Come Here! 2026

Recruitment event 22th of July in Campus Allegro, Jakobstad

- Where talents meets possibilities

Local businesses are investing and in need of workforce. Both the private and the public sector are seeking people with vocational, university of applied sciences, or university degrees. Perhaps it’s you?

Why the Jakobstad Region?

People living in the Jakobstad Region have more free time than others. This is due to the short distances. Picking up the children from kindergarten takes just a few minutes and even if you live in the city centre, the sea and nature are always close by. After work, there’s a wide range of leisure activities to choose from. We call it quality of life.

There’s also a lot of choice when it comes to accommodation, and you get more for your money. You can choose to live comfortably in an apartment in the centre of town, in a house in the countryside or in a newly built semi-detached house in one of our five municipalities.

More and more people are choosing to move away from the metropolitan regions. Why not make life easier and move to the Jakobstad region? There are good connections, jobs in international markets and time for leisure and everyday life.

Come and get to know us!

What: Come here! -recruitment fair
When: Wednesday 22 July 2026 at 13-17
Where: Campus Allegro, Köpmansgatan 10, Jakobstad

Meet the region’s employers and take the opportunity to make new connections that could lead to life-changing job opportunities.

The event is free of charge. We recommend all participants to register before or entering the fair. Refreshments will be served during the event. You are warmly welcome!

The Jakobstad region is ready to offer jobs and quality of life, just for you.
Are you ready?

Come here! Come home.

The event is organized by Concordia, the regional development company of Jakobstad, in cooperation with the Jakobstad Region Employment Area.

More about what the Jakobstad Region has to offer:

Work Here – information about employers in the region

Living opportunities in the Jakobstad Region

We have moved here!

Open vacancies on the Job Market today

Jakobstad Region from A to Z (Regional map)

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Centria

Centria university of applied sciences with 4400 students and 340 employees has a strong focus on RDI that supports the development of businesses and organisations in the region. Our campuses are in Pietarsaari, Kokkola and Ylivieska.

Kronoby

Workplaces, peace and quiet, pleasant people, beautiful scenery, safe living environments and good service. This is Kronoby.

Amada Automation Europe Ltd.

AMADA is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high-technology metalworking machinery. We, AAE, are AMADA’s largest European manufacturing facility for automation solutions.

RIKTA Ab Oy

RIKTA manufactures custom cable solutions. Established in 1969, Rikta is one of Finland’s oldest companies in its sector.

Rantalainen

Accounting firm offering financial and payroll management services.

Ab PS Lyfttjänst Nostopalvelu Oy

We are a company in the lifting and transport industry. We carry out local lifting operations and transport services in Jakobstad, Karleby, and Vasa and the surrounding areas. In addition, we handle transport assignments with or without lifting equipment across all of Finland and throughout the Nordic countries.

Nordiclights Oy A Methode Electronics Company

NORDIC LIGHTS® produces premium, high-tech work and driving lights for heavy-duty vehicles in the mining, construction, forestry, material handling and agricultural industries.

OP Botnia

OP Botnia is a cooperative bank owned by its customers. The bank's core region covers Kronoby, Larsmo, Pedersöre and Jakobstad. Our activities are based on our values: a people-first approach, responsibility, and succeeding together.

Solving

Welcome to Solving – an innovative company that gives you great opportunities for your own development. We manufacture unique handling solutions for a global market to customers such as AGCO Power, Airbus and Wärtsilä.

Integration Services

The Integration Services in Jakobstad supports quota refugees and asylum seekers who have been granted a municipal placement in the region. The Service Point for newcomers is our advisory point where immigrants receive practical help, information, and individual guidance. Through the Integration Works project, we connect available talent with the right employers.

OSTP

OSTP Finland Oy Ab is one of the leading manufacturers of welded pipes and fittings in stainless steel. The high quality products are used in many different industrial sectors and our main markets are in the Nordics and Europe.

Fluid-Bag

Through the Squeeze Solution brand, Fluid-Bag offers a complete concept for filling, transporting, and emptying viscous liquids with minimal waste. We work according to the principle of People first — whether it concerns our staff, customers, suppliers, or other partners. We are international and forward‑thinking, yet always firmly rooted in our local community.

Snellman

Snellman Meat Processing, a family business based in Pietarsaari, has provided Finns with genuine taste sensations for over 70 years.

Nykarleby

The City of Nykarleby employs around 390 people working in a wide range of sectors. The city has a broad business community, ranging from high-tech export companies to agriculture and fur farming.

Pedersöre

The municipality of Pedersöre regularly recruits new employees, especially in early childhood education and care, catering and cleaning services, and farmers’ holidays and stand-in services.

The Wellbeing Services County of Ostrobothnia

The Wellbeing Services County of Ostrobothnia offers social, healthcare, fire and rescue services. We are dedicated to keeping our community safe and promoting the overall wellbeing of our residents.

Larsmo

The municipality of Larsmo is a dedicated employer that offers an inclusive and inspiring work environment in a growing, dynamic municipality. We value our employees' well-being and promote sustainability in our operations.

Walki

Walki produces wrapping materials for the paper industry, barrier lining, covering material for biomass and selected technical products.

Fresh Servant

Founded in 1995, Fresh Servant is a growing and developing food company. We are the market leader in consumer-packaged salads.

Billerud

Billerud in Jakobstad produces world-leading kraft and sack paper intended for users with very high demands on strength, durability, flexibility, purity and printability.

Mirka

With decades of experience, Mirka Ltd is a world leader in surface finishing technology. Mirka offers a wide range of solutions for surface finishing and precision sanding. We specialise in total solutions in which the abrasives are supplemented by our innovatively designed machines and polishing compounds.

Kpedu ja Osuvakoulutus

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Optima

Optima offers vocational training and answers for special-needs vocational education in the entire Swedish-speaking Finland. Its subsidiary OptimaPlus Ab cooperates with companies and organisations, offering further education, courses, certificate training and tailor-made training adapted to company needs in Swedish, Finnish and English.

BTB Transformers

BTB Transformers is an international company based in Jakobstad and Vaasa. With us, you’ll become part of a dedicated and solution-oriented team where collaboration, responsibility, and trust are key. We offer a stimulating work environment with international contacts and opportunities to make a difference.

UPM

UPM contributes to the sustainable transformation of society with material solutions. We create long-term value via renewable fibres, advanced materials, decarbonization solutions, and communication papers. In Jakobstad we produce pulp, sawn timber and low-emission energy.

Beamex

Beamex offers diverse career paths in technology, business, and operations. Join a global, future-oriented company where your skills contribute to innovative calibration solutions and meaningful work that makes a difference.

Nautor

Since 1966, Nautor’s Swan is proud of the unmatched quality in the production of the most loved sail boats in the world, a fully integrated in-house building process, from the design to the finest details and final testing before the handover of each yacht to its owners.

The town of Jakobstad

Jakobstad is a vital centre in a prosperous region, a bilingual town by the Sea of Bothnia, which offers its inhabitants participation, security and quality of life, and which creates economic conditions for good services and pleasant living in a stimulating urban environment.

JNT

JNT currently consists of over 90 employees who together maintain and provide internet, TV, telephony, and ICT services. We are passionate about delivering the best possible services to our customers, along with the highest possible level of service

Dobra Finland

Dobra is a staffing and recruitment company that provides tailored workforce solutions for various industries. Our services include direct recruitment, staffing services and flexible temporary work solutions. Our operations are based on careful needs assessment, skills evaluation and close cooperation with client companies. Our goal is to ensure the right skills for the right job and to build long-term, trustworthy partnerships. Dobra - driven by good work!

Viacall