Career centre

The Faculty of Slovenian and International Studies Career Center (hereinafter KC FSIS) represents a point of contact between the faculty, its students, graduates and employers. The purpose of the career center is to create comprehensive support for students, both in their study and career paths, and thus enable them to successfully transition to employment.

The vision of the FSIS career center is to become a quality and efficient institution in the field of career development and counseling for young people and to become the main point of contact between students, graduates, the Faculty and employers. The mission of the FSIS career center is to enable young people an easy and high-quality transition to the labor market and to improve the connection between the economic and academic environment. With the help of additional education and counseling, KC FSIS strives to properly prepare students and graduates for their first job and tries to provide the public and private sectors with suitably qualified staff.

The purpose of KC FSIS is to create comprehensive support for students in their study as well as career path. It serves as a tool for a successful transition to the first job, as through numerous workshops, presentations of professions, individual testing and counseling, it raises students’ career awareness and offers them additional practical knowledge, thus providing employers with quality staff.

KC FSIS is also friendly to employers who are looking for staff for their companies. KC FSIS tries to cooperate with them as much as possible and take into account their needs on the labor market. Depending on the needs of employers, KC FSIS will try to direct students to the desired professions, as well as encourage successful students, advocate for their professional orientations and take care of their promotion within the given dimensions of the labor market.

KC FSIS offers a range of activities aimed at students, graduates and employers, thus striving to improve the integration of students into the labor market and increase the flexibility of their employment.

What does the Career Centre offer?

The Career Centre of the Faculty for Slovenian and International Studies  offers various activities aimed at students, graduates and employers, aiming to improve the transition of students to the labour market and to increase the flexibility of their employment.

Activities:

• individual or group career and study consulting and career plan preparation,
• personality testing of students,
• providing information about possibilities for formal and informal acquisition of additional competencies and experience,
• advising students with special needs.

Workshops:

• career workshops,
• soft skills training,
• lectures, seminars, workshops, round tables and other meetings and events aimed towards connecting the students with potential employers,
• presentation of employers at the Faculty,
• visits to the working environment of employers.

Providing information on:

• job vacancies at home and abroad and options for employment,
• scolarships,
•  summer schools,
• study programmes at home and abroad,
• options for practical training at home and abroad.

Cooperation:

• with potential employers,
• with public employment services,
• with other agencies in the field of education,
• with other similar institutions.

Contact Information KC FSIS:

Tel.: +386 1 251 44 83

E-mail: karierni.center@nova-uni.si

• ONLINE EMPLOYMENT PORTALS
  • http://www.ess.gov.si/
  • https://www.adecco.si/
  • http://www.mojedelo.com/
  • http://www.zaposlitev.net
  • https://atama.si/
  • http://www.mojazaposlitev.si/
  • http://www.mojakariera.si/
  • http://www.kariera.si/
  • http://www.profil.si/
  • http://www.careerjet.si
  • https://www.zaposlitev.info
  • http://www.dela.si/
  • https://www.competo.si/
  • https://manpower.si/
  • https://www.natonhr.com/
  • https://www.optius.com/
  • https://group.trenkwalder.com/en/
  • https://data.si in https://data.si/novice

  LINKS TO FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT PORTALS AND AGENCIES ABROAD

  • https://eures.ec.europa.eu/index_en
  • https://www.stepstone.com/en/
  • https://www.totaljobs.com/
  • https://www.careerbuilder.com/

  CAREER PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

  • http://www.mojaizbira.si – professional signpost
  • http://www.talentiran.si – recording informally acquired knowledge in the Nefiks booklet
  • http://www.npk.si – obtaining national professional qualifications based on informally acquired knowledge

  EUROPEAN NETWORKS RELATED TO THE EUROPASS INITIATIVE

  • https://www.gov.si/drzavni-organi/ministrtva/ministrstvo-za-izobrazevanje-znanost-in-sport/o-ministrstvu/direktorat-za-visoko-solstvo/enic-naric-center/ (ENIC/NARIC )
  • http://www.movit.si/info-servis-eurodesk/ – information for young people and those who work with young people (EURODESK)

