(3) Internationalization of Finnish work environment

Some interviewees also mentioned that if Finnish society is to retain more global talent, it is not enough that they try to teach Finnish to newcomers. For highly skilled workers, they might also be highly mobile that they can also find work in other places around the world. Finnish society and working environment should also change to become more multicultural and use English so that they can make the newcomers feel at home. He said in the interview:

I think Finland needs to cultivate a more multicultural environment for highly skilled migrants and all the people. It is not enough that they only just provide Finnish courses for foreigners. I think a multi-cultural environment is seriously lacking in Finland. A lot of things and information are too oriented or focused on serving Finnish people, because a lot of information is only available in Finnish. But, they realized that if this country is to develop itself, it cannot only rely on Finnish, it needs new blood to enter into its system. Then how do you make those newly arrived people feel at home? I think they should convert more content into English and use English more often in meetings for the international employees.

(Male, electric engineering)
