VMU Career Centre remote informal lecture series: “Towards Yourself’24: Shine in a Job Interview”
On March, Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) Career Centre invites students and alumni to participate in the lectures and discussions of the informal lecture series “Towards Yourself’24” and to take advantage of the virtual CV clinic.
This year’s informal lecture series, which has already become a tradition, is focused on job interviews, so we invite everyone who wants to prepare well for a job interview, learn how to present themselves well, make a good first impression on the employer and shine in the job interview! The first (or even the tenth) job interview can be very scary and stressful, but if you are properly prepared, there is really nothing to be afraid of. Advice from experts in the field, who will be presenting at “Towards Yourself’24”, will help you realise that standing out from the crowd and leaving a unique impression on your future employer is definitely possible!
This year’s theme of “Towards Yourself’24: Shine in a Job Interview”, is a reminder that one of the key success factors in a job interview is self-confidence. We will try to help you gain this confidence, and it will come with knowledge and the right preparation, which also starts with an objective assessment of whether I am a good fit for the position and whether it is the right job for me. Job interviews are not to be feared if you know how to present yourself well and not be embarrassed even if you are asked an uncomfortable question during a job interview! So let’s meet in March and shine together in the “Towards Yourself’24” informal lecture series.
In March, university students and graduates will also have the opportunity to take part in a virtual CV clinic: to consult and review their CV with a career professional, to get observations, valuable insights and tips 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: cv@vdu.lt
REGISTRATION FOR ALUMNI STORIES
THE PROGRAM:
March 12th (Tuesday) 16:30 Preparation for a Job Interview
March 20th (Wednesday) 11:00 Job Interview Stories from Our Alumni
March 21st (Thursday) 14:00 Job Interview Stories from Our Alumni
March 21st (Thursday) 16:30 Boost Your Confidence: How to Prepare for All Interview Stages
Jyväskylä Summer School for Master’s and PhD students
Do you want to advance your academic expertise in STEM – science, technology, engineering, mathematics – during the summer break, and create scientific networks and memories? Jyväskylä Summer School offers you a unique academic and cultural journey that gives you the opportunity to challenge yourself and develop your skills in your field of interest. You also get the chance to spend time in an international and interdisciplinary science community.
Jyväskylä Summer School, organized at the University of Jyväskylä this year for the 33rd time, offers high-quality courses for advanced Master’s students, PhD students and post-docs in various fields of natural sciences, mathematics and information technology. All courses are taught in English by distinguished researchers from different parts of the world.
Application Deadline – April 30.
VMU Mobility Scholarship is NOT available for Jyväskylä Summer School.
Students who intend to get the tuition fee waiver must first submit an online VMU application form at epasirasymas.vdu.lt (Outgoing-Application for Short-Term Courses and Summer/Winter Schools) and wait for the VMU Selection Committee results. The application deadline is April 15.
Students Invited to Attend T4EU Mobility Week in Italy and Slovenia
Students who are on the lookout for broader possibilities of development have a great new opportunity to gain new knowledge, meet new people and improve important skills during Transform4Europe Mobility Week in Italy and Slovenia. The events will take place on 20–24 May in Trieste (Italy) and Koper (Slovenia). The registration to the events for the students is open until 7 April.
For the mobility week, students can choose one course out of eight for which 3 ECTS credits are rewarded and recognised in all partner universities of the Transfrom4Europe Alliance. Travel and accommodation expenses will be partially covered by T4EU.
Students are welcome to choose from eight courses: Buildings Design Driven By New European Bauhaus, Heritage Beyond Borders For Societal Transformation: Interpretation And Education, Exploring Methods For Multicultural Social Science Research In The Contemporary Era, Environmental Genomics, Symmetry In Graphs, Suicide Without Borders, Digital Marketing And Consumers Behaviour, and Collaborative Innovation And Design Of Solutions In Tourism.
Application submission deadline is 7 April.
Additional Competition for International Studies
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) International Cooperation Department invites all university students to use the opportunities to go abroad for study exchange.
Additional competition for Erasmus+ studies (in EU/EEA countries).
