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New eighteenth catalogue of Internship and Volunteering Offers

Right here in front of you is the eighteenth Catalogue of Internship and Volunteering Offers, which was issued by the Career Centre of Vytautas Magnus university. In this catalogue students will find internship and volunteering offers of enterprises, public institutions, non-governmental organizations. We are hoping that each of you will find something useful in the pages that follow!

Catalogue on Internship and Volunteering Offers No. 18 / May. 2023

The catalogue provides a standardized presentation of enterprise, institution or organization which is offering internship or volunteering opportunities, indicates the name and conditions of the offered internship / volunteering position. Each publication of an offer includes information about ability to combine activities with your studies, about the period of internship / volunteering, specifies which of offered positions are adapted for students with disabilities and which activities are organized in foreign languages.

We hope that this catalogue will help you to find a place of internship or you will use an opportunity to test yourself in volunteering, which will be useful in finding your path to labor market!

VMU Career Centre is not responsible for the content of the offers published in the Catalogue. Companies and organizations decide themselves about the conditions of internship and/or volunteering.

VMU Career Centre remote informal lecture series: “Savęs link ’23: išdrįsk rinktis ir keisti”

As every year, the Career Centre of Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) invites students and graduates to take part in the remote informal lecture series “Savęs link ’23” in March and April, as well as to participate in presentations, discussions and to actively use the Virtual CV Clinic.

This year, the already traditional series of informal lectures will invite you to focus on self-discovery and self-knowledge and will motivate you to dare to choose or change. Starting or continuing your career journey – a process that is a big part of everyone’s life – can be a daunting task, with the difficulties and challenges that come with finding or trying to create your dream job.

This year’s theme for “Savęs link ’23”: išdrįsk rinktis ir keisti (dare to choose and change), will try to inspire and remind you that to find a job you love or build your dream career, you have to be unafraid to take a bold step on the path of exploration, to ask questions of yourself and of others, and to keep finding new solutions or answers to questions. There is no need to be afraid of making mistakes – this search for a meaningful and joyful pursuit is a very important and ongoing journey that helps you to understand and realize the importance of self-knowledge and to take the first steps towards purposeful self-knowledge, courage, or change.

This year’s series of informal lectures will introduce participants to self-knowledge from a variety of perspectives: how to build one’s self-image and make decisions to achieve professional success, how varied a person’s career journey can be, what success looks like from a psychological perspective, and the opportunities available to people with disabilities today. Experts will share not only the latest trends in the global market but also personal experiences, challenges, and highs.

In March and April, university students and graduates will have the opportunity to take part in a virtual CV clinic: to consult and review their CV with a career professional, and to get observations, valuable insights, and advice on how to prepare their CV to meet all requirements. Want to get advice and a consultant’s opinion? You can send your CV to: karjera@vdu.lt

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED

Information about other Lithuanian events.

VMU graduates have the opportunity to start their careers in an intergovernmental organization

The European Patent Office (EPO), the second largest intergovernmental organization in Europe, is offering an international job opportunity to promising graduates of Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) who are eager to develop their careers and start their careers.

This program provides an opportunity to take the first steps toward a professional career and to gain valuable work experience in a multicultural environment, trying out a job profile related to Intellectual Property.

The program starts in September 2023 and lasts between 1 and 3 years, in different EPO headquarters in Munich, The Hague, Vienna, or Brussels. Participants can also earn between €2,000 and €3,000 per month.

By February 28^th, the VMU must submit a list of recommended candidates, who will then be able to apply independently for the project positions by 15 March. Applicants can be bachelor’s or master’s graduates, as well as final-year bachelor students who will be holding their diplomas in September 2023.

If you would like to be shortlisted, please contact Monika Valentaitė, Head of the VMU Career Centre, as soon as possible, by February 28^th, at monika.valentaite@vdu.lt, indicating your name, year of graduation, and email address.

