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Diversity Training Opportunities

We offer the following services:

NEW! Työllistä taidolla -service

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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.

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Services

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)

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Susanna Sakko

D.Sc. (Econ., B.A.), Entrepreneur

Work Experience

1.8.2021 -

HEAD OF EDUCATION

OAMK, Social Services and Rehabilitation

19.3.2019 - 31.12.2020
Head of Department
OSAO
01/2018 - 31.12.2018
Coach
A project instructing individual entrepreneurs in recruiting employees, Arffman Finland Oy
9/2017 alkaen
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
9/2016 alkaen
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.
4/2016 alkaen
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.
1/2016 alkaen
Part-time Teacher
Jyväskylä Open University, Finland. Credit assessment for the courses “The Fundamentals of Diversity Management“ and “Staff Recruitment and Careers“
6/2013 – 6/2014
Predoctoral Fellow
Oulun yliopisto, taloustieteiden tiedekunta. Foundation for Municipal Development, 1-year scholarship.
 Dissertation Research: The Recruitment of Foreign Workforce in Municipality Sector. Linkki väitöskirjaan.
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.
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.
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.
12/1999 – 8/2004
Consultant early childhood teacher of multicultural children
Consultant early childhood teacher of multicultural children” small_desc=”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. Innovaatiopalkinto.
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

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Kotopaikka (Supporting the development of integration services for immigrants)

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DTO – Diversity Training Opportunities susanna.sakko@dto.fi +358 50 4350 682 Business ID: 2026708-7 Konipolku 4, 91900 Liminka, Finland Myllyjärventie 21 a 21, 40500 Jyväskylä, Finland

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