(Female, education)

However, another interviewee expressed her understanding for such practice, since recruiting foreigners might impose unforeseeable costs and risks for the Finnish employers, including the added communication costs for using English instead of Finnish for internal communication. Lack of an existing multicultural working environment also makes employers hesitant towards hiring foreigners. She shared her opinion on the potential conditions under which Finnish employers would like to hire a foreign worker:

On many occasions, when they want to recruit a foreigner such as a Chinese student, there must be at least three reasons. First, either they want to get into the Chinese market and they need someone who understands the Chinese market and culture, right? Second, because this person can bring extra value (more than the Finns). Third, it's because they have such a policy that the project itself requires hiring people of international background. Otherwise, they wouldn't just hire a foreigner (over a local person).

(Male, MBA)