The most important criteria for candidates are:

• recommendation from the University for high academic achievements, active participation in university activities, and/or high motivation to participate in the project;
• excellent knowledge of at least one of the following languages: English, French, German;
• citizenship of a country on the EPO list (the list of countries can be found here);
• no work experience in a specialized field (an advantage).

The project program offers opportunities for candidates in the following fields:

• Science and Engineering;
• Human Resources and Business Administration;
• International Relations and Communication;
• Information Technology;
• Economics and Finance;
• Law.

More information about the project

New catalogue of Internship and Volunteering Offers

VMU Career Centre invites everyone looking for an internship and volunteering place to review the newly published, sixteenth VMU Internship and Volunteering catalogue for university students. Students will find internship and volunteering offers from enterprises, public institutions, and non-governmental organisations in this catalogue. We hope that you will find something useful in the pages that follow!

Catalogue of Internship and Volunteering Offers you will find here:

Catalogue on Internship and Volunteering Offers No. 17/ December 2022

For more information:

Join live interviews for a traineeship or job position!

Maybe you’re looking to start building your career right now? At the Companies and Organisations Fair, you can test yourself in a real interview and apply for a job or traineeship that is currently open.

Choose an internship or job offer that interests you, don’t forget to bring your CV (you can send your CV to the CV Clinic for a free consultation), make sure you register, come and give it a try!

When registering, you need to select the company or organisation you would like to attend a selection interview with, before doing so, visit the link where you will find all the offers from companies and organisations.

Live interviews for internship and job positions will take place on 15 November from 12.00 – 16.00. VMU Teacher Training Centre, K. Donelaičio str. 52, Kaunas, Lithuania (more information on how to participate in the interviews will be sent later).

Registration is open until 10 November at 12:00 (inclusive). REGISTRATION.

“My Career 2022: What Does the Employer Expect?”

On November 15th, 2022, the Career Centre of Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) invites students, graduates, and other members of the VMU community to participate in the event “My Career 2022: What Does the Employer Expect?”

The Career Day will feature informative and engaging presentations by specialists and a fair for companies and organisations. During the event, you will be able to make useful contacts and networking opportunities, as well as interviews and recruitments with companies and organisations for real-life jobs and internships. This is a great opportunity not only to hear useful information and get to know the opportunities offered by companies and organisations but also a chance to find the internship or job you want.

This year’s main theme of Career Day is the employer’s dream worker. Anyone preparing for a job interview knows not to be late for the interview, to do your research on the job and the position you want to apply for, and to think about the questions you can ask the potential employer. However, these are just a few important aspects – employment culture and labour market trends are constantly changing, so it’s important to know what attracts an employer’s attention and how and what kind of employee a modern organisation looks for. This Career Day will focus on how to present yourself well, what mistakes to avoid and how to enter the job market with confidence and success.

Virtual free-of-charge CV Clinic

Have you created your CV and want to get advice and a consultant’s opinion? Send us your CV to karjera@vdu.lt and VMU Career Centre consultants will review it, comment on it and give you advice on how to improve your CV to make it attractive and compliant!

Programme

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Discussion “Managing Change: The Art of Transition” for VMU community

We invite VMU students and staff to participate in the discussion “Managing Change: The Art of Transition”, which will be held in the framework of Alumni Day’22.

The international VMU alumni will share the best practices among each other on the crucial today’s topic: transition. Transition is an ongoing process which involves adaptation to different contexts and changes in interpersonal relationships (Jindal-Snape, 2010).

At the same time, the university has developed throughout its history. Many transitions happened because of which VMU developed, improved, became better, and adapted to the modern challenges of the world and these changes also affected its students, graduates, and teachers.

The discussion covers 4 main pillars:

• The transition from student life to professional life (alumni share their career stories focusing on ups and downs after graduation and how they overcome or manage them)
• The transition from one job to another (alumni share their experience on career changes, personal stories, lessons, tips, etc.)
• Manage change and transition (alumni share their experiences at the workplace: how they act as a specialist/leader/head of the company in today’s world)
• Management of difficult life transitions (alumni share their experience about job loss, moving to another country or another related topic etc.)

