The Research Institute of Finnish Economy has evaluated the model. They found evidence that working for the Job Bank improved the labour market prospects for that individual, indicating that the model has worked. By the beginning of 2016, almost 10,000 people had become employed through the Job Bank. The beneficiaries have been the expected ones, mainly for the long-term unemployed. The expected number of employed persons was not achieved and it was difficult to find employment for partially disabled people. An unexpected difficulty was that fewer than expected long-term unemployed people were interested in the trial. For that reason it took more advertising and marketing costs than expected. This was the case especially for those municipalities and Job Banks that had a contract for employing long-term unemployed.

The effectiveness is monitored systematically with two main indicators. They are the share of trained persons who have found employment within 2 months after training and OPAL-survey, which collects feedback from the participants. The latest report is from 2016 with figures for 2015. In 2015, about 49% of participants were employed within 2 months after the training. According to the OPAL-survey, 82% of participants were satisfied with the training. The benefits are in the line with the expectation. Naturally the employability could be higher and the instrument cannot equally serve all the groups, but in principle, it has helped the unemployed to find employment. There are no reports of unexpected benefits or cost. The cost control is quite good and it is limited by the budget. The satisfaction of the participants indicated that the benefits exceed the improved employability.