Maarit Astikainen

Erasmus+ coordinator for Saimaa UAS (support services of Saimaa UAS and Lappeenranta University of Technology merged in January 2018). Responsible for: - Applications & reporting for Erasmus+ KA103 and KA107 projects - Outgoing student exchanges - Staff mobility - External communication /partner universities

I work as a part of the international services team. I help our student and staff members in their academic exchanges. I am also coordinating the Erasmus+ project. The job includes also different secretarial tasks such event organizing, statistics, memos.

I was at work on residence permits for employed people who come outside of EU. Before making the decision on the application, I made sure that terms and conditions of employment will correspond Finnish work legislation and collective agreement applied on the job. Customer service via phone, mail and face to face were also a part of my job. I was also co-operating closely with other Finnish authorities regarding immigration affairs such as Police and the Finnish Immigration Services.

Payroll computation, accounts payable, adjusting bookkeeping tasks, employment records.

Bookkeeping, handling accounts payable and receivable for several companies from different fields of business.

Order processing, billing, customer service, handling purchase invoices.

Converting privileged and non-priviliged documents into electronic format, administrative tasks, training of new staff. Job located in Brisbane, Australia.

I was part of the housekeeping team where I was responsible for maintaining the cleanliness of guest rooms, guest corridors and service areas in a 4 star hotel.

Exchange studies for one academic year. Focusing especially on German language studies.

Major in Accounting, minor in Entrepreneurship.

Exchange studies for one term. The studies in Shih Chien are embedded in my BBA diploma from Saimaa UAS.

Specialisation in accounting.