FINAL REPORT - USAID Macedonia

MCP team organized four e-Career fairs in FY 2010 and 2011. Each included a 30-hour live program, 30 chat
sessions and four job interview simulations. Companies also hosted virtual “stands” with presentations, videos
and pictures about the company. More than 300 companies took part in the e-career fair initiative, during which
over 5,000 visited the MyCareer site, and over 170 students applied to active job/internship postings.
Support to Universities and Development of Career Centers
MCP intertwined internship and job placement activities with efforts to enhance career development capacities
in Macedonia by raising the capacity of career development centers in interested schools and universities. In
December 2009, MCP engaged Randy Powell, a recognized career development expert, to visit Macedonia and
meet with university officials, HR Associations and large companies to
discuss the “blueprint” of a career development center, how to establish a
functional career centers and how to incorporate career management into
academic curricula. Mr. Powell’s main recommendation was that a
centralized career center be established in Skopje, primarily as a web
portal with central technical support. This could be economical for
universities, as career center would not have to establish their own
website and databases.
Due to MCP efforts, the concept of career development within
universities is gaining traction within Macedonia. Bitola University
established a career center to serve its students, and University American
“Participating in the e‐Career fair
allowed us to communicate with
student all over the country, thus
allowing us to be even closer to
future employees and the talented
workforce that our company has a
need for.”
Iskra Trajkovska
HR Manager at software developer
Nextsense
College of Skopje has embedded CV and communication training into the curriculum that allows getting credits
accordingly.
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