Career Design Lab

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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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, Career Monitoring
 Kaisa Paasivirta

Kaisa Paasivirta

International Talent Programme & Mentoring
 Riitta Kontio

Riitta Kontio

Employer Collaboration 
 Sara Liski

Sara Liski

Talent Boost Specialist
 Ella Tiilikainen

Ella Tiilikainen

Career Design Education & Coaching
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.

School of Business

News

Héctor Merino
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Summer School Alum Story: Teaching innovations through the approach of game design

This August, Héctor Merino travelled to Finland from Almassora, Spain in order to take part in the Game Design course at Aalto University Summer School.
Mrinal pictured smiling in the lobby of Aalto University School of Business.
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Summer School Alum Story: The impact of data is not underestimated in the Data Visualisation summer course

Meet Mrinal from New Delhi, India. With a bachelor’s degree in design and six years of professional experience in user experience and user design, Mrinal decided to enhance his skills by joining the Data Visualisation course at Aalto University Summer School.
Alum Maria Kupila
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Alum Maria Kupila: ‘I strongly believe in the power of a multidisciplinary approach’

An IDBM alum Maria Kupila has embraced the multidisciplinary approach in her work in management consulting. She believes combining design thinking, technology and strategic analysis is key to turning future challenges into opportunities.
Students from Temasek Polytechnic in Sinagpore laughing together during a workshop at Aalto University campus.
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Cross-cultural learning in Finland: Singaporean students share their experiences from two weeks at Aalto University

Cheryl Peck and Fardeen Ikram from Temasek Polytechnic share their experiences and the personal impact during the two-week customised course at Aalto University Summer School.
People hanging out in Dipoli

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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