  EUROPEAN PORTALS RELATED TO EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

  • http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/ – European portal on the EUROPASS initiative
  • http://ec.europa.eu/eures/ – European Job Mobility Portal (EURES)
  • http://ec.europa.eu/youreurope/index.htm – rights and opportunities of citizens in the EU (YOUR EUROPE)
  • http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/index_en.htm – SOLVIT Center
  • http://europa.eu/epso/index_sl.htm – employment in the institutions of the European Union
  • http://www.mladiinfo.eu/ – Mladiinfo

  STUDY AND PRACTICE ABROAD

  • http://www.cmepius.si/ – Center for Mobility and European Education and Training Programs – CMEPIUS
  • https://ec.europa.eu/slovenia/about-us/work-for-eu/trainees_sl – Internship in EU bodies
  • http://ec.europa.eu/ploteus/ – online search engine for education opportunities in Europe
  • https://europa.eu/youth/volunteering/evs-organisation_sl – European youth portal, volunteering programs
  • http://www.summer-programs.org/s – search engine for summer schools and other short-term educations abroad

  WRITING A RESUME

  • https://www.portalosv.si/funkcionalna-pismenost/pisna-komunikacija/zivljenjepis-cv/
  • https://europass.si/kaj-je-europass/zivljenjepis/
  • https://www.optius.com/iskalci/karierna-svetovalnica/tag/zivljenjepis-cv
  • https://www.mojedelo.com/zivljenjepis-cv

What is career planning and what is its purpose?

We are not alone on the labour market. In addition to us, more and more experienced, talented and educated people are competing for jobs. This is why it is prudent to start planning own career paths early enough to ensure appropriate employment.

There are many definitions of the term career in the literature. Daniela Brečko, PhD stresses in her book Career Planning as a Dialogue Between the Individual and the Organization (Načrtovanje kariere kot dialog med posameznikom in organizacijo) that career is simply “a life path where we no longer differentiate between the professional and the private life”. The author believes that especially with the emergence of new work forms, such as voluntary work and work at home, the definition of career has changed considerably, which leads to us being unable to differentiate between career, career development and life itself.

Career is often a sequence of work and a set of activities that include elements of promotion, self-realization and personal development in a given period. We need to understand that career planning relates primarily to learning about own skills, interests, abilities and values, setting goals and designing of plans to achieve such goals. This is a process where an individual analyses own abilities, skills, values and beliefs and establishes realistic goals.

It is in the interest of the society that young people discover the profession that is in accordance with their interests, abilities and the situation on the labour market and that after completing their education, they get a job as soon as possible. This provides them with own development of potential and professional performance, which is why career planning is recommended already during study.
Career success and the extent of success largely depend on our personal traits, abilities, skills, expertise, values and goal-setting. We do not leave career planning to chance. Take your career path into your hands and start planning. “If an individual does not plan their career, the career will plan them” says Daniela Brečko.

First employment

The long-term goal of each student is a successful employment upon graduation. Everyone is looking for employment at least once in their lives. This is a very important life step because it represents taking responsibility for own professional and career development, as well as for material independence and social security. The path to the first employment is even more demanding because it means the first direct contact with the labour market and its laws.
Work experience is an important building block when searching for the first employment. Sometimes, the lack of work experience is the one obstacle that prevents young people to successfully find first employment. However, this is not always the case. Students too often forget that various forms of occasional work or practice in the course of studies are a source of work experience, which can be used to successfully penetrate to the labour market. Today, many educational programmes offer voluntary or mandatory practice to students during their studies and a lot of students decide to perform various occasional work during their studies. These forms of work can be a source of experience, which is why it is important to select working environments that are compatible with your career goals.
Finding first employment often is not easy, which is why career centres, employment consultants from recruitment agencies and other online forms of information help you in your endeavours. The more information you have, the more successful your penetration to the labour market will be.

How to search for employment?

