Contact information for Employment Services
We serve job seekers, other individual clients, entrepreneurs, employers, and cooperation partners online, by phone, and in person. Welcome to Employment Services!
Our area of operation covers the towns and municipalities of Kaskinen, Korsnäs, Laihia, Maalahti, Mustasaari, Närpiö, Uusikaarlepyy, Vaasa, and Vöyri, which together form the Ostrobothnia Employment Area.
We recommend using Job Market Finland’s E-services online platform, as it is the fastest and most convenient service.
Online service
Log in to Job Market Finland’s E-services online platform.
To log in, you’ll need online banking credentials, a mobile certificate, or a chipped ID card. You must be a citizen of an EU or EEA country or Switzerland.
If you cannot use the E-services online platform, contact us by phone or visit our service point in person.
Telephone service
Individual customers: 06 325 4400, Mon–Fri from 9 to 15
Employers and entrepreneurs: 06 325 4500, Mon–Fri from 9 to 15
On Thursday 23.1. phone service is available exceptionally from 9 to 14.
Service points
Always bring your online banking credentials when visiting Employment Services.
Vaasa
Wolffintie 35 B, 65101 Vaasa
Open without appointment Tue–Thu from 9 to 15. Other times by appointment.
On Thursday 23.1. the service point in Vaasa is open exceptionally from 9 to 14.
Clients without an appointment will be assisted by a specialist who can help with tasks such as registering as a job seeker, job searches, using online services, and receiving documents.
The integration services reception is open without appointment Tue–Wed from 9 to 12.
The integration services reception is available to clients already registered as job seekers. The reception provides guidance and support on issues related to integration and employment.
Närpiö
Närpiöntie 4, 64200 Närpiö
Specialist services without appointment on Tuesdays from 9 to 12, and 13 to 15. Other times by appointment.
Clients without an appointment will be assisted with tasks such as registering as a job seeker, job searches, using online services, and receiving documents.
You can also submit documents during Närpiö service point’s other opening hours: Mon–Fri from 9 to 12, and 13 to 15.
Other municipalities
Service points in Kaskinen, Korsnäs, Maalahti, Mustasaari, Uusikaarlepyy, and Vöyri operate by appointment only.
You can request an appointment with your case official by logging into the E-services on Job Market Finland and submitting a contact request.
Individual customers
If you cannot use Job Market Finland’s E-services online platform, you can send us secure messages regarding your case. Attachments can be included in secure messages.
When sending a message to Employment Services, select Employment Services as the recipient.
Send a secure message (secure.vaasa.fi)
Employers and entrepreneurs
yrityspalvelut.pohjanmaa@vaasa.fi
You can send mail to our postal address or leave it in the mailbox located next to the entrance.
Vaasa
Employment Services Ostrobothnia
PL 39
65101 Vaasa
Närpiö
Employment Services Ostrobothnia
PL 10
64201 Närpiö