Advocacy for multitalented professionals
Specia – The Experts and Managerial Professionals Association is a trade union for multitalented professionals in administration, development and planning. We look after your interests in the changing world of work and help you follow your one-of-a-kind career path with confidence.
Specia is the community base and collective strength of multipotentialites
We safeguard the interests of our nearly 7000 members through cross-sector advocacy in the public, private and third sectors. Our members typically work in administration, HR and skills development, training, education and employment, and as organisational and project professionals. We advocate on behalf of a broad and diverse community of professionals – we are the largest membership organisation of Akava Special Branches and part of the trade union confederation Akava.
Welcome to our community!
Why choose Specia?
By becoming a member of Specia, you get all the support you need for your working life. Membership includes professional advocacy, earnings-related unemployment allowance, services tailored to the needs of multitalented workers, and benefits worth every penny.
We look after your interests in the working life
We influence our members’ pay, working conditions and training as well as labour and employment legislation
AdvocacyWe support your individual career path
We help you identify your skills and strengths and build a meaningful career
Career planningDevelop your skills and network
We offer high quality training tailored to the needs of our members, free of charge. We also support self-study
Knowledge developmentWe care about you
The individual needs and satisfaction of our members are our top priority. We are constantly developing our services and usually successfully improving them, with over 80% of our members recommending our membership to a friend or colleague.
“I feel that Specia truly understands my work.”
“Your organization is made up of absolutely wonderful and helpful people! Your way of operating is such a breath of fresh air in the organisational field, and on top of it all your staff is filled with knowledgeable and friendly people. Thank you!”
“Reliable, good training services, good legal services”