The City of Hämeenlinna’s 2025 Personnel Report has been published
The Personnel Report provides key information about the people of Hämeenlinna—the city’s staff—as well as the most significant changes and reforms of 2025.
The Personnel Report supports management and assists both executive leadership and immediate supervisors in their work, while also providing information for decision-makers and the staff themselves. Listed below are the highlights of personnel matters for 2025.
The people of Hämeenlinna are doing well
- The organizational culture of the people of Hämeenlinna is evolving, and one measure of this is the occupational well-being survey. The response rate rose impressively from 59% to 64%, with an average score of 4.1.
- 97% of staff find their work meaningful, and 92.5% would recommend the city as a workplace. Furthermore, 95.7% feel safe in their work.
- Hämeenlinna was awarded the Most Active Employer of the Year at the Hämeenlinna Sports Gala, and we also hold the Olympic Committee’s Finland’s Most Active Workplace certificate.
- During the year, we distributed 517 awards for good work or work development, which is 61 awards more than the previous year.
- We utilize anonymous recruitment.
- The average feedback score received from job applicants was 4.15.
- The city had 260 positions open for recruitment, and we received 20.6 applications per open position.
- At the end of 2025, the city’s total number of personnel was 1,877, with permanent staff accounting for 79.9%.
- 95.8% of the people of Hämeenlinna consider the opportunities for professional development to be good.
- The absence rate remained at 3.7%, and the health percentage rose slightly to 27.3%.
According to Anne Iijalainen, the City of Hämeenlinna’s Director of Personnel and Preparedness, 2025 was a successful year in many ways.
The people of Hämeenlinna are doing very well. Work is perceived as meaningful, occupational well-being is at a good level, and we are constantly developing our services together. As the 2025 Personnel Report demonstrates, we have built an even safer, more attractive, and more inclusive workplace where people thrive and succeed. I am particularly pleased that our benefits are at a good level and that we have been able to reward staff for good work for two consecutive years. Warm thanks to all the people of Hämeenlinna!
Anne Iijalainen, Director of Personnel and Preparedness.