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Herizon Impact Newsletter Q3/2025

Herizon employed 130 immigrants last quarter.

Mari Luukkainen
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Herizon Impact Newsletter Q3/2025

Herizon employed 130 immigrants last quarter.

The numbers

  • Employed community members: 992
  • Community members: 2446
  • Annual salaries generated: €35.7M
  • Annual taxes generated: €13.7M

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What happened in Q3

  • Internship program expanded to 300+ students from 8 UAS partners
  • First version of AI-based matching tool went live - used in the October cohort of the UAS internship
  • Over 12 community events hosted or co-hosted in September alone
  • Launch of Herizon x Customer Success Nordics Sales Bootcamp, training internationals for English-speaking sales roles
  • LinkedIn Bootcamp returned with record attendance and measurable improvements in participant visibility
  • Career growth fireside chats with speakers like Dinuka Lankaloka (Basware) and Mervi Koivulahti (Digia) provided first-hand insights into Finnish work culture
  • Collaboration events with HIVE Helsinki, Reaktor, and Epicenter brought together over 200 community members interested in tech and community building
  • New events with YTK Unemployment Fund and Aalto University added practical and entrepreneurial learning to the mix
  • Launch of Femcode Collective, a beginner-friendly initiative empowering women and non-binary people to build AI-powered tools, led by Mari Luukkainen

Product & model evolution

  • Launched AI-based matching tool on the Internship Program. The model builds capacity to take in all the students seeking for internship in Finland
  • Launched Global Trends on Labor Market Insights
Global Trends

What next

  • Launching the last internship cohort of 2025
  • Starting the development of scaling AI-based matching tool for non-interns in 2026
  • Development of Labor Market Insights program for our union client's needs
“We’re scaling what already works - faster, cheaper, and with measurable results.”

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