1. *
Team Name: DriftMind
Country: Kazakhstan
School Name: Nazarbayev University

2. *
* Republic of Kazakhstan – the biggest developing
country in Central Asia
* Population – 16,912 mln
* Economically active population – 8.974 mln
* Overall unemployment rate – 5.3%
* Youth unemployment rate at age 15-28 - 5.0 %
(Male – 5.6 %, Female – 7.0%)
* 60% of unemployed youngsters have certificate of
tertiary education
(Statistics Agency of Republic of Kazakhstan 2012 www.stat.kz)
* Therefore, the project will focus on young people
at age 15-28 with higher education

3. *
* Sample – 78 people
* 48 respondents have a University degree
 unemployed 23 people
 employed 25 people
* 30 respondents are sophomores of undergraduate school
Respondents (%) Unemployed with Employed with Sophomores
degree degree
Consider that youth 69.56 52 56.67
at a higher risk to
be unemployed
Think that job 82.68 56 46.67
opportunities for
youth are low
Justify the fact that 65.21 68 60
there is not enough
information about
the available jobs
Identify lack of 60.82 44 43.33
experience as the
main barrier
These results contradicts data derived from statistics

4. Causes of Youth Unemployment
* Choice of low demand, high-prestige
professions
* Expectations of higher wages and positions
* Lack of practical knowledge, skills and
experience
* High immigration rate from rural to urban
areas, which increases competition
* Corruption in tertiary educational system
resulting in scarcity of qualified graduates

5. Effects of Youth Unemployment
Socio-psychological
consequences
1. On individual level
 Psychological pressure from
Economic
the community: relatives
and peers Consequences
 Dissatisfaction resulting in
self disappointment Unemployment is directly
 Skills and working potential related to the loss of
of youth deteriorate as time Kazakhstan’s production:
passes By using Okun’s empirical
2. On social level calculation it was concluded:
 Decrease in family’s budget 2.5% loss in GDP is solely
 Increasing crime rate because of youth
 Higher rates of prostitution unemployment
and sexually transmitting
diseases
Statistics Agency of Republic of Kazakhstan
http://stat.kz/Pages/default.aspx

6. *
* To create a governmental – organization, which
will found, develop and supervise centralized
career and employment centers in every higher
educational institution. In these centers both
university and government representatives will
work.

7. *
* First Branch - Social Partnership
* Seeks partners and makes connections with
enterprises, NGOs, etc. for:
1. Internship opportunities
2. Job opportunities

8. 1. Provides
 Enterpreneurship courses
2. Appropriate motivational seminars:
 Guest Lectures
3. Career guidance/ counseling programs

9. *
* 1. Collect objective data on current labor market demands
* 2. Makes databases, websites for job search
* 3. Monitors graduates within 12 months s after graduation
* We acknowledge the fact that there are career centers in some
universities in the world, however our proposed solution has number of
differences.

10. *
* DriftMind team is going to spend approximately 6 months to
open career and employment centers
* We expect to reach 80% employment among current students?
* Career and Employment Centers need innovative ideas and
energetic approach to work, so we believe we can employ many
young university graduates ourselves.