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Herizon Impact Newsletter Q4/2025
Herizon employed 162 immigrants last quarter.
Herizon Community Newsletter 12/2025
Hey there Herizoner 💜 It feels like January was just yesterday yet here we are! In our last community newsletter of 2025 as the year is drawing to a close 🥹 What a time it's been! Thank you for walking this year together with us! It's been a year of great changes and we're still not done 💪 We will be kicking off 2026 with a new podcast, new content and inspiring visits in the local ecosystem cooking up in our kitchen 🔥 Want to hear the full scoop? Read it all below 👇 GET READY TO SISU
Herizon Community Newsletter 11/2025
Halloween and Slush are gone and the Holiday season is only 3 weeks away (!!!) but we have just a couple more things to share, before we settle down for end of the year rest and recuperation and celebrations 🎆 What's coming up? Read it all below 👇 Last code mentoring of 2025 💻 We're joining forces with Codebar, bringing their workshops that make learning to code and getting mentored more accessible to the coders in our community. Codebar's goal is to enable minority group members to lear
Herizon Impact Newsletter Q3/2025
Herizon employed 130 immigrants last quarter.
Herizon Community Newsletter 10/2025
Boo! 👻 The spooky season is here 🎃 With cozy evenings, gentle (or pouring) rain, and the slow drift into shorter days. And while the sunlight might be fading a little earlier, we’re here with bright vibes to warm up even your cloudiest Fall days 🌦️ What's coming up? Read it all below 👇 Behind the scenes of QA in Finnish tech 💻 Is manual testing dead, and automation the only way to go? What does QA really look like through the lens of a cutting-edge tech company? Join us at the Ookla of
2026 plan WIP
2026 WIP.
Herizon Community Newsletter 9/2025
Happy September superstar! ✨ The heat is on (welcome back, summer?) both outside and in our event schedule with lots happening both in the Herizon schedule and beyond with our friends and partners 🔥 What's coming up? Read it all below 👇 Growing through career ups and downs 🎢 In this fireside chat, we’ll be chatting with Dinuka Lankaloka, Lead Product Designer at Basware, and dive into his journey as a product designer and international, the differences he’s experienced between working in
Herizon Community Newsletter 8/2025 - Mid-month extra
Hello hello! We're here again for a little extra issue of the community newsletter because we had some things we're excited to share with you right now. Before we get to sharing a new program that's kicking off soon (🤩) and all the fun events, there's a couple of important notices for you: 💬 We've moved events and community chats to Herizon Portal. You already have access, just head to portal.herizon.io and sign in! 🚧 We're continuously building on and improving Herizon Portal. Please let
Herizon Impact Newsletter 06/2025 - 07/2025
80 Herizon community members were employed during the summer.
Herizon Community Newsletter 8/2025
Hi there! Whether you've been hustling through the summer or just dialing back from vacation mode, we're excited to be starting the Fall season with you! 🤩 From continuing to build our new home on Herizon Portal to events around knowledge sharing, building networking skills and friendships and having a great time together, we've got lots coming up to keep you a busy bee these coming months 🐝 What's happening? Read it all below 👇 Who's ready to run? 🏁 The Herizon team is inviting you to
Herizon Impact Newsletter 05/2025
Record-breaking month of employment: 78 Herizon community members were employed in May.
New Course: Founder Sprint
Got a startup idea? This helps you get moving
New Course: Vibe Coding
Think coding isn’t for you? Think again.
