Talent Pool reveals the available ICT skills to companies in need

The professionals laid off from Microsoft and Nokia possess a massive skill set that can be used to develop products and processes in different fields of industry. Tampere Business Region Talent Pool reveals the available ICT skills in Tampere, Finland to companies in need. Talent pool is part of international Tampere4ICT campaign. 

Around a 1000 ICT professionals were laid off from Microsoft and Nokia in Tampere, Finland, this summer. The City of Tampere, Tampere Region Economic Development Agency Tredea and Invest in Finland have gathered the information about the available skills to a Talent Pool. From the Talent Pool a company can see right away if the kind of skill they are looking for is available at the moment and how many professionals possessing that skill.

The Talent Pool was especially built to meet the needs of companies who are looking to open a new unit, for example, in research and development, or are thinking of relocating to the Tampere Region, and are willing to move fast. The available ICT talents have raised a lot of international interest and recruitments have already been made.  

More information about the Tampere4ICT campaign and the available skills: investtampere.fi/tampere4ICT

More information about bringing you company to the Tampere Region, Finland:

• Oula Välipakka, Senior Manager, Business Development and Invest in
  Tampere Region Economic Development Agency Tredea, oula.valipakka@tredea.fi, +358 40 552 2000
• Oliver Hussey, Senior Manager, Business Development and Invest in
  Tampere Region Economic Development Agency Tredea, oliver.hussey@tredea.fi, +358 40 679 4142
• Katja Koponen, Project Manager, Invest in Finland, Finpro, katja.koponen@finpro.fi, +358 50 343 9078