One step ahead in competence

Alma Media personnel tops the competence ratings in the Finnish media business. We can see this in many ways every day -- for example, in the high readership of our newspapers and the popularity of our online services. Did you know that there are as many as six Alma Media websites among the 30 most popular Finnish online services?

A wide range of competencies throughout the chain

Highly skilled people are needed in all parts of the chain to provide our customers with high-quality products and services. For example, producing a newspaper requires many types of professional skills.

The main contributors to the success of Alma Media newspapers, often awarded in the newspaper business quality competitions, are their strong relationships with their readers, as well as up-to-date and constantly developing journalistic competence. The quality of the journalistic content is the responsibility of the editorial office: people like reporters, news editors, photographers, layout artists, online reporters and image editors. Advertisements also form an important part of the content of the paper, bearing witness to the skills of our advertisement salespeople.

Many people still consider the printed paper the most appealing way of following news, sometimes just scanning, other times in more depth. In the printing process, efficiency, high quality and reducing the environmental impact go hand in hand. The professionals at our printing houses relentlessly work for these goals. By the way, did you know the carbon footprint of a newspaper is smaller than that of driving half a kilometre with a car?

The last link of the chain also needs to be strong. Even the best story won't get read if the subscribers don't find the paper in their mailbox in the morning. Alma Media deliverers are the best in the business, proven statistically: a subscriber will encounter a delivery error, on average, once in every 4.5 to 6.5 years.

The fast developing environment of online and mobile services, news sites and marketplaces alike, demands whole other skill sets. Developing and maintaining Finland's most popular online services requires a host of ICT experts: programmers, online reporters, systems designers, social media experts, project and development managers. The high user figures for our online services, approaching two million unique weekly visitors, prove that the efforts of Alma's ICT experts result in visibility and influence.

Winner culture supercharges your professionalism

We want the nation's best talent to develop Alma Media newspapers, online media and marketplaces now and in the future. Alma Media offers its personnel a wide range of opportunities to develop their personal renewal capabilities and professional skills in the form of coaching programmes and opportunities for job rotation in the various business units of the Group. We organise close to a thousand coaching days annually, and coaching is available for everyone working at Alma Media. An important tool in developing managerial skills and leadership is the 360 assessment, in which managers are assessed by subordinates, peers and supervisors.

Constant competence improvement goes hand in hand with a winner culture. Constant self-development, the will to win and the appreciation of renewal are pivotal in Alma Media's winner culture. The winner culture encourages and urges you forward -- exceeding yourself will be noticed and rewarded. At the same time, the winner culture is teamwork -- working together enables us to take manageable risks and try new things we could never venture into alone.

Page last updated 23.11.2011