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    Finland unemployment rise again in February to 10.4%, soon to be 11%
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    Finland unemployment rise again in February to 10.4%, soon to be 11%

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    1. ThisIsJmar on

      Best way is to vote on upcoming elections and stop giving dumb people more power.

    4. JerryDidrik on

      I work in a k-supermarket I’m not 100% sure but they seem to have made inventory management and scheduling AI now I have an idiotic schedule and we’re throwing away more food than ever. There’s for sure 2-3 less employees and we work 9h twice a week.

    5. YourShowerCompanion on

      Real figure is most likely higher if taxpayers funded työharjoittelut and similars aren’t counted into employment stats. Let’s settle at 15%?

    7. feanarosurion on

      There was just an article on YLE saying that Ukrainians here on support have over 40% unemployment.

      The vast majority of the unemployed here are recent arrivals without a network or in-demand skills. We only need so many Wolt drivers.

      I’ve got compassion for these people, but nobody should be coming to Finland expecting life to get magically solved for them.

      And the unemployment rate is, therefore, an illusion. When struggling recent immigrants give up and leave, the numbers will revert to something approaching normal.

    11. MIGHTY_ILLYRIAN on

      Thank unions for making it impossible to get a job. Collective bargaining has rigged the game to keep the unemployed out.

    12. piotor87 on

      Again, this is a misleading chart. It only includes people actively looking for work. In countries like Italy for example, a lot of (especially young) people don’t even bother looking and are not counted in this statistics. Or, even worse on a global level, are officially unemployed but technically work without contract.

      [https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Beginners:Labour_market_-_unemployment](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Beginners:Labour_market_-_unemployment)

      # How do we define someone who is unemployed?

      Eurostat’s definition of an [unemployed](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Glossary:Unemployed) person is based on the guidelines provided by the [International Labour Organization (ILO)](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Glossary:International_Labour_Organization_(ILO)). It is someone between 15 and 74 years of age who:

      * was not in employment during the [reference week](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Glossary:Reference_period) of the European Union (EU) [labour force survey](https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Glossary:Labour_force_survey_(EU-LFS)) (EU-LFS)
      * is available to start work within the next 2 weeks (or had already found a job at the moment of the survey, and is due to start within the following 3 months)
      * was actively seeking employment in the 4 weeks preceding the reference week

      The person who is actively seeking employment must have:

      * been in contact with a public employment service or with a private agency to find work
      * applied to employers directly
      * asked friends, relatives or acquaintances about possible jobs
      * have been studying, placing or answering job advertisements
      * have taken a recruitment test or examination or done an interview for a job
      * taken steps to set up a new business, such as looking for land or premises, purchasing equipment or applying for a trading or business licence or financing

    15. Optimal-Apricot-1450 on

      My spouse has been looking for a welder job over 4 years. He’s got 10 calls and 3 actual job interviews. All of these worker rental companies (bolt works, barona) are promising to find you a job and then forget about you. I thank god every day that at least I have a job.

    18. Festom on

      SUOMI NUMERO 1 VIISINKERTAINEN MAAILMANMESTARI ☝️🥇🏆🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

    19. LonelyRudder on

      To help the situation everyone still employed should do as little work as possible (not so little you get fired tho).

    20. MeanForest on

      We already have biggest public sector in EU, highest tax rate, we clearly need to go bigger and higher.