DTO
Diversity Training Opportunities
NEW! Työllistä taidolla -service
Työllistä Taidolla is a nationwide free expert service for corporate customers offered by Uusimaa TE Office and ELY Center.
The service provides contractors with information and advice on recruitment and other ways of obtaining workforce,
as well as acting as an employer or employee. The goal is that work or contract relationships should start as well as possible and support the company’s growth.
The service is provided by the contract partners from TE Office, which you can choose from. More detailed information and registration forms are available here.
Coaching and personal guidance
Coaching for encountering multi-cultural clients and employees
Labor recruitment; especially foreign labor
Finnish as a Second Language teaching
Management and entrepreneurship coaching
Customized guidance for work teams and individuals
Consulting
One-off or continuous consultation of individuals and work teams in multi-cultural issues
One-off and longer-term consultation of individuals and work teams according to client needs
Phone Consulting
Training
DTO designs and implements customized training and coaching with respect to international affairs / entrepreneurial and management themes. The training is targeted to social and health sectors, vocational training institutions and other units that provide training, among others.
Production and sale of educational material
DTO produces training and education material for personnel as well as for immigrants coming from a foreign culture on the topics of multiculturalism and leadership. This material utilizes different assessment tables and surveys.
Case: Opas monikulttuuriseen varhaiskasvatukseen (An article in Finnish about multiculturalism in early childhood education and care)
The Background of the Entrepreneur
The woman behind DTO is me, Susanna Sakko. I received a doctorate in Economics and Business Administration in 2015, majoring in management and organization. I have a long history as an entrepreneur and as a supervisor in municipal organizations. The management and efficient completion of multiple concurrent projects is routine for me. In my various tasks, I have received positive feedback especially for my good negotiation skills and my solution-oriented, supportive way of working.
My motto is: ”The sea doesn’t need to be smooth as long as the sailor has skill.”
A link to my doctoral thesis (in Finnish): Ulkomaisen työvoiman rekrytointi kuntasektorilla (The recruitment of foreign workforce) | Innovation Prize 2004 (awarded by Helsinki Social Agency)
Susanna Sakko
D.Sc. (Econ., B.A.), Entrepreneur
Work Experience
- Since 01/2018
Coach
A project instructing individual entrepreneurs in recruiting employees, Arffman Finland Oy
- Since 9/2017
Trainer
Jyväskylä Christian Institute, Finland. “Kotopaikka” Project - Supporting the development of integration services for immigrants.
- 2017
Coach
Job Search Club, Arffman Finland Oy
- 9/2016 – 12/2016
Online trainer
Arffman Finland Oy
- Since 1/2016
Part-time Teacher
Jyväskylä Open University, Finland. Credit assessment for the courses ``The Fundamentals of Diversity Management`` and ``Staff Recruitment and Careers``.
- Since 9/2016
Trainer
The ELY Center (Center for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) of North Karelia - A project on the Mobility of Foreign Labor in Europe 2020.
- Since 4/2016
Trainer
Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences, Wellbeing Unit. Training and development of a course on the Encountering and Management of Diversity in Early Childhood Education and Care, and an online course on Personnel Management.
- 6/2013 – 6/2014
Predoctoral Fellow
Foundation for Municipal Development, 1-year scholarship. Dissertation Research: The Recruitment of Foreign Workforce in Municipality Sector.
- 3/2009 –
Part-time Teacher
Oulu University of Applied Sciences. Teaching, planning and developing of courses on Multicultural Guidance in Social and Health-related Work, Administration and Management of the Social Sector and Multi-professional Cooperation.
- 10/2011 – 7/2012
Basic Social Security Director
Municipality of Muurame. Preparation of the affairs of the Child and Family Service Committee and the Population Service Committee. Responsibility for economic and personnel affairs. I drew up the strategy for Eldercare Services until 2020 and the plan for Early Childhood Education and Care Services until 2016.
- 6/2010 – 10/2011
Childcare Manager
Municipality of Kaustinen. Development of Pre-school Education, working as a supervisor of 50 people and as the director of family daycare.
- 12/1999 – 8/2004
Consultant early childhood teacher of multicultural children
City of Helsinki. Personnel training; 60% childcare, 40% social work. Innovation Prize awarded by Helsinki Social Agency for a project on a working model for immigrant and multicultural work in childcare and social work.
- 8/2004 – 5/2005
Early childhood teacher of Finnish as a Second Language
Finnish as a Second Language -education; the coordination, training and implementation of the teaching.
- 10/2003, 10/2004, 12/2005
Trainer
University of Helsinki Center for Continuing Education.
- 3/1999 – 10/2000
Refugee Instructor
Municipality of Ruukki. The planning, implementation and development of activities for children and young people.
Education
- 11/2015
DOCTOR OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Management and organization, Oulu Business School, University of Oulu, Finland
- 10/2012
DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
Finnish National Agency for Education (EDUFI)
- 8/2010
MULTICULTURAL, PROFESSIONAL TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMME
Hämeenlinna School of Professional Teacher Education, Finland
- 12/2008
MASTER OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Economics and Business Administration, University of Lapland, Degree Programme in Management
- 8/2007
SPECIALIZED STUDIES IN TRAINING
Humak University of Applied Sciences, Finland
- 8/2006
BACHELOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Degree Programme in Social Services
- 1/1999
INSTRUCTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Hämeenlinna Institute of Social Services; Work with Children, Youth and Families
- 12/1995
PRACTICAL NURSE
Oulu Institute of Social Services; Work with Children, Youth and Families
``Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.``
Nelson Mandela
Projects
Labor Mobility in Europe
Kotopaikka (Supporting the development of integration services for immigrants)
Partners
Contact us!
DTO – Diversity Training Opportunities
susanna.sakko@dto.fi
+358 50 4350 682
Business ID: 2026708-7
Soratie 31 a 5, 90650 Oulu, Finland /
Myllyjärventie 21 a 21, 40500 Jyväskylä, Finland