Registration is required

What: Discussion “Managing Change: The Art of Transition”

When: November 11, Friday, 15.00–17.00

Where: VMU Small Hall, S. Daukanto str. 28, Kaunas

Format: In-person

Meet our speakers – international VMU graduates:

Alexander Samuel Hixson, an alumnus of Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism MA programme (2022)

Topic “Changing from a student at VMU to a teacher at VMU and moving to another country”

Current Position: English Teaching Assistant at the Institute of Foreign Languages (B2)

About speaker:

I am 24 and I am from the UK. I speak English as my native language but also I speak German and Russian quite well, and I am learning Lithuanian.

I graduated in 2020 in England with a bachelors in English Language and TEFL, and then a Masters in 2022 from VMU in Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism (SoMu). I studied in Germany and Sweden before teaching in Lithuania. My biggest research interests lie in how language affects the shape of the world around us. My master’s thesis was on the difference in coverage of the Ukrainian war by US and Chinese news outlets, and how their perspectives “frame” our world in different ways and lead to each country’s people having a different outlook.

Angelica Peccini, an alumna of Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism MA programme (2017)

Topic “Limiting beliefs, fears, and the versatility of skills: how to get the best from the unpredictability of life”

Current position: PhD student at Vilnius University and International Relations Coordinator at KTU (faculty of Mechanical engineering and Design)

About speaker:

My education and work experiences are very different. I graduated in Translation studies in Italy and completed my Master’s program at VMU in Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism. As a PhD student, I research migrants’ identities through Lithuanian language learning, and at the same time, I work as an International Relations Coordinator at KTU by promoting and supporting students’ and teachers’ mobility abroad at the faculty of Mechanical engineering and Design. In the last ten years, I have worked several jobs in a variety of fields as tourism, design, language teaching, translation, and event organization: I was feeling unsuitable and struggling to fit in where my skills were actually needed the most. When I understood I was not a job position title but the competencies I had, the job market did not scare me anymore.

Kayako Takagi, an alumna of Educational Management MA programme (2019)

Topic “Manage change and transition”

Current position: Lecturer at the Faculty of Humanity and senior coordinator of the Centre for Asian Studies at Vytautas Magnus University.

About speaker:

I received BA in International Communication from Kansai Gaidai University in 2012 in Japan and M.Ed. in Educational Management from Vytautas Magnus University in 2019. Since I completed the Japanese language teaching program in 2012, I have taught at various educational institutes in multiple countries. My work focuses specifically on the Community of Practice and extensive reading of the Japanese language (tadoku).

Lakshya Dave, an alumnus of Applied English Linguistics MA programme (2022)

Topic “Transitioning as an international immigrant”

Current position: Social Media Manager

About speaker:

Coming from India, been living in Lithuania for 6 years. I have also lived in Mexico, Spain, China, and Austria for long periods of time. I have travelled to over 40 countries, so I have had my fair share of transitions and I can tell you it’s a love-hate relationship.

Registration

Deadline: November 9

See you at the event!

VMU Centennial’s Alumni Day’22

On the occasion of the centennial of the founding of the University of Lithuania and the anniversary of the re-establishment of VMU, we invite graduates and VMU community to the Alumni Day, which will take place on November 11.

Programme

15.00–17.00 Discussion “Managing Change: The Art of Transition”

Where: VMU Small Hall, S. Daukanto str. 28, Kaunas

Format: In-person and online

The key topic of this year’s discussion is “Managing Change: The Art of Transition” and it has been chosen on purpose.

The international VMU alumni will share the best practices among each other on the crucial today’s topic: transition. Transition is an ongoing process which involves adaptation to different contexts and changes in interpersonal relationships (Jindal-Snape, 2010).

At the same time, the university has developed throughout its history. Many transitions happened because of which VMU developed, improved, became better, adapted to the modern challenges of the world and these changes also affected its students, graduates, teachers.

