New Beginning: A Marine’s Journey from the US to Flourishing Finland

Mario Noble is a former US military who was in the Marines for twelve years. He joined the military immediately after finishing high school. Thanks to the opportunity that the Marines gave him to study in another country and because he has a Finnish partner, he decided to move to Finland to study digital marketing and communications at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences

What Mario likes about Finland is the amount of nature that you can find everywhere and the fact that Finland is relatively safe.

In the Marines, Mario worked as an administrative chief. After his military service, it was important for him to start studying again to get a degree. Mario became a full-time student, but he still wanted to earn some extra money, so he started looking for part-time jobs on the internet, and that’s where he found SOL Palvelut Oy.

“I like working at SOL because my work hours have been very flexible as a student”, says Mario.

Mario has been working with SOL for about 3 years as a part-time cleaner on ships and in hotels, and now he is already finishing his studies. “I really recommend SOL as a first job for foreigners and students. At SOL, there is a very friendly work environment. However, it’s a very different job from the one I used to do. Imagine going from 12 years in the US Marines to becoming a cleaner at SOL; it’s a huge but nice change for me” says Mario.