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What makes a successful global employer brand?
Employer branding is a fairly new term and might still cause some confusion as to what it is and how companies can benefit from it. Our latest Talent Boost Talks event focused on answering the question of what makes a successful global employer brand. We got to the bottom of it during the panel discussion……
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Call for applications to the ground-breaking Turku Intersectoral Excellence Scheme is now open
The Turku Intersectoral Excellence Scheme (TIES) is a new postdoctoral fellowship scheme based at the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS) research collegium and founded in partnership with Turku Science Park Ltd. TIES is a blend of traditional Institute for Advanced Studies bottom-up research with intersectoral working. All applicants appointed to the TIES programme will……
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”Take care of the people you have”
Technology Operations Lead Marcin Floryan from Spotify thinks that flexibility and employee happiness are key issues in attracting and retaining talent in global business. Finding the right talent is a hot topic in any company wanting to grow and have an impact. Before reaching out, you should look at the talent you already have, says……
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Start-ups in the Turku Region | A walk and talk with Matti from The Paper Lid Company
Matti Salonoja’s goal is to get rid of plastic, disposable lids for coffee cups and other drinks. This is no longer just a dream, as The Paper Lid Company can produce 70,000 ecological lids per hour and almost the entire production is already exported to the global markets. What is going on in the industrial……
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Professor Jukka Westermarck awarded a major grant
The Orion Research Foundation awarded two special grants for both meritorious research and public advocacy for research funding. On 27 October, Professor Jukka Westermarck of the University of Turku was awarded a special grant of €100 000 from the Orion Research Foundation. Westermarck is Research Director at the Turku Bioscience Centre and Professor of Cancer……
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The Carnival Celebration cruise ship embarked for its maiden voyage to Miami
Meyer Turku Shipyard delivered the Carnival Celebration to the customer on Wednesday 2.11. successfully and on schedule. Carnival Cruise Line received the vessel at a signing ceremony in Turku, Finland. Carnival Celebration embarked on her maiden voyage late last week. The ship is firmly anchored in the latest technologies: for example, it uses LNG, the……
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A Deep Dive into the Finnish Business Culture
Startup Call is like a shortcut to networking in a new business environment, says entrepreneur Samat Serimbetov. Business is business anywhere in the world, but there are always new things to learn when establishing a company in a new country and a new market. Therefore, Samat Serimbetov applied for Startup Call, a program aimed at……
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Kaarina-based solar energy company Solar Age acquired by German 1KOMMA5°, aims for market leadership in Finland
Solar Age Oy, a growing solar power solutions provider based in Kaarina and Espoo, Finland, was acquired by the German clean energy group 1KOMMA5°. The strong new owner brings Solar Age more resources for growth in Finland. 1KOMMA5°, part-owned by Porsche Ventures, has acquired a majority stake in Solar Age from its founders Ricardo Pacheco……
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The mythical land of winter is now home to Shqipe Buzuku
Shqipe Buzuku is admiring the lush landscape through the windows of Deltamarin’s office in Turku, the city she now calls home. Shqipe, who obtained her PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management in 2019, was recruited to the ship engineering company Deltamarin for a UNICOM industry placement period and later hired as a permanent member of the energy team. Shqipe……
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Southwest Finland to become an international education and development centre for virtual production
The number of virtual productions is growing rapidly, but a shortage of talent is holding back business growth in Finland. Virtual productions bring new opportunities to all the top industry sectors in the region, such as the marine and pharmaceutical industries, in the fields of design, simulation, product development and training. Virtual technology is rapidly……
