26 November 2025
On November 26-27, the St. Petersburg University of Management Technologies and Economics is hosting a Career Forum. Over the course of two exciting days, the university will host numerous events featuring its partner employers. The Forum opened with a panel discussion.
The career forum was opened by Svetlana Avdashkevich, First Vice-Rector of UMTE, who moderated a panel discussion with employer partners, faculty, and students from the university.
This year's Forum is held under the slogan "Think One Step Ahead. Act Now" and, as per tradition, began with students and creative groups performing the Russian National Anthem and a vibrant dance flash mob by the university's student body.
The forum is the university's main career event; it represents progress. It's about communication, choice, and new opportunities. "Each of you can build your own personal success story," Svetlana Viktorovna told the students. She also emphasized that, over its 35 years of operation, the university has always strived to train specialists who move from idea to action, and now the university has created a truly productive environment for implementing students' ideas. At the same time, the university maintains its traditions, not forgetting the best that has been created over these years.
First Vice Rector Svetlana Avdashkevich commented on a presentation on the university's important career development projects and events: over 300 career events annually, over 30 employer partners at Career Fairs and the Career Forum, and over 150 student internship agreements. The key result of this collaboration is the high graduate employment rate and UMTE’s inclusion in the top 15 for employment according to HeadHunter.
During the discussion, the speakers sought to provide objective answers to questions about which industries are currently developing most dynamically and which specialists are most in demand; how employers' requirements for young professionals are changing and how to secure an internship at a good company; what qualities, in addition to professional skills, future specialists need to develop; how students themselves are changing and what new learning formats have emerged; how a portfolio compiled during training can help in a job search; and how to conduct oneself during an interview.
Experts noted that employers always pay attention to the applicant's high motivation and desire to constantly engage in self-development and self-education, recalling that many employers offer young professionals the opportunity to undergo advanced training due to rapidly changing market trends.
During the panel session, gratitude letters were presented to the university's business partners for their collaboration, internships, and graduate employment. Following the panel session, students had the opportunity to meet with representatives of leading companies, participate in master classes with professionals, learn about job openings and internships, and learn resume writing and interview skills. The forum also features an exhibition space for employers, and will feature company presentations, interactive lectures, seminars, training sessions, and individual consultations with career consultants.
