Supporting Mental Well-being in the Job Search Journey
Job seeking is a stressful experience for anyone, especially for those with a foreign background. The experience is marked by financial insecurity, residency status insecurity, language barriers, lack of social and familial support, discrimination, and more.
Well-being While Job Seeking is an engaging and interactive workshop designed to help immigrant job seekers understand and strengthen their mental well-being throughout their employment journey.
This workshop provides practical tools, guided discussions, and group activities to help participants recognize the impact of job seeking on their mental health, shift perspectives, and develop strategies for self-care. By incorporating a cross-cultural lens, we acknowledge the unique challenges immigrants face and empower them with the knowledge and resources to maintain their well-being while actively looking for work.
Why This Workshop?
For organizations working with immigrant job seekers, this workshop offers:
✅ Expert-Led Facilitation – Combining structured guidance with open discussion to help participants reflect on their experiences and challenges
✅ Peer Support & Group Work – Encouraging participants to share, connect, and explore strategies for well-being together
✅ Self-Exploration & Resource Mapping – Helping participants identify their strengths, support systems, and available resources
✅ Flexible Format – Offered as a single 2-hour session or as a recurring workshop series, tailored to the needs of your group
This workshop is ideal for employment programs, integration services, NGOs, and any organization supporting immigrant job seekers.
Interested in Bringing This Workshop to Your Organization?
We tailor the content to fit your group’s specific needs and can deliver the workshop in various formats. Contact Hope Makara today at to learn more about how this workshop can benefit your participants.
About the facilitator
Like many others, my integration process—still ongoing—has been marked by periods of loneliness, frustration, and depression. The instability of inconsistent employment has been a particularly challenging aspect, and it’s one of the key reasons I felt compelled to create this workshop.
I’m deeply passionate about mental health and committed to supporting migrants as they navigate the unique pressures of job seeking and integration in Finland. This workshop, Well-being While Job Seeking, is designed to create space for understanding while giving tools for resilience and managing the challenges of being a job seekers together.
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