1.  ProjectName: Employment
Center for Students
 Team Name: Change Makers
2013
 Country: Georgia

2.  Young people in Georgia lack sufficient skills
that are required for any kind of job. This
includes: speaking, writing, research skills
 Lack of practical knowledge leads to
unemployment
 Universities mainly offer theoretical
knowledge and lack to provide practical
experiences

3.  Economic development is an important
problem in Georgia which causes high rate of
unemployment among youth
 Companies prefer to hire more experienced
people than young graduates who lack skills
and experience

4.  Lack of information-students lack many
sources to get information about new
jobs, career development
opportunities, trainings/conferences, etc
 Young people living in regions face greater
problem as they have very limited access to
internet, thus do not get information on
youth events

5.  Creating Students’ Employment Center which
will help students to develop practical
skills, including speaking, writing, research
skills.
 Students’ Employment Center will hold
workshops on speaking and writing
techniques, presentation skills
development, etc.

6.  Students’ Employment Center will organize
trainings/seminars on leadership
development, project management, time
management, etc.
 Conferences/roundtables on profession
related topics. For example, Business
Simulation Games for Business and
Economics students

7.  Students’ Employment Center will also
organize career fairs where Center will invite
business companies, NGOs, etc. During
career fairs students will have opportunity to
get employed
 In the long run, Students’ Employment
Centers will open in different regions of
Georgia

8.  Students’ Employment Center will have
students to develop practical skills and find
jobs
 Hours spent on the project: 3-4 hours per
week
 Reach of unemployed people:20-25
unemployed people per one
conference/workshop
 Young people involvement-30 young people
per conference/workshop