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Aalto International Talent Program for mentors

Did you know that 30% of our master's students and over 40% of our doctoral students are international? Reach this untapped potential and join us in our endeavour to make our international graduates stay in Finland! Companies can register until 30th September.
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What is Aalto International Talent Program?

Aalto International Talent Program is a group mentoring and networking initiative bringing Finnish companies, industry experts and Aalto alumni together with our international students.

The Program runs from December to February. You will mentor a small group of students matching your desired student profile. 

Why join?

Join the Program to connect with international students.

鈥ttract Aalto talent

鈥hare insights about your business and careers

鈥et visibility and enhance your employer brand

What's in it for individual mentors?

For individuals taking up a mentor's role, the Program offers a chance to

  • Develop mentoring, coaching and interpersonal skills
  • Get inspired and learn about international students' perspectives
  • Expand professional network

For alumni

The Program offers a rewarding way to give back with time.

  • Engage in a meaningful activity
  • Reconnect with Aalto community while representing your company
  • Help international students to find their way to Finnish working life and society

Many of our mentoring groups have been led by Aalto alumni.

What does the Program entail?

  1. Sign up in September.
  2. Attend mentor company briefing session in November.
  3. Attend kick-off event in late-November.
  4. Run three group mentoring sessions in December-February.
  5. Organize an onsite visit in February.

We will provide you with a set of example topics and suggested schedule for the sessions. You will decide on the final schedule and agenda together with students.

Read testimonials from companies

    Aalto International Talent Program participants visiting their mentor company.

    鈥淧articipating in the Aalto International Talent Program was an incredible experience that allowed us to gain a fresh perspective on recruitment process and working life from a young professional's point of view. As a Talent Acquisition specialist, it is my job to be a matchmaker, and hearing what students were looking for proved to be inspiring and insightful."

    Alona Nechytailo
    Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding Specialist
    SSH Communications Security

    Aalto International Talent Program participants visiting their mentor company.

    鈥淭aking part in the Aalto International Talent Program is always a rewarding experience as it offers us a valuable opportunity to interact with, learn from, and build our network with international talent in Finland. Their fresh perspectives and innovative ideas have sparked engaging discussions during our sessions, and we鈥檝e certainly learned a lot from them."

    Liam van Zyl
    Manager, People Development & Engagement
    Fiskars Group

    Aalto International Talent Program participants visiting their mentor company.

    鈥淭his is our 4th year in collaboration with Aalto University for the International Talent Program and it was a great experience as always! We had amazing participants from master's and doctoral studies in Aalto from data and computer science domains. We hope the participants found the discussions and the mentoring sessions useful 馃槉.鈥

    Asutosh Hota
    Senior Consultant, Data and AI
    CGI Finland

    Aalto International Talent Program participants visiting their mentor company.

    "The most valuable thing in the Aalto International Talent Program is to get to know international talents and hear their feedback and perspectives on future working life expectations. For students, the Program provides an opportunity to learn about work life & culture in Finland. Companies should provide freedom to students to decide the topics to be discussed in the mentoring sessions. In Kemira, our mentoring sessions have different topics from aspects to be considered in new products commercialization and sustainability to HR sessions of recruitment."

    Mari Ruskola
    Manager, Product Development
    Kemira

    Aalto International Talent Program participants visiting their mentor company.

    "Mentoring is a two-way street - both the mentor and mentee learns; and our group also experienced the same! We found it easy to take part in this program as it was very well organized by Aalto. Hopefully we can join the program again next year!"

    Esa Arola, Lead Engineer, Borealis
    Kaisa Lamminp盲盲, Team Leader, PO Catalyst Performance, Borealis

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    Kaisa Paasivirta

    Manager, International Talent Program
    kaisa.paasivirta@aalto.fi

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