In the current year, many things have become more expensive. The good news is that the increase in the cost of living is taken into account in the amount of earnings-related daily allowance. Next year, therefore, earnings-related daily allowance and child increase will slightly increase.

Your earnings-related daily allowance counts as taxable income. We recommend that you check the percentage of tax that you will be charged before the end of the year to maximise what you have available to spend each month. It is always good to think ahead.

As a member of the YTK, you can also choose a combined membership, in which case, in addition to the unemployment fund services, you will receive extensive working life services, such as trainings, a lawyer for employment problems, insurance for work and leave, and other everyday savings. What is included in the combined membership at EUR 137 per year?

Free training for combined members on job search and the development of working life skills can be found in the Online Training Library for Working Life. Among other things, take advantage of:

Tips for effective job search 

Identify your skills, prepare an attractive job application and sell your CV. Get tips on how to reach employers, prepare for a job interview, sign an employment contract, use LinkedIn, and find hidden jobs.

See training (in finnish)

LinkedIn Basics 

Learn the basics of using LinkedIn, building and supplementing your own profile, job search, and job postings.

Use LinkedIn to find a job (in finnish)

Please note! To view the trainings, you must be registered as a user of the online training library. If you are already a user, log in and click directly on the trainings from the links above. If you have not yet registered for the service, you can do so in the OMA+ service (Webinars and trainings) of combined members of the YTK.

The combined membership also includes free online job search coaching, where you will receive practical tools and personal career coach guidance to support employment. You will learn how to prepare for job interviews, make a CV and job application, identify your skills and use social media when looking for a job.

LinkedIn professional user and work and organizational psychologist Juho Toivola's LinkedIn training materials are also available free of charge to combined members in the OMA+ service (until the end of 2022). With Juho's tips, you will learn how to use LinkedIn in your job search, whether you are a beginner or already a more experienced networker.

Check out our other job search tips and trainings  (in finnish)

See all our job search and career services