HR and recruiting coordinator: the job in a Finnish company
HR and recruiting coordinator: the job in a Finnish company is a free, beginner online course from Herizon.
What an HR or recruitment coordinator does in a Finnish company, from the interview day to the last day of a leaver. Follow one coordinator through a hire and an exit: interview logistics, competency-based questions, the contract and the collective agreement, hours and holiday records, onboarding, the HR system, the payroll handover, employee data and offboarding. Honest about Finnish, and about where English-speaking HR jobs are. Law is cited by act and section.
You finish with Onboarding, HR Operations and employment law basics added to your Herizon profile.
Free · 28 min read · certificate when you pass the quiz · part of HR and people ops · last updated 30 October 2026
Free account, about two minutes. You can join if you live in the EU, EEA, UK or Switzerland, or a partner organisation invited you.
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Zainab works in the HR team of Kelova, a company of 160 people in Espoo that makes control software for district heating. The HR team has 3 people. Payroll is run by an accounting firm outside the company. Zainab, Petri, Mateo, Sari and Kelova are a scenario, not real people. In this course you follow Zainab through one hire and one exit.
It takes about 28 min of reading, plus exercises, a short quiz and a practice task. It teaches Onboarding, HR Operations and employment law basics. Pass the short quiz at the end to get a certificate.
What you will be able to do
- An interview day schedule and a competency-based question set
- An onboarding plan with an owner for every item
- A payroll change list and a retention table for employee records
- An offboarding checklist with the notice period and the final pay items
Who it is for
Time per page: about half an hour Whole course: a few hours, at your own speed This is for you if you are: - Looking for a first job as an HR assistant or recruitment coordinator in Finland - Moving into HR from another field - Curious about how an employer looks after people from the first interview to the last day You need no legal training. ---
The situation you work through
Zainab, a made-up HR coordinator at Kelova, a made-up Espoo company of 160 people that makes control software for district heating, runs one hire and one exit: she schedules 4 finalists for a panel of 3, writes probing questions, turns the offer into Mateo's contract with a 4 month trial, sets up his hours and holiday records, onboards him in 4 phases, hands changes to payroll before the cut-off on the 10th, sets retention for employee data, and offboards Sari after 7 years.
Your practice task
Build an HR coordinator pack for one hire and one leaver, real or imagined. Write an interview day schedule for 4 finalists and the invitation email. Write 3 competency-based questions with two probes each. Write an onboarding plan in 4 phases with an owner for every item. Write one month's payroll change list with a new starter, a change and a leaver. Write a retention table for 6 employee records with the period, the reason and the act and section, or 'company decision' with your reason. Write an offboarding checklist with the notice period and the final pay items. Use no real person's data. Submit it as one document.
Key topics
- The HR coordinator: what the job is
- Interview day logistics and the candidate experience
- Competency-based questions that get evidence
- From offer to contract
- Working hours and holiday: the employer's records
- Onboarding in four phases
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What you get when you pass
A certificate with your name, the course and the date. Sharing it is your choice. If you share it, it has a public link that anyone can open to check it, and you can add it to LinkedIn.
Common questions about HR and recruiting coordinator: the job in a Finnish company
- Is HR and recruiting coordinator: the job in a Finnish company free?
- Yes. The course is free with a Herizon account, and the account is free too.
- How long does HR and recruiting coordinator: the job in a Finnish company take?
- It takes about 28 min of reading, plus exercises, a short quiz and a practice task. You can stop and continue later, because the portal keeps your place.
- Do I get a certificate?
- Yes. Pass the short quiz at the end to get a certificate you can share, for example on LinkedIn.
- What do I need to start?
- A free Herizon account. The course is written at beginner level.
- Who can join Herizon?
- You can join if you live in the EU, EEA, UK or Switzerland, or a partner organisation invited you.
- Who is HR and recruiting coordinator: the job in a Finnish company for?
- Time per page: about half an hour Whole course: a few hours, at your own speed This is for you if you are: - Looking for a first job as an HR assistant or recruitment coordinator in Finland - Moving into HR from another field - Curious about how an employer looks after people from the first interview to the last day You need no legal training. ---
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- Is HR and recruiting coordinator: the job in a Finnish company free?
- Yes. The course is free with a Herizon account, and the account is free too.
- How long does HR and recruiting coordinator: the job in a Finnish company take?
- It takes about 28 min of reading, plus exercises, a short quiz and a practice task. You can stop and continue later, because the portal keeps your place.
- Do I get a certificate?
- Yes. Pass the short quiz at the end to get a certificate you can share, for example on LinkedIn.
- What do I need to start?
- A free Herizon account. The course is written at beginner level.
- Who can join Herizon?
- You can join if you live in the EU, EEA, UK or Switzerland, or a partner organisation invited you.
- Who is HR and recruiting coordinator: the job in a Finnish company for?
- Time per page: about half an hour Whole course: a few hours, at your own speed This is for you if you are: - Looking for a first job as an HR assistant or recruitment coordinator in Finland - Moving into HR from another field - Curious about how an employer looks after people from the first interview to the last day You need no legal training. ---
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