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Be active in your leisure time. You never know who you will meet and what opportunities your network can bring you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I go to study Finnish in a local church usually every Thursday. One day, I accidentally met the boss who was looking for a Thai language teacher for the City of H\u00e4meenlinna.<\/p>\n

You have the talents that the Finnish labour market needs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I sent my CV and had an interview after that. Now I am teaching Thai to heritage language learners at Jukola School in H\u00e4meenlinna. The lessons are offered by the municipality and it is free of charge for young students (aged from 6 to 18) with immigrant language background (Find more information here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

I teach 2 hours per week. There are 4 competences that I need to help Thai heritage language learners to develop. Depending on the students interests and the learning goals that I set together with the development team, I prepare for the lessons every week. All heritage language teachers gather to have a meeting at the end of every month, during which we share our work and ideas for developing the teaching and learning process.<\/p>\n

Focus on developing your skills and competence in your part time job.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Even though I am studying to become a teacher, but there are skills and competence that I develop from a teaching job. The two most transferable skills for me are organisation and presentation skills. Because I work with children, I need not only a lot of patience, but also creativity mindset. All my students study in elementary school, so I have to prepare the lessons in an interesting way to meet my \u201cyoung customers\u00b4\u201d needs. I usually use game-based methods to get my students\u00b4 interests and attention. I believe that the skills I learn from this part time job are very valuable for any future job I will take as my study proceeds.<\/p>\n

Talents inspire talents.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I wish all international students (including myself) good luck in finding their paths into the Finnish labour market. Keep fighting.<\/p>\n

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——————————————— SHARE YOUR WORK STORY! ———————————————<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Share your work story on HAMK\u00b4s blog! HAMK talent boost encourages foreign students to inspire, encourage and empower one and another through their own work and everyday life experience.<\/p>\n

Fill in My first work experience in Finland survey<\/a>, or contact qingyang.li@hamk.fi<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

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A first-year student from Construction Engineering English taught degree programme. <\/div><\/div>\n\n
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The story is edited by Qingyang Li, Talent Boost Mentor from HAMK International, based on student\u00b4s answer to the My First Work Experience in Finland survey. <\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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