The discussion “Managing Change: The Art of Transition” covers 4 main pillars:

• Transition from student life to professional life (alumni share their career stories focusing on ups and downs after graduation and how they overcome or manage them)
• Transition from one job to another (alumni share their experience on career changes, personal stories, lessons, tips, etc.)
• Manage change and transition (alumni share their experiences at the workplace: how they act as a specialist/leader/head of the company in today’s world)
• Management of difficult life transitions (alumni share their experience about job loss, moving to another country or another related topic etc.)

Meet our speakers – international VMU graduates:

• Alexander Samuel Hixson, an alumnus of Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism MA programme (2022). Topic “Changing from a student at VMU to a teacher at VMU and moving to another country”.
• Angelica Peccini, an alumna of Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism MA programme (2017). Topic “Limiting beliefs, fears, and the versatility of skills: how to get the best from the unpredictability of life”.
• Kayako Takagi, an alumna of Educational Management MA programme (2019). Topic “Manage change and transition”.
• Lakshya Dave, an alumnus of Applied English Linguistics MA programme (2022). Topic “Transitioning as an international immigrant”.

17:30–18:00 Get to know VMU again! – LIVE EVENT

We would like to invite the in-person participants of VMU Alumni Days to see an exhibition “Vivat Universitas Vytauti Magni!” opened in the VMU Rector’s Office on the occasion of the 100^th anniversary of the university. It is full of photographs and stories featuring the life of the university since its foundation, throughout interwar activities until its restoration in 1989 and today’s work. Moreover, it is an amazing opportunity to visit the renovated spaces of VMU.

Where: K. Donelaičio str. 58

Format: in-person, the excursion will be in Lithuanian and English for both Lithuanian and international graduates.

17:15–18:00 Quiz “Get to know VMU again!” – ONLINE EVENT

Quiz via Kahoot for those international alumni who will be joining online and can’t attend the Alumni Day in person. The quiz includes 10 interesting questions about the history of VMU, current developments taking place, etc. Three winners will be awarded with prizes. Registration is mandatory.

18:15–20:00 VMU Alumni Club’s Forum “For the University-City-State: VMU Artes liberales alumni movement and testimonies”

VMU Alumni Club’s Forum “For the University-City-State: VMU Artes liberales alumni movement and testimonies”. The main topics of the forum: Alumni identity, role and responsibility in the state and the academic community, experience, merits, initiatives. More information coming soon.

Format: the event will be in Lithuanian. More details are expected soon.

21:00–22:00 Alumnų dūzgės

This event includes stand-up and open-mic exclusive stories, during which there will be plenty of laughter, commotion, and the best emotions. The location will be confirmed. More details are expected soon.

Format: the event will be in Lithuanian. More details are expected soon.

Registration

See you at VMU Alumni Day!

“idialogue” platform grows: career mentoring activities will also be available in English

As mentoring is becoming more and more popular, where various professionals share their experiences, and young professionals growing up in different spheres strive to continuously learn, improve, and learn new things – the “idialogue” mentoring platform is also evolving and Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) has been cooperating with it since 2019.

After a long and complex process, the English version of the “idialogue” mentoring platform has been launched, and VMU was one of the few universities that supported the upgrade to the English version of the platform. From now on, professionals and students from different fields will have the opportunity to participate in or conduct career mentoring in English, thus engaging a wider audience and building broader connections.

This career mentoring platform is completely free of charge and brings together the entire university community: academics, non-academic staff, alumni, and students. Both mentors and mentees can register on the platform. Once registered, mentors create a profile on the platform, where they provide information about themselves – a short introduction, experience, and areas of mentoring that mentees can apply for. Students who decide to find a mentor contact one of the selected persons by writing a letter stating their motivation to work with the mentor. Within 48 hours, a reply is given, and students can agree with the mentor on further details of communication and cooperation.

The benefits of the platform are undeniable for both the mentor and the mentee. Mentors not only help younger colleagues to develop their careers but also improve themselves by passing on their experience. We, therefore, invite all VMU students and mentors to join and actively use this career collaboration platform.

More information about mentoring platform.