23# Is working in Finnish a myth? - Part 1

In this 23rd episode of the Career Cast - Finland Edition, we talked with Astrid Puumala - Thévenet, Development Manager for Immigration at City of Espoo.

This first part of our conversation with Astrid covers her own Finnish learning journey and her experience of working in a Finnish work environment.

Among the topics:

- How long it took to learn Finnish and what helped her

- What does fluency really mean and how to work with the our idea of it

- How multilanguage environemnts work and how to adjust to them

- How to deal with spoken language vs formal language in a workplace

The second part of the episode will be released next week and will include a deeper conversation on the need for building work environments where internationals professionals who are learning Finnish can thrive and progress. It will also cover how to understand our own Finnish skills and decide what jobs are worth pursuing, and how to interpret language requirements in job advertisements.

You can find us on LinkedIn: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gianluca-lindberg-curci/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/maija-makinen-sp/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaushik-lakshman/ (Editor & Co-host)