Herizon Community Newsletter 7/2025
Hey you! It might be the middle of the summer but we're still on the move 🏡 Quite literally 👀 Big changes are coming! What's happening? Read it all below 👇 Last mentoring session of the summer with a Global CRM specialist from Wolt 🤩 We're excited to have Thu Vo, a Global CRM Specialist from Wolt visiting us for the final business mentoring session of the Spring season. We'll bust myths and get you in the know of everything about CRMs that you need to know. Register here 👈 Pack you
Herizon Community Newsletter 6/2025
Hello friend! We can't quite believe it ourselves either, but it's finally June! While the warm summer weather is not rushing to manifest itself yet, we're expecting nice weather for our Annual Summer Picnic ☀️ What picnic? And what else is still to come this summer? Read it all below 👇 Herizon Annual Community Picinic is here! 💜 Join us for an afternoon of laid-back hanging out with community friends over food and fun little activities like tarot readings, crafting friendship bracelets a
Herizon Impact Newsletter 04/2025
735 people from our community are now employed. We’re building and shipping software. That’s the update.
Herizon Community Newsletter 5/2025
Hello, hi and happy May! Summer might be fast approaching but we're not ready let go of the hustle and bustle just yet. There's still time to enjoy the last bits of Spring season 💪☀️ What's still to come? Read it all below 👇 Union Lawyers at your service 💼 We're excited to bring you not one, but two opportunities to get valuable insights and advice from union lawyers. Whether you're curious about your rights and basics of employment in Finland or have deeper questions about legalities
Herizon Community Newsletter 4/2025
Is it too brave to say that Spring is finally here? 🤩 The first flowers are blooming and so is our event calendar 🌷 What's coming up? Read it all below 👇 Building growth in B2C 📈 Join us at the Yousician office for a laid-back afternoon to discuss how you can build and measure growth, especially on the user acquisition side. We’ll be joined by Yousician’s growth team members and get to dive into the topic with their lead. This event is great for anyone interested in marketing, growth,
Herizon Impact Newsletter 03/2025
686 people from our community are now employed, and total monthly salaries have crossed €2 million.
Herizon Community Newsletter 3/2025
Outside might be snowing again but we're growing the community, conversations and events in the spirit of spring 🌱 What's new? Read it all below 👇 Exclusive Founder insights 🔥 Join us for a cozy fireside chat where our guest, Saber Kordestanchi, Chief Strategy Officer & Co-founder at Hostaway gives us a unique opportunity to learn about his entrepreneurial journey going from nothing to having built a successful company. Saber started building Hostaway in 2015 and is reportedly the firs
Herizon Impact Newsletter 02/2025
77 members of Herizon have secured employment this year. Read for more news.
What’s happening in the job market?
Our upcoming product Työmarkkinadata is pulling in data from 441,000 companies across industries, tracking job trends and hiring patterns.
Herizon Community Newsletter 2/2025
The year is off to a great start and we're eager to shake off the last bits of the darkest part of winter with the help of increasing daylight, and...You guessed it—events 🌟 What's coming up? Read it from below 👇 Get into building communities 🏗️ Are you someone who enjoys building communities—bringing people together around a common interest, mission or purpose? Join us at this fireside panel where we explore community management across different industries with the help of our expert pa
Herizon Impact Newsletter 12/2024 – 01/2025
We generated over €1M in monthly salaries in 2024 - now it’s time to aim even higher.
Herizon Community Newsletter 12/2024 – 01/2025
Hi there Herizoner and Happy 2025! We hope you had a great time relaxing and doing things that bring you joy over past few weeks 💜 The darkest time of the year has passed and it's time for more light and also... You guessed it! Events! The first two are already in a few weeks. Check out what's coming up in the community below 👇 Boot camp for future Customer Success Pros 🔥 We're partnering up with Customer Success Nordics to bring you a two-part event series where you first get to know c
Our goals for 2025
Herizon’s 2025 goals: more jobs, internships, and growth through focused partnerships and community impact.
Herizon Community Newsletter 11/2024
The Holiday season is nearing and we're slowly shifting into rest mode—but first, let's take a moment to see what's still there to do before going offline ☃️ Let's get into it! 👇 Last ticket of 2024 to LinkedIn boot camp 🎟️ Did you miss LinkedIn boot camp in 2024 or maybe feel like a short and sweet refresher would be in order? Then you're in luck! The very last cohort of LinkedIn boot camp is taking place next week 💪 Reserve your spot here 👈 Content marketing Masterclass is still on
Herizon Impact Newsletter 11/2024
Herizon celebrates 500+ employed members, internship successes, AI-driven matches, and a major award win for Viivi Marttinen!
