Asiakasnäkymä
Work try-outs
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Who is the service for?
A work try-out is suitable for you if you:
- do not have a vocational education
- want to change your career
- are thinking about becoming an entrepreneur
- have been out of the workforce for a long time (e.g. taking care of your children at home) and are planning on re-entering the workforce (a work try-out tests whether your skills are up to date).
You do not have to be unemployed, but a work try-out is not necessarily an appropriate service for someone who is already employed. If you are working under a zero-hour contract and rarely have work duties, a work try-out may be a good opportunity to familiarise yourself better with a specific work duty.
PLEASE NOTE! A work try-out is not intended for obtaining work experience. If you have completed studies that do not directly prepare you for a particular profession or type of work, a work try-out may be justified to clarify your career options."
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How can I participate in the service?
A work try-out is not intended for obtaining work experience. If a recent graduate’s studies did not directly prepare them for a particular profession or type of work, a work try-out may be justified to clarify their career options. A work try-out can be arranged if the organiser of the work try-out has offered work to the employees they have discharged or laid-off or their part-time employees as required by the Employment Contracts Act before drawing up the work try-out contract. The provider of the work try-out opportunity is responsible for ensuring that there is no barrier to the work try-out under the Employment Contracts Act.
A work try-out is a good way to test your work ability in an actual work environment if you have been absent from the workforce for an extended period of time. It allows you to determine whether your skills are up to date with regard to the requirements of the industry or the position. A work try-out can also be one link in the chain if you are looking to change your profession or industry due to health issues, for instance. Through a work try-out, you can make yourself known to the employer, which may be an easier way to find a job.
You will receive the same unemployment benefit during the work try-out as you normally would. If you and your assigned specialist tentatively agree on this service and record the potential work try-out as a task in your employment plan, you may receive compensation for expenses from the payer of the unemployment benefit for the days on which you participate in the work try-out.