Career design is a creative approach for leading your career with meaning, experimentation, and collaboration. Creating a path that is sustainable in terms of your wellbeing and impact while finding meaningfulness is at the core of what career design aims for.

At Career Design Lab, we provide research-based, creative services and collaborate with the Aalto University community and partners. We support Aalto students and alumni in career design, collaborate with alumni and organizations, connect employers with Aalto talent and help all lifewide learners prepare for the future of work.

Career Design for Students

Career Design for Students

Career design is an experimental approach for creating a meaningful career path in the constantly changing world of work.

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Lifewide Learning

Career Design for Alumni

The future of work calls for experimentation and lifewide learning for designing a meaningful career path.

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Experimenting

Career Design for Collaborators

Creative forms of collaboration for sustainable careers

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Design a Meaningful Career (external link)

In this self-paced online course you will learn how to shape your career as you go in the radically changing world of work.

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Career Design Lab Blog (external link)

This blog provide insights on how work is changing and how you can design a meaningful career path.

Our team

 Elisa Kouvonen

Elisa Kouvonen

Head of Career Design Lab 
 Ulla Eskola

Ulla Eskola

Career Design & Future Dialogues 
 Aila Saloranta

Aila Saloranta

Career Design Education & Coaching
 Susanna Saarinen

Susanna Saarinen

Career Design Education & Coaching, JobTeaser
 Kaisa Paasivirta

Kaisa Paasivirta

International Talent Programme & Mentoring
 Riitta Kontio

Riitta Kontio

Employer Collaboration 
 Sara Liski

Sara Liski

Talent Boost Specialist
 Emilia Silius

Emilia Silius

Marketing and Communications
Aalto University School of Business offers wide range of career services for our students

Career Services for School of Business students

Aalto University School of Business Career Services offer a wide range of services to our students.

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News

Ohto Pentikäinen
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Alum Ohto Pentikäinen ‘Anyone can come up with problems, but those who can solve them creatively are hot currency in building better business’

Our alum Ohto Pentikäinen has been entrepreneurial since childhood. From establishing a snack kiosk in middle school to officially founding his first company in high school and juggling multiple projects and businesses alongside studies, Ohto emphasizes that entrepreneurship has primarily been a tool for him to solve problems.
Jude Kokkonen. Kuva: Aalto-yliopisto / Roope Kiviranta
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Genuine networking is about meeting people as people

For School of Business alum Jude Kokkonen, people and doing things together is a matter close to his heart
A crowd of people gathering to the theatre lobby after seeing the Radical Creatives documentary
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Inspiring encounters in the US with alumni and friends highlighting radical creativity

Inspiring encounters in the US: alumni and friends are important in fostering collaboration and radical creativity
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Alum Maija Keskinen: I enjoy learning new things and trying out different roles

Our alum, Maija Keskinen, knew from the start that she wanted to study economics. "Meaningful work to me means being able to serve society and do my part to ensure that decisions made in public administration are based on the highest quality information possible," Keskinen explains.
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Advancement and Corporate Engagement (ADCO)

We offer opportunities for collaboration, develop alumni activities and build relationships with donors.

Services
Graduation Party 2022

For alumni

As an alum, you are part of Aalto community. Let's stay connected and develop together!

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