Career Department

Purpose and objectives

Organising student professional placements, expanding placement opportunities and supporting graduate employment in their field. Career guidance and planning, and partnerships with educational institutions and employers.

Main tasks

• Cooperation with employers and methodological support for industrial placements.
• Organisational and documentary support for cooperation between the university and placement providers.
• Partnerships with employers to support graduate employment.
• Methodological support for career planning and student career development consultations.
• Helping graduates find work in their field, expanding employer partnerships and arranging employment agreements with consideration for social protection.

Functional responsibilities

• Ensuring placement quality in accordance with quality management documentation.
• Maintaining the department’s quality management system.
• Supervising placements: preparing agreements, assigning students to providers, and organising introductory and closing conferences.
• Responsibility for carrying out the department’s tasks and functions.
• Cooperation with other university units.
• Organising graduate job fairs, round tables and conferences.
• Delivering job-search seminars, training and practical sessions with employers and employment services.
• Participating in employment agreements with consideration for young specialists’ social protection.
• Analysing and forecasting regional demand for university graduates.
• Preparing reports and operational information for the competent education authority.

Functions

• 1.Implementing ZhezU quality policy and objectives.
• 2.Meeting the requirements of the ZhezU quality management system.
• 3.Implementing the Career Department’s quality objectives.
• 4.Organising student placements.
• 5.Supporting graduate employment.
• 6.Monitoring the labour market and measuring, analysing and continually improving the quality of professional placements.