Place
Piispanportti 10A, 02200 Espoo (Employment Espoo, Piispanportti office)
Asiakasnäkymä
Espoon kaupunki
Updated 20.02.2026
Vocational and career guidance (Espoo-Kauniainen)
Guidance and support for choices and challenges related to your career, choice of profession, situation in life, education and plans for the future. The goal is to support you in making choices for your future.
Service organiser
Espoon kaupunki
Language
Finnish
English
Charges
The service is free of charge
Implementation
Remote or online service
Hybrid service
Individual guidance
This service is intended for you if you wish to receive support and guidance on assessing your personal situation. The primary clients are working-age people. Young people under the age of 18 who are in compulsory education can get help from their educational institution’s guidance counselling.
The service is intended for both jobseeker clients and non-jobseeker clients in situations such as the following:
- young people under the age of 25 who lack a vocational education
- the client’s professional direction is unclear and they do not know what their next step should be
- people looking to change careers
- people who have been laid off, clients entitled to transition security 55+
- people who have been absent from the workforce for an extended period of time (e.g. family leave, sick leave or rehabilitation subsidy)
- assessment of learning and development potential in relation to the education and employment opportunities available
- intermittent educational and work history
- students who are considering dropping out and/or changing their field of study
- health challenges in student or working life. The person’s state of health affects their job search and employment. People who have reached a crisis point in their working life or who are considering career planning due to burnout, for instance. The responsibility for diagnosing and treating health issues and providing rehabilitation belongs to healthcare services.
Who is the service for?
Municipality of residence
Espoo
Kauniainen
Age
All people of working age
Situation
Active jobseeker
In need of additional training
Looking to change careers
Person with higher education
Lacking comprehensive education
Lacking upper secondary education
Immigrant (integration period ongoing)
Immigrant (integration period over)
Challenges with work and functional capacity
You can receive guidance from vocational counsellors of Employment Espoo. If you are interested in participating in the service, please contact employment services, e.g. by visiting a service point or submitting a contact request through Job Market Finland’s E-servicesexternal link, opens in a new tab .
Benefits of participating in the service
The aim of the service is to help and support you in choosing a profession, developing your professional skills, finding a job and student place, and embracing lifelong learning.
Vocational and career guidance will help you identify your interests, capabilities and professional goals, assess them in relation to working life and study opportunities and, based on this, make appropriate decisions regarding your career. Entrepreneurship is also discussed as an option in vocational and career guidance.
Every client’s situation is unique, and understanding how to make progress in your situation is a key theme of the guidance. The guidance makes use of assessments, tests, homework and other suitable work methods, depending on your situation. The guidance may require support, encouragement and motivation, taking your mental resources into account. If necessary, we will plan work try-outs or education trials. If you consent to it, the psychologist may use psychological assessment methods as part of the guidance.
The aim is always to improve your chances on the labour market and direct you to other suitable services. The guidance is confidential cooperation in which you are ultimately responsible for making the decisions.
Our work is guided by the Act on the Organisation of Employment Services, which provides for vocational and career guidance in section 52: Act on the Organisation of Employment Services (380/2023) – Up-to-date legislation – FINLEX ®
Conditions for participating in the service
Participating in the guidance requires you to have the interest and motivation to participate in the service and the preparedness to consider your situation together with a vocational counsellor.
How can I participate in the service?
- Vocational and career guidance is available at two locations of the Employment Services.
- The guidance provides you with an opportunity to stop and think about your situation and wishes together with the vocational counsellor and gain new perspectives.
- The guidance is a confidential service that is provided free of charge. Guidance is available in Finnish, English and through an interpreter. Clients are served face-to-face and via phone and video connection.
- The guidance can be in the form of individual or group guidance.
- Each guidance session lasts for about an hour. You can participate in one or more sessions.
How is the service organised?
Service accessibility
Possibility of interpretation
Where and when?
Accessibility
The space is physically accessible
,
The building has a lift
,
Accessible by public transport
,
Arrival by car and disabled parking taken into account
Time
The time of the service is agreed upon separately.
Place
Leppävaarankatu 3, 02600 Espoo (Employment Espoo, Sello office)
Accessibility
The space is physically accessible
,
The building has a lift
,
Accessible by public transport
,
Arrival by car and disabled parking taken into account
Time
The time of the service is agreed upon separately.
Links and attachments
Attachments
Service category
Career planning and choice of profession
Development of working life skills
Skills mapping
Education advice and study skills
Support for return to work