Frequently asked questions

Before submitting your application, read the job descriptions. What duties and locations interest you? What kind of summer jobs could offer you good experience for your future career path? Also consider whether you would be willing to move to another town for a summer job. Many of our summer employees have taken a temporary move to a new location as a positive experience that has improved their self-confidence.

You can find links to a maps showing our units in Finland on our “Summer jobs” page under “Read more”.

On our career page you can filter summer job announcements based on their location.

Only apply for jobs in locations where you are truly prepared to work.

In your application, describe your interest, motivation, competence and strengths which contribute to performance in the job in question. Consider what makes you a good choice for the job and give real-life examples.

If you submit an application for several jobs at Metsä Group, create an applicant account on our career page so you can use the same basic information for all your applications.

After submitting your application you will receive an automatic confirmation message acknowledging receipt of your application within 24 hours with the heading “Workday Inbox – Your Daily Digest”.

In each of our units and wood procurement districts, HR and the  recruiting managers review the applications for the unit in question and invite the most potential applicants to an interview. We begin conducting interviews and making selections already before the application period ends.

For summer jobs, we mainly recruit students who are studying fields related to the job in question. We recruit students mainly from vocational schools, universities  and universities of applied sciences.

We appreciate summer job experience from previous years, but we also hire students at the early stages of studies, even with no previous work experience.

As a rule, our summer employees must be at least 18 years old. 

We appreciate summer job experience from previous years, but we also hire students at the early stages of studies even with no previous work experience. We provide a thorough orientation to the job. Each summer job at Metsä Group is a great opportunity to build your competence and  self-confidence.

Summer employees are given more responsibility as they gain more competence and experience.

Metsä Group offers summer jobs for students in various fields. Most of the jobs are in production and maintenance and in wood supply and forest management services. This means that most of our summer employees are students of technology or forestry. In addition to production process, engineering students are also offered various specialist jobs in fields such as technical marketing, technical customer service, product safety, and research and development.

We also hire students from other domains, such as business, economy and IT for jobs in sales, marketing, payroll management, ICT and finance, for example. We have tens of summer jobs in various specialist roles.

Minor subject studies and previous work experience can also influence selections.

Descriptions of the jobs and duties can be found on our website under Summer Jobs.

We usually contact the applicants we invite to an interview by phone. We recommend that you are available when summer job selections are underway (listen to any messages in their voicemail and respond to requests to call back). For other matters, we usually send email to applicants from our recruitment system.

Generally, the interviews are conducted at the recruiting unit. Interviews by phone and Teams are also organised quite frequently, especially if the applicant lives far away from the unit. Some of our units may also organise group interviews.

We aim to inform our selections as soon as possible after the interview. In some cases, the decisions are made already at the end of the interview. All interviewed candidates s are always notified personally.

Our summer employees in production, wood supply and forest management services usually begin working in April or early May, but an earlier start is also possible. In office work, the beginning and duration of summer jobs can be agreed with the applicant.

Indicate in your application whether you can begin working as early as April, or whether you cannot begin until June, for example. On the application form we ask  the possible start and end date.

The start date is agreed separately with each summer employee. If you have exams or other studies that require your presence in May, we aim to be flexible with work shifts.