Thinking about the next step in your career path?
Welcome to value-oriented career advising
Time is your most valuable resource
Most of our waking hours go to work or study. By aligning your career with your values, you can make a meaningful impact. That's why career planning matters.
Career planning fades in the daily rush
By making an appointment for career counselling, you are one step closer to carefully and thoughtfully shape your career plan.
New perspectives are valuable
Our trained career advisors, passionate about effective altruism, will help you explore new career perspectives and discover how to maximize your impact.
Our career advice is free and tailored to your needs!
We provide you with one-hour meeting to discuss your current situation, career and values issues, and how to move forward in the direction you want to go.
You also can attend as many counselling sessions as you like, and talk to our different counsellors to get a variety of different perspectives on your situation.
Our career advice is for every career stage
We recommend career advising especially for students, recent graduates and those thinking about a career change, but you can also benefit from our advice in other life situations.
Regardless of whether you want to get reassurance about your current plans or are making a career plan for the first time and don't know where to start, feel free contact us!
“I am a qualified psychologist, and I sought career advising when I was considering how I could do more good in my career. Career counselling was very helpful in comparing my options within my own field, as well as options where I would go into other jobs entirely.”
“I was unemployed when I applied for career counselling and needed ideas and support to find a meaningful job. For me, meaningfulness means working towards a more sustainable future. Career Counselling gave me a good sounding board for my ideas and the support I needed to help me map out my career direction and the next steps towards a job. Career counselling is not binding, but it broadens your perspective and gives you good ideas to think about!”
“Being in the early stages of my career planning process, I found immense value in articulating my ideas about future career possibilities to someone outside my immediate social circle. Onni provided me with insightful ideas and excellent resources to explore, which have been instrumental in guiding my career planning since our session.”
Our career advisors
Daniel Palmer
I am passionate about helping others and have worked in the NGO and Education fields for over 15 years. I am certified as a coach by The World Coaching Organization and have an MA in Education from Birmingham University.
Ada-Maaria Hyvärinen
In my work, I support the creation of interesting and relevant news using data science. I'm part of the EA community because I like to solve problems with an analytical approach, and I want to be part of a team that tries to make the best use of the tools at our disposal to help others.
Onni Aarne
I am an AI governance researcher, working with the Institute for AI Policy and Strategy. My work focuses on technical AI governance issues related to AI compute. I have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a Master's degree in Data Science, both from the University of Helsinki.
Tapio Lahtiharju
I am a doctor specialising in laboratory medicine and a PhD student in medicine. I graduated in 2015 and have been working as a general practitioner. I have one child. My main areas of interest are global poverty and health, biosecurity and community building.
Karla Still
I study sustainable entrepreneurship at Aalto Business School. Before my studies I worked at EA Finland. I want effective donating to be more normalised in Finland.
Xylix Pelttari
I'm a computer science student and occasional software consultant with experience in entrepreneurship and developer tooling. I can help with entrepreneurship and project ideas, funding applications for EA projects, and discuss topics like ethics, job satisfaction, salary optimization, productivity, and life planning.
Mikko Kangassalo
I hold a Master's in Philosophy and Internet and Game Studies, with teaching qualifications in Philosophy, Psychology, and Life Stance Education. My current focus is on improved social media design. I'm active in EA Tampere and well-connected in EA sub-communities related to mindfulness, psychology, social media, and virtue ethics.
Aayush Kucheria
I work at groundless.ai, an alignment org. My focus is on improving people's relationship with AI and what that means from design, relational, and technical perspectives. I have a BSc and MSc in AI and co-founded Aalto EA. Passionate about AI and community building and I'm happy to offer insights or guidance on these topics.