With the implementation of the project “Internship – new technologies – a safer future,” professional practice will be improved as a mandatory course for two undergraduate studies and introduced to the graduate MBA program of the Zagreb School of Economics and Management, field teaching will be enhanced, teachers and employers will be educated, and the Career Center will be improved.
According to the “Study on professional practice in higher education,” the representation of professional practice in professional studies is 84%, and in specialist graduate studies, 46%. In comparison, the word of students attending professional courses is 78% in professional studies and 36% in graduate studies. Through professional training, students acquire practical competencies critical to employers and thus increase their employment opportunities. The study states that, at universities where training is mandatory, 70% of students are employed in the companies where they did their professional training. The lack of education of mentors in learning while working and evaluating students’ work is also a problem. Higher education institutions have not developed student centers to support students during their education and early career development.
The goal of the project is to improve professional practice in three undergraduate studies and to introduce it in the graduate MBA program of ZŠEM while strengthening the competencies of teaching and non-teaching staff in learning while working and to contribute to increasing the practical competencies of ZŠEM students through the implementation of professional practice and the establishment of a department in the Career Center.
The purpose of the project is to improve students’ employability by increasing practical skills for work through improving professional practice at ZŠEM.
teachers and non-teaching staff of the applicant - their need for project realization is to raise their competences in learning through work. When choosing teachers, their affinities and gender equality were taken into account.
of ZSEM students - their need for project realization is the development of practical skills and better competitiveness on the labor market. Students will be selected according to acquired competencies and interests.
higher education institution - ZSEM's interest in implementing the project is to increase the quality of the educational process through increasing the representation and quality of professional practice in study programs and increasing the education of teaching staff in learning through work.
Is a traditional career fair organized by the Zagreb School of Economics and Management, initiated by the students.
This project aims to introduce ZŠEM and its students and alums to successful employers. Student Future Day enables quality matching of supply and demand in the labor market, i.e., it allows companies to have easier access to motivated students and faster and more efficient finding of quality students for permanent and temporary student jobs, creation of a database at the same time helping ZŠEM students to find professional practice and potential permanent employment, depending on the needs of a particular company at a specific moment. By participating in the SFD, students can make an easier transition from studies to the labor market.
This event represents the pinnacle of student placement in the labor market and continuous cooperation with the most successful companies in the Croatian market.
Participating companies SFD provides access to the best students of ZŠEM to recognize among them ideal candidates for practical work and student or permanent jobs. By participating in this event, companies strengthen their image as desirable employers among the upcoming generations in the labor market.
February 23 and 25, 2021 Monika Ester, Talent Acquisition Executive Croatia and Slovenia: Employer Branding
March 23, 2021 Hrvoje Maljak, PhD: Marketing Strategy
April 22, 2021. Tomislav Kesić, PhD: Alternative Investments – Commodities
On April 28, 2021, Ph.D. Jurica Vukas: Implementation of monetary policy
On May 5, 2021, Ph.D. Božena Ramljak: Insurance contract and leasing contract
May 17, 2021. Denis Lukić, PhD: Brownian Motion
May 31, 2021. Bruno Filipi, mag.oec.: Coca-Cola Strategy
June 9, 2021 Güven Dalgıç, General Manager L’Oreal Adria: Create the Beauty that Moves the World
March 9, 2022 Marko Nožica, Founder and CEO at Aretis: Presentation of the company “Aretis”
March 15, 2022 Mate Knezović, CEO at Agrivi: Presentation of the company “Agrivi”
On February 21, 2022, students visiting the Medvednica Nature Park Public Institution.
February 25, 2022 ZSEM Meet Up in Split
June 14, 2021 Philippe Godard, Corporate Operations Director of the Maistra Group: New Challenges and Strategies in the Tourism Sector in a Difficult Health Context & Informal meeting
September 6, 2021 Lana Balić Matijašević, CEO Careesma, Ilija Obradović, Capabilities & Insight Specialist at McKinsey & Company, Ante Đikić, Demand Supply Planner at Nestlé Austria, Patrick Rudat, CEO Kaufland: Career Speech & Informal meeting
Conferences: October 13, 2021 Julie Felker, PhD: Gender Differences in Leadership – Fact versus Fiction
June 9 and 26, 2020 – Milena Sakoman: HKO methodology and tools
July 3 and 13, 2020 – Milena Sakoman: Correct recording of learning outcomes according to HKO
March 3. and on March 22, 2021, Ph.D. Valentina Pirić held workshops on mentoring and evaluating students
From October 28 to 31, 2022, the finalists of the “ZSEM OPEN4BUSINESS” competition were on a study trip to Italy organized by ZŠEM in cooperation with H-FARM
In order to enable undergraduate and MBA students to do part of their professional practice at ZŠEM and thus acquire certain skills in the field of new technologies, a computer classroom was equipped with 30 laptops.
