Talent Acquisition Intern

Salary Unpaid

The Shortcut is a talent accelerator, helping people to enter the tech world by either creating a startup or joining one. We're a community-driven non-profit and a sister organization to Slush, Maria01, and Junction. We empower our community through events, workshops, and training to explore ideas and develop skills needed in startups.


The general scope of your responsibility will consist of:

  • Overseeing and managing recruitment processes for various positions within The Shortcut.

  • communicating with candidates throughout the recruitment process.

  • Screening candidate CVs & resumes.

  • Coordinating and conducting candidate interviews.

  • Improving and building upon existing recruitment processes within The Shortcut.

You have:

  • Proven in-house or agency recruiting experience

  • You are energized and driven by subjects such as talent development, diversity in tech and the Shortcut mission.

  • Ambitious, willing to grow as a recruiter, and seeking to demonstrate your abilities.

  • Passionate about talent acquisition.

We offer:

  • Platform to showcase your ability and increase your employability.

  • Hands-on experience in recruitment in the biggest startup ecosystem in the Nordics.

  • Access to networking opportunities.

  • Working with a diverse community of driven, like-minded doers.

Please send us a letter of motivation describing what interests you about the position and The Shortcut, as well as your CV via The Hub so we can get to know you better.



For more information or questions please contact us at michal.leshem@theshortcut.org

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Near public transit
Near public transit

Social gatherings
Social gatherings

Skill development
Skill development

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Work life balance
Work life balance

Central office
Central office

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Working at
The Shortcut

We are an impact-driven non-profit organization. Our focus is on making a difference in the professional lives of our community members by providing them with insights and skills to build meaningful careers or entrepreneurship. We at The Shortcut work for entrepreneurial and professional integration and career transformation in Finland. We belong to the family of Finnish startup ecosystem along with Slush, Maria 01 startup hub and Junction, and are owned by Startup Foundation. We began as an entrepreneurial initiative in 2016 and have evolved into a diverse coaching, training and events hub, with a mission to change attitudes in Finland to be more welcoming towards international talents. For this we have just launched a nationwide attitude change campaign with over 25 other entities, https://maanpuolustaja.fi/en/.

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