Page 32 - Annual Report 2016-2017

REPORT OF THE FINNISH FEANI NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The Finnish National Committee for FEANI (SFNC)
Year of Adhesion : 1960
Declared engineers: 78 600
Number of EUR INGs: 691
Member associations: The Finnish National Committee for FEANI (SFNC) has representation of four Finnish engineering associations: Union of Professional Engineers in Finland IL, Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK, DIFF - Ingenjörerna i Finland and Tekniska Föreningen i Finland TFiF.
Kansko (SFNC) c/o Insinööriliitto, Ratavartijankatu 2 – FIN-00520 Helsinki mikko.valtonen@ilry.
www.ilry. ; www.tek. ; www.t f. ; www.diff.
The Finnish National Committee for FEANI (SFNC) has representation of four Finnish engineering associations: Union of Professional Engineers in Finland IL, Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland TEK, Tekniska Föreningen i Finland TFiF and DIFF - Ingenjörerna i Finland.
Recovering economy and better job market
The Finnish economy continues to recover after years of recession. The recovery was initially driven by a rebound in construction but is now more broad-based. Even corporate investment has picked up. During the recession employers had their pick of job candidates, as there seemed to be a continuous string of layoffs. As unemployment gures are getting smaller, in some elds of technology, it is again a candidate’s market.
One of the services engineering associations offer is an opportunity for employers to publish job openings for free. IL has a web-based and TEK a social media based system. This has been an important service also for the members since there have been record-high numbers of job openings.
For engineering students healthier economy has meant that there has been an improved selection of summer
jobs, internships and thesis projects, thus giving them a better start in their careers. Unfortunately, international students still struggle to nd employment after gradu- ation and even during their studies.
New services to attract members
There is a continuing challenge of convincing particularly the young engineers to join the engineering associations and stay as members. In order to create more added value for the members, there are new or enhanced membership bene ts: housing loan and daily banking services, events for families, networking opportunities, peer support groups for the unemployed, mentoring, courses and workshops. This has been achieved by applying service design and lean thinking, utilizing digital tools and platforms as well as co-creating services together with the members.
Collective bargaining and lobbying activities
The new collective labour agreements for senior salaried employees were agreed in the technology industry, design and consultancy sector, IT service sector, chemical industry, ICT sector and architectural design sector at the end of 2017. In accordance with the new agreements, salary increases were mainly negotiated locally between employers and shop stewards.