You can apply for the competition until March 26th, 2024.
VMU Students Invited to Attend Summer School in Germany
Students of VMU and other universities of the Transform4Europe Alliance are invited to attend European Summer Course 2024, which will take place from 29 July to 7 August 2024 at the Europäische Akademie Otzenhausen in Germany. Registration of participants is open until 15 April.
The summer course will deal with a broad range of important political, legal and economic developments of today’s European Union. The event is organized by the Europa-Institut in cooperation with European Academy Otzenhausen, ASKO Europa-Stiftung and the trans-European higher education alliance Transform4Europe. The summer course includes visits to Luxembourg, Strasbourg, Trier and Saarbrücken!
Students of VMU and other T4EU universities may apply for scholarships to partially cover the costs for the ESC 2024: the scholarship covers the program fee, field trips, full board (all meals) and lodging during the duration of the Summer Course. Students can also gain up to 4 or 5 ECTS, depending on their workload.
Details on the registration process are available on the link below.
Lisbon Summer School for PhD Students and Young Researchers
Partner of the Transform4Europe Alliance, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, invites PhD students and young researchers to participate in the Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture, which will take place in Lisbon on 24–29 June, 2024.
The XIV Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture is dedicated to the study of the relationship between culture and war. Papers are welcome on various topics, such as culture and conflict, ancient and modern warfare, cultural wars and language, (mis)information and fake news, the ethics of war, culture of violence, environmental emergency, art and artists and war and many others.
Proposals should be sent to lxsummerschool[at]gmail.com and include paper title, abstract in English (max. 200 words), name, e-mail address, institutional affiliation, and a brief bio (max. 100 words) mentioning ongoing research. The submission deadline will be extended until the end of March.
Study Exchange and Internship Opportunities for Students
International Cooperation Department invites all VMU students to take an opportunity and apply for studies, traineeship or short-term courses abroad.
These are enriching possibilities that strengthen self-improvement while expanding study knowledge and skills of foreign languages, facing the differences in the study systems, improving professional skills, exploring new cultures, finding new interests, making new friends and bringing unforgettable memories that build the foundation for the future career.
We offer four different options for international mobility:
- Erasmus+ studies (in EU/EEA countries). Submit your applications by 4 March 2024. Music Academy students by 22 February.
- VMU bilateral exchange and Erasmus+ studies (in non-EU/EEA countries). Submit your applications by 4 March 2024.
- Erasmus+ student and recent graduate traineeships (in EU/EEA countries). Submit your applications by the end of each month.
- Short-term courses abroad. Submit your applications by 15th day of each month.
On February 20–22, VMU International Cooperation Department will organise Erasmus Days’24 where all students will be invited to learn more about mobility opportunities and join various interesting and meaningful initiatives.
More information about Erasmus Days
New nineteenth catalogue of Internship and Volunteering Offers
Right here in front of you is the nineteenth 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. 19 / December. 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.
Navigating Challenges: VMU Alumni Discuss Resilience and Optimism
On the occasion of VMU Alumni Day, we invite graduates, students, and the VMU community to the discussion “Resilience and Optimism of VMU Alumni around the World”, which will take place on November 10th.
Programme:
Discussion “Resilience and Optimism of VMU Alumni around the World”
When: November 10th, Friday, 15.00 – 17.00
Where: VMU Centre for Research and Studies, V. Putvinskio str. 23–103, Kaunas
Format: in-person and online
Language: English
Registration: https://bit.ly/alumday23
This event is tailored for:
- Present foreign full-time and exchange students
- VMU international alumni
- VMU community
The discussion “Resilience and Optimism of VMU Alumni around the World” features the valuable perspectives of VMU international graduates and covers three main pillars:
Learn or earn; both are best. If neither, quit. VMU alumni will share their experience of the job-searching process after graduation, their first workplace, learning and earning the money, challenges, firing/quitting/career change, and all ups and downs with the bottom line: Resilience and Optimism helped them to become who they are now.
