16/05/2024
Croatia
participants
As our environment and society change, so does the job market. As a result, many young individuals can find themselves confused about their future and career. It is important to stay up to date with all the skills that are most sought-after among current employers. With that in mind, Skills & Employability Week's objective was to introduce all students and those looking for a job or career change to a most in-demand skills. This project aimed to equip them with knowledge and experience from professionals and to help them align their passions with the current and future state of the job market.
Skills & Employability Week was a two-day conference dealing with the most relevant skills today and helping young individuals with their career development. Six professionals with real-world experience took part as speakers and mentors, sharing their experience and knowledge, and introducing project participants with their insights into most in-demand skills, and how to develop them and succeed. Some of the skills and fields covered were entrepreneurship, public speaking, networking, artificial intelligence, CV and interviewing process... Some of the speakers were public speaking trainers, news anchors, start-up owners, HR specialists... After lectures and workshops, a networking event with participants and speakers was held where all the participants were able to talk to professionals in a more informal way and exchange contacts.
Promotion for this project included sharing this event on ESN Zagreb's social media and publishing stories about it on various web pages and faculties. After the project Croatian national television invited ESN Zagreb for an interview about our organization and the event.
This activity is part of the project:
Erasmus Careers