Enhanced labour market opportunities for women

Sigurjónsdóttir, Hjördís Rut; Wøien, Mari; Meckl, Markus

doi:10.30689/r2018:3.1403-2503

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“…Second, employers' prejudices was a common phenomenon in our data. For most of our participants, finding the first job opportunity in Finland became the most difficult challenge, but this phenomenon is common in other Nordic countries as well ( Fossland 2012;Sigurjónsdóttir et al 2018). As Bauder (2003) states, the non-recognition of foreign credentials and dismissal of foreign work experience systematically excludes immigrant workers from the upper segments of the labor market.…”

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“…Third, in addition to discussions about inclusions and exclusions in recruitment we want to highlight the theoretical approaches on gendered work and its structures (Acker 1990), and argue that many organizations and the current employment services are not necessarily prepared for immigrant women's needs (see Sigurjónsdóttir et al 2018). In line with Ressia et al (2017), our data also indicate that skilled migrant women often accept nearly any form of work to make a living for the family or they contemplate a permanent career change to more feminized, lower-paid and insecure occupations.…”

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“…Having job search preparedness means that a job seeker is capable of starting the process of applying, having knowledge on how to proceed, and motivation (Vuori 2009). While navigating in the labor market, motivation and high self-esteem are important (Sigurjónsdóttir et al 2018).…”

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Skilled Migrant Women’s Experiences of the Job Search Process

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2021

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In this article, we address how skilled migrant women experience job search processes in Finland, and the expectations and emotions that arise from these workforce encounters, which we explore through unique qualitative data. Although Finland relies strongly on principles of equality and inclusion, highly educated migrant women face major difficulties in job application processes. The employment level of migrant women in Finland is low compared to other Nordic countries, and even though migrant women are more educated than migrant men and their Finnish language skills are better, they encounter many hurdles in employment. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the situation is getting more difficult for many women with non-Finnish background.There are multiple hurdles in highly educated women workers’ employment, which relate to structural and cultural aspects and which end up in discrimination in recruitment processes.

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Skilled Migrant Women’s Experiences of the Job Search Process

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2021

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“…Bland gruppen utrikes ödda kvinnor inns det en relativt hög andel som totalt sett står långt från arbetsmarknaden, något som är uppmärksammat i hela Norden (se till exempel Sigurjónsdóttir et al, 2018;Bufdir, 2023b;THL, 2023).…”

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Young Håkansson

2024

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“…In fact, a woman with migrant background faces several challenges to get access to the labour market in Finland. Not only low-skilled immigrant women but also highly skilled ones face various challenges in finding a job (OECD 2020a;Peltonen 2016;Sigurjónsdóttir et al 2018;Steel & Jyrkinen 2017;Larja & Sutela, 2015).…”

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Understanding inclusive entrepreneurship

Yeasmin

Hasanat

2022

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A recent OECD report recognises that the limited scope for immigrant women to integrate into mainstream Finnish society has kept them out of the labour market. In fact, a woman with migrant background faces several challenges to get access to the Finnish labour force and this has prompted them to become self-employed in small business, particularly in the northern part of Finland. However, establishing a small business and its operation induces diverse problems in this remote, mainly rural region. An inclusive entrepreneurship policy may support improving their condition in entrepreneurship. The study explores the main factors hindering the financial and socio-cultural inclusion of women immigrants in Northern Finland. A thematic analysis of cultural and economic inclusivity, based on descriptive phenomenology, helps understand and reconstruct a policy of inclusive societies in the context of rural entrepreneurship.

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Enhanced labour market opportunities for women

Cited by 5 publications

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Skilled Migrant Women’s Experiences of the Job Search Process

Skilled Migrant Women’s Experiences of the Job Search Process

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Understanding inclusive entrepreneurship

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