Career Centres in Poland

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Career Centres in Poland
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Agenda

• Historical background
• Main activities of Career Centres in Poland
• Cooperation with AIESEC in Poland
• Good case practises

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Historical background

• Its 1989
• Collapse of communism introduces free market
• Market economy sweeps over-employment and
  inefficient companies
• Unemployment appears
• Global corporations enter Poland

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Historical background

• Its 1989
• Students can be no longer sure of their future
• Students of some faculties are doomed to be
  unemployed
• Whereas students of other faculties are making
  impressive careers
• In both cases - old curriculum at universities
  doesnt fit market needs

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Historical background

• 1993 First Career Centre established at
  University of Nicolaus Copernicus in Torun
• Based on British examples
• 1996-97 opening 7 more Career Centres nationwide
• Projects partners Tempus Phare, University in
  Hull, University in Amsterdam, Domestic Office
  for Employment, Ministry of Education
• 1998 foundation of Nationwide Network of Career
  Centres
• 2006 40 Career Centres in Poland

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Main activities of Career Centres in Poland

• Enabling cooperation between
• Students
• Universities
• Companies
• Organisations
• Advisory
• Students
• Universities

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Main activities of Career Centres in Poland

• Students

• Goal
• Enable students to successfully launch their
  careers
• Means
• Trainings
• Advisory
• Information spreading

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Main activities of Career Centres in Poland

• Students

Trainings

• What
• Soft skills
• Recruitment skills
• Founding company
• Grants and donations

• Who
• Employees of Career Centres
• Companies-employers
• Training companies
• Organisations

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Main activities of Career Centres in Poland

• Students

Advisory

• What
• Predispositions tests
• Goal setting
• Opportunities in various fields

• Who
• Employees of Career Centres

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Main activities of Career Centres in Poland

• Students

Information spreading

• How
• Leaflets and brochures
• Information sessions
• Website
• Job fair
• Mailing lists

• What
• Market needs
• Vacancies
• Manuals
• Opportunities for self-development

• How
• Leaflets and brochures
• Information sessions
• Website
• Job fair
• Mailing lists
• Information boards
• Alumni

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Main activities of Career Centres in Poland

• Universities

• Goal
• Help universities in developing successful
  graduates.
• Managing external relations.
• Means
• Consulting board
• University researches as a product
• University events and boards as a product
• Examples SGH, Warwick

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Cooperation with AIESEC in Poland

• Why?

• The same goal, different means
• Synergy effect

How?

• Participation
• Partnership
• Co-organisation
• Financial support

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Good Case Practises

• Cooperation with Britain and Netherlands
• SGH
• Warwick
• Lazarski
• Career Days
• University of Warsaw

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Questions?
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