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cimoreneThis is a random and petty one, but it's also funny.
Remember how I couldn't send a message to the employment bureau because my bank codes didn't work? Well, my new bank codes got here and I was finally able to log in to send a message!
But I discovered that I couldn't send a message, because you have to have already registered as an unemployed jobseeker to use the message function. (Not sure why I'm not anymore, but it wasn't important while I was under Social Security's jurisdiction in the career counseling program anyway.)
It tells you to register as a jobseeker online, but then when I tried it said that non-EU citizens can't do that part online.
Since I can't send a message with the list of questions from my career counselor, I guess I need to talk to a case worker on the phone — but then I learned I can't request a phonecall from a caseworker without already being registered either.
So I called their general customer assistance line, thinking they would have to either do the registration over the phone or have a case worker call me back... and found out it's way worse than that: I have to go in person to an office to confirm my identity in order to register.
And they closed the local office with the nice and helpful caseworker I met a couple of years ago. The closest office is now in Turku, I guess. Or maybe Skanssi, but that's nearly as far. (Is it like 30 minutes instead of 45 by bus? Something like that.)
Remember how I couldn't send a message to the employment bureau because my bank codes didn't work? Well, my new bank codes got here and I was finally able to log in to send a message!
But I discovered that I couldn't send a message, because you have to have already registered as an unemployed jobseeker to use the message function. (Not sure why I'm not anymore, but it wasn't important while I was under Social Security's jurisdiction in the career counseling program anyway.)
It tells you to register as a jobseeker online, but then when I tried it said that non-EU citizens can't do that part online.
Since I can't send a message with the list of questions from my career counselor, I guess I need to talk to a case worker on the phone — but then I learned I can't request a phonecall from a caseworker without already being registered either.
So I called their general customer assistance line, thinking they would have to either do the registration over the phone or have a case worker call me back... and found out it's way worse than that: I have to go in person to an office to confirm my identity in order to register.
And they closed the local office with the nice and helpful caseworker I met a couple of years ago. The closest office is now in Turku, I guess. Or maybe Skanssi, but that's nearly as far. (Is it like 30 minutes instead of 45 by bus? Something like that.)
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Date: 16 Mar 2022 05:58 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 16 Mar 2022 06:13 am (UTC)