“An effective search for employment requires organization and strategy. In order to successfully pursue employment opportunities, you need certain “work tools”, which are successfully used in the search for employment. It is even more important to define your wishes and interests that you are looking for in work. This way, you will not be mindlessly looking for any job or field of work, but only the job and field of work you see yourself in and where you will be satisfied.”
Search for employment is carried out in different ways and by using various methods. Methods in the search for employment include formal or informal and direct or indirect search. Formal search of employment means that job seekers act in accordance with pre-planned rules and procedures when obtaining information about employment opportunities. The opposite applies to the informal search for employment where job seekers do not use formalized methods and procedures. In the indirect search for employment, you have help from intermediaries, especially from relatives, acquaintances, friends, the media and institutions dealing with the provision of employment information. Direct search for employment means a direct contact of the job seeker with the employer, whether in writing or in person.
A variety of search methods are useful in the search for employment, representing various combinations of search methods described above. These include in particular personal contacts, applications, assistance of employment services, help from recruitment agencies, references, visiting companies or organizations, etc.
It is important for young people to appropriately prepare for the search of first employment. An effective and indispensable tool in the search for employment is a good resume, which reflects work experience, references, education, knowledge and other skills that could interest the employer.

SOURCE:
• Brečko D., Načrtovanje kariere kot dialog med organizacijo in posameznikom, PlanetGV, Ljubljana, 2006
• Anja Trčel, Načrtovanje kariere je pomembno, Dnevnik, maj 2010
• Trbanc M., Verša D., Zaposlovanje mladih, v: Politika zaposlovanja, FDV, 2002
• Prvi koraki do zaposlitve- navodila za učinkovito iskanje prve zaposlitve, Zbirka KARIERA, MojeDelo.com, URL: »http://delo.mojedelo.com/delo/prirocniki/pdf/pr10.pdf«

Cooperation with employers

The EFL CC is friendly to employers that are looking for employees for their companies. The EFL CC strives towards cooperating with the employers and taking into account their requirements and the situation in the labour market. Depending on the needs of employers, the EFL CC shall try to steer students towards the professions in demand, while at the same time promoting successful students and advocating their career orientation.

What does the EFL CC offer to employers?

We offer many opportunities for cooperation to organizations, striving to ensure satisfaction of students as well as employers. Students of the European Faculty of Law in Nova Gorica can cooperate with the employers in various ways or help in resolving certain problem sets. Their knowledge, creativity or performed work will help the employers to recognize new prospective employees.

The EFL CC is offering the following opportunities for cooperation to employers:

• Announcement of job vacancies, student work and student practices on the Faculty website

We offer free announcement of job vacancies, student work and student practices on the Faculty website to potential employers.

• Publication of topics for final papers or other research tasks that organizations are currently interested in and for which they want to find solutions for small or large problem sets in the organization

Potential employers may publish various topics for final papers, with which the organization finds a solution for a concrete problem or forms a comprehensive approach to its solution. Consideration of small or specific problem sets and research of a narrower field may be performed within the framework of seminar papers.

• Presentation of the organization at the Faculty

Within the framework of the EFL CC, you can arrange for a visit at the Faculty and a presentation of your company to students and graduates. The European Faculty of Law strives towards linking theory with practice and aims to provide high-quality expert knowledge and a wide range of practical skills to the students.

• Presentation of the best students and graduates to potential employers

The EFL CC represents the connecting point between students, graduates, the Faculty and potential employers. For this purpose, the EFL CC is maintaining ties to the talented students who represent high-quality and expert employees and enables the employers to connect with them.

Join us and become our partner! Ensure access to ambitious young students and graduates who will be ready to creatively and enthusiastically carry out even the most demanding tasks. 

For all additional questions related to options and methods of cooperation, contact us at karierni.center@nova-uni.si.

Graduates of the Faculty of Slovene and International Studies (hereinafter FSMŠ) have many employment opportunities, because knowledge of the origin and development of national identity is one of the foundations for working in civil services and bodies, diplomacy, public administration, culture and science of the nation.

FSMŠ programmes are also practically oriented and as such lead to innovative project development and successful cooperation in various fields. The practical training provides the foundations for operation and development in the field of tourism, cultural heritage, management at the local level, consulting in entrepreneurial activities and in development projects of chambers of commerce and the economy, etc.

