Welcome to the training on identifying your own skills!
The target group for this training is women.
Software Finland ry is an association representing the leadership of IT and software-driven companies. One of the association’s flagship initiatives is the Mimmit koodaa (“Women who Code”) program, which has helped thousands of women become interested in technology and find employment in the industry.
Our new project now delivers a training program that promotes skill recognition, articulation, and labour market matching with a focus on the ICT sector. The training is aimed at women, and no prior interest or experience in technology is required. What matters most is the ability to learn and an open mind – a new career path may well be found through technology. The training has an open and continuous application process.
The pilot training includes themes such as:
- How to identify and package your existing skills to meet the needs of the ICT sector
- Improving job search materials, portfolios, and work samples
- Understanding and overcoming impostor thoughts
- Meeting and networking with other participants and companies involved in the project
Please note:
- This training is not official labour market training
- It is not formal self-directed education
- It does not meet the criteria for short-term study
If you are unemployed, please check your eligibility to participate in activities offered by organisations outside your local employment area.
Training Format
The training is fully online. You can proceed entirely at your own pace, at a time that suits you best – there are no scheduled live sessions. However, one of the most important and unique aspects of this training is community – sharing experiences and thoughts, asking for help, and supporting one another. This enables genuine networking and new beginnings.
Participants use their real names in the group, and the digital workspace follows safer space principles. Trust is key: discussions remain within the group and are not shared externally. The training accepts new participants on a rolling basis.
Time Commitment
We recommend setting aside time not only for completing tasks and engaging in discussion, but also for updating your CV – and most importantly, for rest. Rest helps you structure and deepen your learning.
Instructions for Participants in an EU-Funded Project – Recording Your Information in the EURA 2021 System
You are participating in a training program funded by the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+). Regulations require that we report the number of individuals participating in EU-funded projects. This information is stored in the EURA 2021 system maintained by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment in Finland.
The purpose of this data collection is to ensure that project activities reach the target groups for which funding has been granted, and to understand what kinds of results these projects achieve in Finland. Without this process, we cannot receive funding for our work.
What information is collected?
Instructions also available as a PDF (FI/SWE/EN)
Participation form
At the start, we collect your personal and contact information, the start date (i.e., the date you fill in the registration form, which also gives us permission to add you to the training platform), your highest level of education, your employment status at the start, and – if unemployed – the duration of your unemployment.
Your name, personal ID number, address, or any other personally identifying information will not be forwarded or shared. All information is reported only in aggregate. It is not possible to identify individual participants from the data.
All data is collected solely for the project funder – the European Social Fund – via the system maintained by the ELY Centre in Finland.
Important: We will not collect personal information via any other links, SMS messages, etc. Please be cautious online when asked to provide personal information.
How to submit your participation form:
- Go to www.eura2021.fi/osallistuja
- Accept the terms and log in
- Enter the project code S30902 in the designated field and fill in your information
The system will generate a customer number for you after submission. Please use this number as your identifier in any communication with the project team (e.g., milja@softwarefinland.fi).
Do not use your personal ID number.
Termination notice, we will remind you about this later!
At the end of the training, we will collect the end date, your employment status at that time, and whether you completed a qualification or gained professional competence through the project. Submitting this termination notice is also mandatory.
Please note: After submitting your registration, it may take a few days before you receive instructions to access the training platform. We manually review all Participation forms before adding you to the Howspace training space.
We apologize for the heavy bureaucracy!
Questions?
📧 milja@softwarefinland.fi
Proceed to the Participation form
Language Options and Translations
This training is conducted in Finnish, but on the Howspace platform you can use automatic translations if needed. Supported languages are visible in the user interface, and you can switch the language at any time.
Currently, supported languages include English, Swedish, German, Spanish, French, Arabic, Somali, Estonian, Russian, and others. The full list can be found directly in Howspace’s language menu.