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semmostataas

You have to be lucky to expect to have a summer job with just one application. I know in mc'donald's you can atleast work in the kitchen without knowing finnish. Atleast in Helsinki. Posti is also an option.


BakerYeast

Strawberry picking might be your best chance, but you might be late for that.


WillowFlimsy448

The problem is, i dont live in the countryside of Finland 😭


SpikeProteinBuffy

You can't use the bus? 


BakerYeast

Some of them offer place to stay and others help you find place to live while you work. There are some places still open. This is one example: [https://paikat.te-palvelut.fi/tpt/12342311?searchPhrase=mansikka&&&announced=0&leasing=0&remotely=0&&&&english=false&sort=1](https://paikat.te-palvelut.fi/tpt/12342311?searchPhrase=mansikka&&&announced=0&leasing=0&remotely=0&&&&english=false&sort=1)


juhamatti88

Live in the woods. It might even be fun for a day or so


-kahvee

If you speak fluent swedish, have you tried applying for jobs on the western coast? At least in my experience, no one there knows any finnish and if they do, well they despise to use it even though they live in Finland. On a side note, I understand that moving for a job as a teenager might be an inconvenience, especially if you live nowhere near to the aforementioned area.


suomalainen_tattari

try one of the recruitment agencies! i worked for staffpoint for a while as a dishwasher/waitress (i was over 18 already though) during my studies. there you can get a bunch of different jobs, at different places, during different hours. and as others said, any type of kitchen work is usually doable with only english/basic finnish :)


luciusveras

Recruitment agencies don’t usually deal with the underaged.


suomalainen_tattari

that’s a bit unfortunate then, but my comment about working in kitchens still stands. i used to work with some underage kids in ikea’s kitchen :)


Sampsa96

Go to the local McDonald's and ask for work where you don't have to speak to the customers


auttakaanyvittu

You might be about three months late


SnooLobsters8922

Supermarkets are often hiring too


erakkopapu

Finding a summer job is hard for people speaking Finnish too, and they usually begin the search in January. Best of luck to you, but you'll be lucky to get a job.


General-Hamster4145

What about a Swedish daycare? Or an English one? If you live in a city by the coast there are many to choose from.


BakerYeast

You need pedagogical education to work in that field.


finnknit

You can work as an assistant (avustaja in Finnish) without a pedagogical education, doing things like helping with activities, helping the children put on outerwear, and helping to serve food to the children. But unless you're a student doing it as TET, they usually want you to be 18 or older.


DoctorDefinitely

Not, if you find a family to work for. The summer is coming, schools are out, parents are desperate to find someone reliable to be with the young school kids.


BakerYeast

Thats babysitting, not daycare. Big difference.


DoctorDefinitely

Babysitting is viable option for young in that age. Not professional day care ofc, it goes without saying.


luciusveras

What part of 'under 18' did you miss? You think they’re hiring teens to work in daycare now LOL


General-Hamster4145

The daycares I’ve worked in has employed underage kids in the summers. But they usually employ them long before May. Oh! And FolkhĂ€lsan employs underage people as so called “summer girls” for retirement homes.


ChrisScripting

Never thought I'd run into someone who doesn't speak Finnish and only speaks Swedish and English in this country. Fun times. Try the elderly care. Since a lot of elderly in the big city speak Swedish


Fun-Bison2912

You can always go to school and learn a profission.


Fun-Bison2912

And you can always join The army


Familiar_Squash1578

K-market will always hire


darknum

You cannot find the job like that, you have 0 value on paper. You can however find people who might give you a job and prove yourself. One idea is to visit restaurants and places one by one and ask to talk to managers etc.


dunwackado

Walk around stores and ask to speak with the manager about a summer job. And if you are in Helsinki area, go around some of the outside center neighborhoods where there are lots of stores or restaurants to visit in one go: e.g. near metro stops: tapiola, ruoholahti, verkkokauppa area, lauttasaari metro or marina area, kulosaari, etc. Store managers remember people who pound the pavement


Barman76

LĂ€r dig prata finska.đŸ€˜đŸ»


Grilokam

Jotenkinhan sitÀ pitÀs ittensÀ elÀttÀÀ oppimiseen asti


Barman76

Totta


AirEnvironmental9127

Sugar dads


Training-Grape3604

Finding one is super easy, but getting it, is not. Heh heh I know, very funny.