Herizon Community Newsletter 10/2024
Welcome to November! Slush season has officially arrived, bringing not only the first snow but also everyone’s favorite startup mega-gathering ❄️ We'll see you there if you're going! Aside from the transition to winter, we're excited about the upcoming events and activities. What were they again? Read it all below 👇 Building a greener future with One Click LCA Join us at One Click LCA where we'll discover how they're enabling—quite literally, the building of a zero-carbon future through so
Herizon Impact Newsletter 10/2024
Fueling Finland's future - where talent meets opportunity, cities jump in, and interns find their match!
Herizon Community Newsletter 9/2024
The fall and event season are in full swing with our first company excursion of the season under the belt and more to come. There's no time to be cold when we're busy cooking up things to keep you moving! 🧑🍳 Don't let the opportunities to network, get market insider insights and building on your repertoire of job search strategies go by you—join our upcoming events 👇 Last spots to Metacore are almost gone! What does working in the games industry look like and what kinds of roads might l
Herizon Impact Newsletter 9/2024
Connecting talent to opportunities - because success loves a diverse crowd and a good coffee chat.
Herizon Community Newsletter 8/2024
Event season is officially ON 🔥 Whether you're into marketing, space tech, gaming, sustainability or data—we've got you covered 😎 We can't wait to see you in our upcoming events! 👇 Geeking out about Data and AI with Elisa Data geeks, this is for you! Elisa, one of the largest telecommunications players in Finland and the Nordics is opening their doors to us in September. We'll get to explore how AI/ML-powered Distributed Energy Storage (DES) solutions are revolutionizing grid optimizati
Herizon Impact Newsletter 8/2024
Herizon newsletter: growth updates, success stories, and upcoming events driving diversity in Nordic tech.
Herizon Community Newsletter 7/2024
Summer vacation season is drawing to a close while event and awards season are just getting started. Here's a recap of recent news and developments in 7/2024 Community Newsletter.
Herizon Impact Newsletter 6-7/2024
Empowering immigrant talent: Herizon's Impact Newsletter 6-7/2024 highlights employment successes, upcoming events, and new initiatives.
Herizon Community Newsletter 6/2024
Last LinkedIn boot camp of the summer, celebrating June get-togethers and looking into the future.
Herizon Impact Newsletter 5/2024
Here's our monthly review of what we've been cooking up the past few weeks! Grab an ice cream and enjoy the read.
Our goals for 2024
Our team at Herizon has decided on the goals for this year.
Herizon Community Newsletter 5/2024
Herizon's annual summer picnic is here again! We kicked off an entrepreneurship program called Herizon Launchpad, published our job application assistant tool and more.
Herizon's resource store is now live
Support Herizon's nonprofit mission by purchasing growth hacking tools and templates in our new resource store.
Job Application Assistant
Write better job applications with Herizon's Job Application Assistant for just €5/month. Tailored advice, and multilingual support.
Herizon julkiselle sektorille
Herizonin keskeiset palvelut, jotka voivat hyödyttää julkista sektoria kansainvälisten osaajien työllistämisessä ja yhteistyömahdollisuuksien kehittämisessä.
Herizon Impact Newsletter 4/2024
294 Herizon community members have gotten jobs. That's a big reason to celebrate, right? Find out more about this and other news in our latest Impact Newsletter.
The immigrant entrepreneur factory: Herizon Launchpad
Start your entrepreneurial journey with Herizon Launchpad.
Time to end boomer-era job-matching
Our software-driven non-profit is changing the game with a new, smarter system.
