Career festival held for students and graduates at BEU
- Ashraf Hajiyev
- 11 hours ago
- 3 min read
Baku Engineering University (BEU) and HBN Group jointly organized the CareerFest BEU 2025 career festival, under the general sponsorship of Veysaloglu Group of Companies.
The university told that the festival was attended by state agencies, heads of prestigious companies, students and graduates of the university, as well as other higher education institutions of our country.
Rector Yagub Piriyev said that the education, employment, career advancement and social welfare of young people constitute a priority direction of state policy in our country, and state programs approved by President Ilham Aliyev for this purpose are being successfully implemented. The main goal of the festival is to further strengthen relations between entrepreneurs and higher education institutions, support youth employment, and create an opportunity for them to learn the current conditions and requirements of the labor market against the backdrop of the new industrial revolution, the rector said, calling the event a great opportunity for young people in this regard. At the same time, he drew attention to the demands placed on young people by the rapid development of science and technology in modern times and the responsibilities of universities in these matters. In his speech, the rector also emphasized the systematic activities of the university and important steps taken by it to ensure the successful integration of BEU students and graduates into the labor market and their professional development. Expressing his gratitude to the companies represented at the event, Yagub Piriyev expressed his confidence that the festival will create new bridges in the labor market and will be a successful start for the working life of young people.
Speaking next, Tariyel Dovletov, Executive Director of HBN Group, said that the festival is open to students and graduates of all higher education institutions, as well as the unemployed, and that more than 100 enterprises have presented 965 vacancies and 961 internship programs. Stressing his confidence that the festival will be useful for both companies and job seekers, the Executive Director then provided information about a number of projects implemented by HBN Group to establish university-industry relations.
Deputy Chairman of the Board of the State Employment Agency Nihad Mukhtarli also drew attention to the important role of such events in starting young people's careers. He noted that every year, unemployed people, job seekers, students, and graduates are provided with jobs in accordance with their specialties and areas of interest at various labor fairs. Touching on a number of statistical figures related to the labor market, the agency official noted that labor fairs are also organized in our liberated regions, and attention is paid to solving the employment problems of young people returning here.
Ziya Rajabov, Director of the Human Resources Department of the "Veysaloglu Group of Companies", said that the enterprise is the largest employer in the country's non-oil sector, making a significant contribution to the economy, and that support for education is one of the directions of the enterprise's corporate social responsibility. In his speech, it was also emphasized that the company provides young people not only with job opportunities, but also with a number of programs, mentoring services, trainings, and the opportunity to learn a profession.
Following other speeches, a tour of the stands displayed at the exhibition was held.
Interactive activities, games, fun experiments, and musical performances performed by well-known singers were organized as part of the career festival, which was attended by about 5,000 participants.
Source of the news: https://azertag.az/xeber/bmu_da_telebe_ve_mezunlar_uchun_karyera_festivali_kechirilib-3571395
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