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Ready to experience Finnish summer? 

Open positions for 40 employees for strawberry picking in July 2023. 

We are a family business in Suonenjoki, North Savo, Finland, and we are looking for strawberry pickers for harvest season 2023. Harvest season starts usually earliest in the end of June and lasts until the end of July/early August. Working period is four weeks. Picking is done in open ground, at all weathers. 

We offer accommodation to all workers. Price is 3 euros per night, and it is located in the same courtyard area as our farm is. Accommodation is organized in heated cottages for 2-6 persons with shared kitchen. The fee is collected only from working days. 

Salary is according to Collective Agreement of Rural Industries. Next summer's salary is not yet known. Current collective agreement is valid until the end of January 2023. You will hear the updates during the application process before the work starts. 

How to apply: 

Send your CV and application letter to seasonalwork.pohjoissavo@te-toimisto.fi  by 19.3.2023. Please use title "Berry Farm Voutilainen". Applications are reviewed already during the application period.  

Here is your opportunity to work in beautiful Suonenjoki region in Finland in the summer of 2023!

 

Other important information:   

Work in Finland: https://tyomarkkinatori.fi/en/personal-customer/internationality/coming-to-finland-from-abroad

Welcome to Finland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZslYLYzwIO8     

Working & Living in Finland -broadcast series: 

Working&Living in Finland: Episode 7 - How to find & apply for the jobs, the Finnish way! 

https://te-live.fi/en/lahetykset/3bwr74LIN   

Working&Living in Finland: Episode 4 - First things to do when moving to Finland / bureaucratic process 

https://te-live.fi/en/lahetykset/j_msrYHqw   

What is EURES and what it can do for you?   

https://ec.europa.eu/eures/public/eures-services/what-can-eures-do-you_en   

For more information contact your local EURES adviser: https://ec.europa.eu/eures/public/eures-services/eures-your-country_en?app=3.10.1-build-0&pageCode=eures_in_countries   

Your EURES contacts in North Savo, Finland: Samuli Miettinen, samuli.miettinen@te-toimisto.fi  & Seliina Varis, seliina.varis@te-toimisto.fi  or  eures.pohjois-savo@te-toimisto.fi   

COVID 19 information: 

https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/information-on-coronavirus/current-restrictions  

https://www.ttl.fi/en/topical/press-release/guidelines-workers-prevent-coronavirus-infection  

https://www.finentry.fi/en/

Job details
Work experience:
Work experience is not required
Language skills:
  • English
  • Basic
Salary range:
Not provided
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About company

Welcome to work in North Savo! Spend your summer in the Finnish countryside! Seasonal work in agriculture in Finnish countryside offers many different possibilities. North Savo -area with its beautiful lakeside and pure nature is calling for you. EURES North Savo, MTK North Savo and SSMY are cooperating with many employers in the region. EURES North Savo will help you to find… Find out more