It is very, VERY common in both IT and education sectors to hire people who speak no Finnish.
I've personally hired half-a-dozen English-speakers who do not speak any Finnish.
Our company (mobile gaming) consists of ~10% non-Finnish speakers, all of whom are very happy here. Almost ALL Finns (incl. our cleaning lady) speak good English.
My previous company (hardware) had roughly ~10% of non-Finnish speakers as well.
Both universities here have hundreds of non-Finnish speakers. The game education program in Oulu University of Applied Sciences (Oulu GameLAB) is being run by (a super smart) Romanian who does not speak a word of Finnish.
The local Nokia office has hundreds of people from abroad.
There's an active Chinese community of couple of hundred people, most of whom do not speak Finnish.
It is very, VERY common in both IT and education sectors to hire people who speak no Finnish.
I've personally hired half-a-dozen English-speakers who do not speak any Finnish.
Our company (mobile gaming) consists of ~10% non-Finnish speakers, all of whom are very happy here. Almost ALL Finns (incl. our cleaning lady) speak good English.
My previous company (hardware) had roughly ~10% of non-Finnish speakers as well.
Both universities here have hundreds of non-Finnish speakers. The game education program in Oulu University of Applied Sciences (Oulu GameLAB) is being run by (a super smart) Romanian who does not speak a word of Finnish.
The local Nokia office has hundreds of people from abroad.
There's an active Chinese community of couple of hundred people, most of whom do not speak Finnish.