Entering the Lithuanian job market after graduation for foreign graduates. This sub-topic holds tips and insights for current students from VMU alumni who are currently living and working in Lithuania. Opportunities for current students.
Academic career path insights. VMU alumni will share their career paths as PhD students. Their ups and downs, tips, and tricks for current students. Features of working on a dissertation. Funding. Resilience and Optimism as skills for the researchers. Challenges, such as the competitive nature of academia, potential job market fluctuations, work-life-research balance considerations, and the evolving landscape of academic institutions.
Meet our speakers – international VMU graduates:
Nargiz Hajiyeva Dr. (Azerbaijan) an alumna of Political Science and Diplomacy programme (2015 – 2017).
Topic: “A Journey of Scientific Empowerment: From Lithuania to the World”.
Current position: Ph.D., Political Scientist, Director of “Organization of Scientific Activities” Unit, Chair of Women Researchers Council (WRC), Academic lecturer on Political Leadership and Political Science, Azerbaijan State University of Economics (UNEC), Director of “Empirical Methods” Working Group, Swiss Political Science Association (SPSA), Switzerland.
Format of participation: online.
Hanna Rusinava (Belarus) is an alumna of the Political Science and Diplomacy Master’s programme (2018 – 2020).
Topic: “Union state agreement’s implications for Belarus”.
Current Position: journalist at Belsat TV, Belarusian independent television.
Format of participation: in-person.
Hüseyin Ograk (Turkey) is an alumnus of Marketing and International Commerce Master’s programme (2017 – 2019).
Topic: “Entering the Lithuanian job market after graduation for foreign graduates”.
Current position: Head of PPC position at Hostinger.
Format of participation: in-person.
Maka Berulava (Georgia) is an alumna of the International Politics and Development Bachelor’s programme (2019 – 2023).
Topic: “Academic career path insights”.
Current position: Master’s student at University College London (programme: Russian and Post-Soviet Politics).
Format of participation: in-person or online.
Moderator: Bohdan Polovynko, the 2nd year master’s student of Diplomacy and International relations. Former Trainee at the Education Training and Exercise division of the NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence. Currently working on energy security-related research.
Registration: https://bit.ly/alumday23
Check a recap of the Alumni Day 2022 discussion last year
See you at VMU Alumni Day!
“VMU Career Days 2023: for both students and graduates”
Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) Career Centre warmly invites you to “VMU Career Days 2023: for both students and graduates” scheduled for November 9-10.
This year, we’re revamping the format of the event. Day one will be dedicated solely to students, while day two will be exclusively for graduates, seamlessly blending Career Days with our cherished Alumni Day tradition, held annually on the second Friday of November. However, we will invite students and graduates to participate in both days of the event: everyone will find interesting activities and opportunities for meaningful communication.
On the first day (November 9th), students will have the opportunity to cultivate new connections and network at the traditional employers’ fair, challenge themselves in interviews and selections for actual job or internship opportunities, and engage in discussions, attend lectures, and gain valuable advice on career development.
Before attending the primary Career Day and traditional employers’ fair and putting themselves to the test in an internship or job interview, from October 11th onwards, we will be inviting students to take part in a series of 6 training sessions (CV preparation, self-presentation, the importance of language skills in the labour market, etc.), in which everyone will have the opportunity to improve their competences and gain new knowledge that will be useful for fostering a responsible approach to the commencement of career planning.
On the second day of the event (November 10th) we will host the traditional Alumni Day, inviting alumni to come back to the university and reflect on their career journey, which originated from studies at VMU and brought them to the current career point. This is an opportunity not only to return to your Alma Mater, to talk to your lecturers and former course mates, but also to enjoy the path you have taken to reach your current career achievements and to share valuable experiences with current VMU students.
The experiences, knowledge, and skills acquired during their studies at VMU are highlights that are important not only for students’ future careers but also for the paths already taken by graduates. So don’t miss this opportunity to remember that university is a place that offers not only knowledge but also other meaningful experiences that will be useful in building your future.
November 9th programme
11:00 – 14:00 | Career Fair – networking with companies/organizations, making connections and contacts