News & Events

Finnish Work­ing Life and Cul­ture

Are you start­ing a job in a Finnish com­pa­ny? Are you already work­ing in one, or are you just curi­ous about Finnish work­ing life, and Finnish work­ing cul­ture in gen­er­al?

Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu 1 Year Anniver­sary

Join us as we cel­e­brate the 1‑year anniver­sary of Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu.

Pur­su­ing Dreams from Brazil: Eduardo’s Path of Grat­i­tude

Eduar­do Tom­i­na­ga is a PhD stu­dent at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu, con­duct­ing research on wire­less com­mu­ni­ca­tions as part of the 6G Flag­ship team. He’s orig­i­nal­ly from Flo­ri­a­nop­o­lis, Brazil, an island off the coast of Brazil’s main­land.

Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu Cel­e­brates Its One Year Anniver­sary – Birth­day Cel­e­bra­tions Through­out All of April

Cel­e­brat­ing its birth­day month, Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu is mark­ing its one-year jour­ney in style through­out April. All city res­i­dents are wel­come to join the fes­tiv­i­ties.

Ready to Roll? Join Us for Board Games and Net­work­ing on April 10th!

Are you ready to get your board game and net­work­ing on? We’re back it again, with anoth­er one of our amaz­ing board game nights and net­work­ing on the 10th of April 2024!

Share Your IHOulu Moment and WIN a 40€ Gift Card!

Share your sto­ries and experiences with us for a chance to win a 40€ gift card.

Embrac­ing Oulu: A Tex­an’s Tale of Growth, Chal­lenges, and Suc­cess

Adri­an Canales is orig­i­nal­ly from Texas, USA. He has been liv­ing and call­ing Oulu his home for eleven years. Cur­rent­ly he is a com­mu­ni­ca­tions intern at Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu.

Why learn Finnish, or should I learn it at all?

Have you just arrived in Fin­land, and you are pon­der­ing if you should learn the Finnish lan­guage to find a job? Or have you been here for a while, and you have encoun­tered chal­lenges in the job mar­ket due to lim­it­ed lan­guage skills?

Build­ing Bonds: The Rise of Game Nights at Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu 

Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu has been build­ing its pres­ence almost for a year now. One cor­ner­stone of IH Oulu’s activ­i­ties has been offer­ing a plat­form for var­i­ous events.  

Steps to Suc­cess: BusinessOulu’s Inter­na­tion­al Career Day

This event presents an excel­lent oppor­tu­ni­ty for inter­na­tion­al stu­dents and oth­er job­seek­ers to gain valu­able insights, tips, and hear inspir­ing career sto­ries from Business­Oulu employ­ees with inter­na­tion­al back­grounds.

Wel­come to the Vol­un­teer Work Oppor­tu­ni­ties Fair!

The event is for those who want to learn more about vol­un­teer­ing, meet orga­ni­za­tions that pro­vide such oppor­tu­ni­ties, and hear tips and suc­cess sto­ries from expe­ri­enced vol­un­teers.

Roll the Dice and Make a Friend – This March at Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu

Hey Game Wiz­ards and Net­work­ing Nin­jas, Guess what’s back this March? We’re talk­ing about the leg­endary Board Games and Net­work­ing event at Busi­nes­sAs­e­ma.

Work­ing hard to pur­sue the dreams: Polina’s sto­ry of appre­ci­a­tion

Polina’s jour­ney in Fin­land did not start in Oulu, but she is hap­py that it led her there. She is now pur­su­ing a degree in Tourism and dreams of doing impact­ful work at the city ser­vices.

The Inter­na­tion­al Employ­er of the Year in Oulu com­pe­ti­tion 2024

The Inter­na­tion­al Employ­er of the Year in Oulu com­pe­ti­tion is search­ing for orga­ni­za­tions in the Oulu region that have suc­cess­ful­ly recruit­ed, onboard­ed, and retained immi­grants and inter­na­tion­al tal­ents.

Job Hunt­ing and Net­work­ing on LinkedIn x 3

Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Opti­mum ‑project offers three Eng­lish speak­ing LinkedIn train­ing mod­ules for those who already use LinkedIn and need train­ing to deep­en their knowl­edge.

Con­nect & Learn: Net­work with our Ambas­sadors

Do you want to meet Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu’s Ambas­sadors? We are excit­ed to invite you to an infor­mal evening of net­work­ing and social­is­ing.

Come and find out about open posi­tions at Sono­­co-Alcore Oy

Sono­co-Alcore Oy is estab­lish­ing a new core fac­to­ry in Oulu’s Äimärautio, and the com­pa­ny is recruit­ing now.

Open posi­tion: Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Trainee, Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu

Are you inter­est­ed in a com­mu­ni­ca­tions trainee posi­tion at Inter­na­tion­al House Oulu?

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