Herizon Impact Newsletter 3/2024
Hey you! Welcome to read Herizon's Impact newsletter, the third edition of 2024. In this edition: a product launch, our main KPIs, and do newsletters suck? Let's find out!
Herizon Community Newsletter 4/2024
While we let that simmer, I’d love to invite you to check out what we’ve been up to and what’s yet to come this month and beyond.
Your software-driven non-profit is shipping
Learn how we're making talent discovery faster, smarter, and more efficient with AI.
Herizon Impact Newsletter 2/2024
Welcome to read Herizon's Impact Newsletter.
Herizon Community Newsletter 3/2024
Have you ever considered using AI to power up your job search? Or wondered what you can do to build your experience even before securing your dream role? Say less, we got you covered.
Growth Hacking Internship arrives at Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences
We're kicking off this internship as a 15-credit practical training course soon at a local university of applied sciences.
We'll innovate until there's no excuse for not hiring international talent (Introducing Fraction)
It's all about making it super easy for Finnish companies to hire international talent already located in Finland.
Herizon Impact Newsletter 1/2024
Happy belated Valentine's day, or Friend's day as we call it in Finland. 😎
Herizon Community Newsletter 2/2024
In February (and beyond), we're inviting community members for an Instagram takeover, restarting Finnish speaking sessions online and so much more.
We decreased our talent matchmaking speed from 24 hours to 24 seconds: introducing ViiviGPT
We’re in the process of creating something special at Herizon – ViiviGPT.
Herizon year 2023 in review
Started as a side hustle at Icebreaker.vc, and now we’re making real waves.
Herizon Impact Newsletter 12/2023
Fresh from the press.
Introducing Herizon Partnerships
Partnering with Herizon isn’t just about giving back to the community; it’s a strategic move that enhances a company’s brand image, taps into a diverse talent pool, and builds a culture of inclusion.
Talents And Startups Event
With the Talents and Startups event co-organized with the City of Helsinki, our goal was to create an event that could offer job opportunities and expand people’s networks in Finland.
Herizon Impact Newsletter 11/2023
Did you know that there are already half a million immigrants in Finland, and 34 % of them hold a higher educational diploma? However, many are struggling to find jobs that match their education and experience.
What have we been up to? September Edition.
There are updates, and then there are updates, and we believe this one falls into the latter category. However, we’ll let you be the judge.
Herizon Impact Newsletter 10/2023
We have some thrilling new to share with you from Herizon, so let's get straight to it! 🎉
Mentorship program
Everybody in this world needs a mentor in their life. Yes, we believe so. But finding one can be a real struggle.
Herizon Impact Newsletter 09/2023
We're on a journey and we love that you're part of it!
Herizon Impact Newsletter 08/2023
While a heatwave struck Finland on Monday, things have been heating up at Herizon throughout the entire summer!
Herizon Impact Newsletter 07/2023
We have some inspiring news to share from Herizon. Let's dive right in!🎉
Herizon x Tech Nordic Advocates event at Solita’s office
We co-organized an event together with Tech Nordic Advocates at Solita’s office in the end of June and we had a full house of inspirational professionals.
Herizon Founder Mari Luukkainen has been named the Diversity Role Model of the Year
We are delighted to announce that Mari Luukkainen, the founder of Herizon, has been named the Diversity Role Model of the Year at the prestigious Nordic Startup Awards 2023.
Herizon launches free LinkedIn Bootcamp for immigrants
Herizon's LinkedIn Bootcamp is completely free and we launch new cohort every month in 2023.
Herizon Impact Newsletter 06/2023
We're excited to have you here, staying up-to-date with all the positive changes happening in our Herizon community.
Herizon Impact Newsletter 05/2023
Herizon is a non-profit with a mission of improving immigrant women's employment in tech.
Herizon Impact Newsletter 04/2023
Herizon is a non-profit with a mission of improving immigrant women's employment in tech.
Women DO belong in tech - introducing Herizon
Now is the time to train and employ 100,000 women.
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