Creative, self-initiative and enterprising graduates will be able to reach leading positions at home and abroad with their knowledge of Slovene studies.

After successfully completing the study obligations, the graduate of the study programme obtains the professional title:

• at the 1st cycle: graduate of Slovene studies (UN), abbreviated univ. dipl. slov. štud. (UN),
• at the 2nd cycle: master of Slovene studies, abbreviated mag. slovenoslov.,
• at the 3rd cycle: Doctor of Science, abbreviated dr ..

The new university was successful in the public tender “Strengthening the role of career centers in the holistic treatment of students”.

The subject of the public tender is the co-financing of the further operation and upgrading of the career centers of higher education institutions by promoting adapted forms of assistance to special groups of students.

Among the special groups of students we include students with a special status, students with special needs, students in distress that may have a negative impact on mental health, students who are subject to violence, which means interference with a person’s physical and psychological integrity (domestic violence, sexual violence , sexual harassment, bullying or mistreatment, etc.), students with caring responsibilities, students with other personal circumstances and other non-traditional groups of students. Traditional students are students who enter higher education directly after finishing high school, while non-traditional students are those students who have already entered the labor market and often have a family, which represents for them an additional coordination of student and private life (due to family or taking care of parents, etc.).

The public tender includes three activities:

Training and education for career counselors

1. Establishing a network of individuals who have the experience and knowledge to work with students of special groups, with the aim of exchanging experiences and imparting knowledge to employees of a higher education institution.
2. Organization of events aimed at acceptance and understanding of differences.

Establishing a system for identifying special groups of students and their support needs

The activity focuses on the ability to identify specific groups of students who would need special or additional help and special treatment in order to offer support during their studies. The beneficiary must establish a working group that will work professionally and, by determining and directing activities, help to establish a system for identifying special groups of students. At the end of the projects, an established system is expected, and the beneficiary must prepare a document describing the established system and recommendations or defining incentives for their inclusion.

Support for special groups of students

In addition to the basic mission of the career centers, i.e. offering career counseling to all undergraduate and postgraduate students, the activities will also include:

1. raising awareness of all students about the importance of equal treatment of all students regardless of gender, race or nationality, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation or socio-economic status, and raising awareness among students about any kind of violence that constitutes interference with a person’s physical and psychological integrity ( domestic violence, sexual violence, sexual harassment, intimidation or abuse, etc.)
2. support in the form of counseling, training, or in another appropriate form of special groups of students who come in contact with a career center because they need help in study or facing distress that can adversely affect mental health at both individual and indirectly through public available information (remotely, websites, social networks, etc.).
3. counseling for students includes career path counseling for special groups of students, with an emphasis on the appropriateness of the chosen/desired study path in relation to the individual needs/abilities of the student.
4. cooperation with secondary schools, namely with counselors, is foreseen, with the aim of informing about the special needs that students have in terms of education when they enter higher education.
5. the activity includes cooperation with institutions that cover the field of work with young people with special needs, or that can in any way contribute to the more successful work of higher education institutions with special groups of students.

Pupils, students and graduates are invited to participate in all activities within the project, which are free of charge. For counseling options, please contact the staff of the NU Career Center and its members via e-mail: kariernicenter@nova-uni.si and make an appointment for counseling. All activities within the framework of the project Strengthening the role of CC in the holistic treatment of students are designed in such a way that their continuous and permanent implementation will be enabled even after the end of the project.

The public tender for the selection of operations is partially financed by the European Union, namely from the European Social Fund. The operation is carried out within the framework of the Operational Program for the implementation of European cohesion policy in the period 2014-2020, priority axis: 10. Knowledge, skills and lifelong learning for better employability; priority investments: 10.1 Improving equal access to lifelong learning for all age groups in formal, informal and informal forms of learning, updating the knowledge, skills and competences of the workforce and promoting flexible forms of learning, including through career counseling and validation of acquired competences, specific objective: 10.1 .3 Promotion of flexible forms of learning and support for quality career orientation for young people in school at all levels of the education system.