Metsä Group hires about 1,000 summer employees for summer 2013

1/28/2013 3:30 AM EST

Metsäliitto Cooperative
Press release

Metsä Group hires about 1,000 summer employees for summer 2013

Metsä Group Press Release 28 January 2013


In the summer 2013, Metsä Group will provide about 1,000 summer jobs in its
operating countries for students from different fields. There is a wide range
of summer jobs available in a variety of positions at the mills and in
different kinds of expert positions within the Group. About 700 of the summer
jobs are based in Finland. In addition, Metsä Group will employ almost 200
short-term trainees. 

”Metsä Group represents the renewing Finnish forest industry know-how at its
best. Our operations cover the entire value chain of wood – from the forest to
premium end products," says Anneli Karhula, senior vice president, HR, Metsä
Group. 

”Our summer workers will work as substitutes for permanent employees during
their holidays. Summer jobs are a way of getting to know the work tasks of
one's field of study in practice and to experience what kind of tasks one could
have in the future. Summer period is also a chance for the summer employees to
show us what they can do," describes Reetta Lyytikäinen-Isonen, vice president,
Metsä Group HR and HRD Services. 

"We provide summer workers – as well as our permanent employees – opportunities
for learning on the job and for competence development. In return, we expect
that they are committed to shared values, goals and procedures,”
Lyytikäinen-Isonen states. 


METSÄ GROUP
Group Communications

For further information, please contact:
Anneli Karhula, SVP, HR, Metsä Group, tel. +358 10 465 4174
Reeta Kaukiainen, SVP, Communications, Metsä Group, tel. +358 10 465 4541


www.metsagroup.com

Metsä Group is a responsible forest industry group whose products are part of
people’s everyday life and promote sustainable well-being. Metsä Group produces
high-quality products mainly from renewable Nordic wood. The Group’s business
areas are tissue and cooking papers, board and paper, pulp, wood products as
well as wood supply. Metsä Group’s sales totalled EUR 5.3 billion in 2011, and
it employs approximately 12,500 people. The Group is present in some 30
countries.