into a &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8858"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28659,"href":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8858\/revisions\/28659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monikulttuuriyhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}