The Center of Career and Innovation at the Technological University of Tajikistan is a strategically important mechanism and tool for organizing the employment of students graduating from higher educational institutions, in particular, the Technological University of Tajikistan, in the labor market. The high importance of the Center is due to the state's need for competent personnel with the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to carry out their professional activities.

The activities of the Center are expressed in the form of organizing various seminars, trainings and master classes together with enterprises and organizations that appear on the labor market of the Republic of Tajikistan. Also, among the duties assigned to the Center, it is worth noting the organization of students' training, production and pre-diploma practice.

Head Center of Career and Innovation

Ashurova Nodirabegim Erkinovna

Tel: (+992) 88 887-15-17

E-gmail: nodirabegim0485@gmail.com

The main goals of the Career and Innovation Center are:

1. Comprehensive support for students and graduates in the field of career education;
2. Providing comprehensive career planning and development services;
3. Assistance to students and graduates in achieving career goals;
4. Formation of skills among students and graduates in order to increase competitiveness in the free labor market;
5. Conducting job fairs with the aim of employing students and graduates in the free labor market.

Tasks of the Career Center

Direction - PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE:

1. Providing information on trends, forecasts for the development of the employment market;
2. Learning how to build a business career;
3. Carrying out monitoring of the labor market for the demand for certain specialties;
4. Provision of a range of services for obtaining the skills necessary for employment;
5. Creation and maintenance of information database about graduates and employers related to career and career opportunities;
6. Provision of educational services through educational programs (trainings, seminars, training courses) aimed at finding a decent job, developing and improving professional competencies, and effective career development.

In the direction - EMPLOYMENT:

1. Establishing and maintaining contacts with employers for cooperation in training personnel for the labor market;
2. Implementation of the collection, processing and dissemination of information related to the continuation of studies, employment, practices / internships, social programs and projects;
3. Facilitating the adaptation of graduates to the qualification requirements of employers;
4. Establishing links and developing cooperation with business and government agencies, international organizations and NGOs in order to employ students and graduates;
5. Assistance in planning and implementing the future career of graduates.

In the direction - PROFESSIONAL SELF-DETERMINATION:

1. Organization of events for career development and employment (career and job fairs, days of career opportunities, presentations of companies and specialties);
2. Formation of the professional competence of students and masters that meet the requirements of the free market;
3. Providing job search assistance to students and graduates;
4. Creation of a resource and information base that ensures the effective operation of the Center;
5. Providing opportunities for professional growth, including internships/internships and community service volunteer activities for students and alumni.

General provisions

of the Career and Innovation Center (in the future the Center) is a structural unit of the university;

In its work,  the Center presupposes the Charter of the University, orders and instructions of the rector of the university.

The conceptual basis for the formation of the Center are:

• Law of the Republic of Tajikistan “On the training of specialists taking into account the needs of the labor market” (Vesti Majlisi Oli RT 2012, No. 8, Art. 832);
• Decree of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan “On the state strategy for the development of the labor market of Tajikistan for the period until 2020” (June 2, 2011 No. 277);
• Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan No. 05/1-976 dated February 26, 2016 “On the creation of a Career Growth Center”;

The mission of the Career and Innovation Center is to promote and support the career growth and professional development of students and graduates in the labor market

TUT successfully cooperates with more than 50 largest companies, organizations and enterprises that actively attract students for internships and internships, invite university graduates to work and contribute to their successful career development.

Cooperation opportunities

Official cooperation between TUT and the company allows organizing interesting internships and internships, assisting in the employment of students and graduates, and taking part in educational programs and career events.

Communication with students:

• Notifications about career events, practice and internship programs, hackathons, excursions, etc. in social networks, information boards and on the official website TUT;
• mailing of news information to students and graduates, curators, mentors;
• placement of information posters on bulletin boards in the educational buildings of TUT;
• socio-legal education and informing when planning a professional career strategy.

Participation in career events: Career Days, Job Fairs and other events.

Holding events of the partner company in TUT:

• master classes;
• trainings;
• seminars;
• business games;
• lectures by top managers;
• case championships;
• Exhibitions;
• conferences, etc.

Scholarship programs from companies for TUT students are a great way to strengthen the brand and increase company awareness. The company sets its own selection criteria and the amount of the scholarship, and the Center of Career and Innovation can take over the further organizational process.

Involving students in project work for the company: solving cases, conducting research, writing term papers, research and final qualification papers on the company's topics.

Career events and projects of the Innovation Career Center The main goal of career events is to introduce students and graduates to partner companies HERE, talk about the competencies needed in the labor market, current vacancies, and help in the development of a career trajectory.

Career events are held in several formats:

My dream company is a project that combines many career events: excursions to companies and enterprises, during which students can better learn about the company’s capabilities, see the real production process and equipment. Also, within the framework of this project, hackathons, meetups, lectures and many other career events are held together with partner companies of the university. The job fair is the largest career event, including an exhibition of partner companies, master classes and trainings, discussions with company experts, various games, quests, prize draws from companies and many other activities.

The purpose of the Round Table is to increase the effectiveness of assistance in the employment of students and graduates of TUT. The objectives of the round table participants are to identify problems in matters of employment and adaptation of TUT graduates in the labor market, as well as to disseminate the experience of best practices in employment issues.

Testing and consultations with specialists Employees of the Career Center provide consultations with students and graduates on writing a successful resume, help analyze and eliminate errors, and also prepare for an interview with an employer. A trial interview is conducted, which will develop the ability of self-presentation in students.

Students undergo 3 types of practice:

1. Educational practice - practice for obtaining primary professional skills and abilities. It consists in the practical training of the future specialist and consolidates the theoretical knowledge gained. The purpose of educational practice is the acquisition of primary professional experience.
2. Industrial practice - practice for obtaining professional skills and experience of professional activity. The purpose of the internship is to consolidate and deepen the knowledge gained by students in the process of theoretical training, to instill the necessary skills and abilities to work in their chosen specialty, and to acquire initial professional experience.
3. Production (undergraduate practice) - is the last step in the whole complex of practical activities at the university. Pre-graduation practice is an important part of the educational process, allowing the student to prepare well for writing and defending his final qualifying work.

One of the pressing problems of modern education is ensuring its quality, which is a systemic concept that covers all activities of a higher educational institution. Monitoring the educational activities of students is a constant monitoring of the educational process for the purpose of ongoing monitoring of the implementation of educational elements, intermediate certification of students, with subsequent analysis of the results.

Students are monitored at the end of each semester. Monitoring of students is carried out based on the monitoring book, which contains 7 basic requirements for student competitiveness. The purpose of the development and implementation of this book is to, with the help of a special website, step by step present to employers within the republic and abroad the competitiveness of the professional and core knowledge of our students so that in the future each of you will find his rightful place in the free labor market .

To conduct monitoring by the Center, a trial interview is conducted for 4th year students. A mock interview is a simulation of an interview.

7 BASIC REQUIREMENTS

competitiveness of a student at the Technological University of Tajikistan