in Russia as of 2019). About 40 % of SVE graduates work outside their profession, mainly choosing jobs that do not require special education. Young people from this group feel less confident in the labor market, with little opportunity to "see the profession from the inside" and to see what suits them best. My Career project addresses the issue of the lack of preparation for the start of professional activity.

PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:

1. Vocational guidance, improvement of employment skills and career development for the graduates of primary and secondary vocational education institutions with the aim of realizing the abilities of young people from vulnerable groups, improving the competitiveness of human capital.

2. Improving the quality of life for graduates of primary and secondary vocational education institutions from vulnerable groups, as well as their family members.

3. Developing the practices of vocational guidance and additional career education systems for primary and secondary vocational education graduates.

METHODS USED TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM

• Two-day training sessions for teachers and staff of the SVE institutions on the use of My Career online platform.

• Deployment of My Career online platform, enabling vocational guidance and development of employment skills for vulnerable youth at SVE institutions. Organization and support of training for vulnerable youth on My Career platform, with special modules for young people with disabilities. Conducting two online workshops (webinars on two topics built into the training course on the platform) and 10 face-to-face ones and/or consultations by experts and representatives of employers for students on the My Career platform.

• Selecting at least 20 most active students for My Career Journey peer mentor training.

• A 5-day My Career Journey training program.

• Cooperation with regional employers and HR departments, Center for Promotion of Graduate Employment, strengthening interdepartmental cooperation between all stakeholders.

• Organizing and supporting training for vulnerable groups of youth on My Career platform, with a special "Starting Your Own Business" module, and other courses. Organizing internships and tours of production facilities and companies for project participants.

• Organizing support/mentoring for graduates with disabilities and people of other vulnerable categories: locating a mentor, organizing meetings and workshops, special events (preparing an individual plan, job search, support during interviews).

• Organizing supported employment for vulnerable groups of graduates, monitoring and support for workplace retention.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AWARDS

2nd place in the "Leaders of corporate philanthropy" competition (2016), the project is the winner of the Presidential Grants Fund competition (2018), the competition of the Public Relations Committee of Moscow, a finalist of the competition "Testing Pilot Projects of Social Impact in Supported Employment, Development of the Monitoring and Evaluation of Socially-Oriented Non-Profit Supported Employment Organizations under the Government Decree No. 1491 of 21 November 2019 "On the Organization of Trials of Social Impact Projects by the Constituent Units of the Russian Federation in 2019–2024"

FUNDS RAISED IN 2021

11.7 million rubles

WHAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR

• More than 90 educators received training with My Career online tool. 3,200 young people from six regions registered on My Career platform; almost 1,035 completed all training courses and prepared a high-quality resume; of these, more than 250 gained experience of temporary or regular employment, more than 340 people participated in internships at hotels, banks, manufacturing companies and small businesses;

• For 80 adolescents with disabilities, the training program was adapted — using the platform under the guidance of supervisors, including active college students. The participants learned not only the basic employment skills, but also the safe job search rules, which is very important for this category; 148 vulnerable teenagers were trained on the "Starting Your Own Business" platform module;

• 600 high school and college students from 6 Russian regions (City of St. Petersburg and Leningrad, Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod, Sverdlovsk and Moscow regions) attended two online lectures on successful career building and job search, held together with representatives of large businesses — Schneider Electric, Caterpillar and SVEZA.

DIRECT RESULTS FOR 2021

A survey of project participants trained on My Career platform showed the following results: 80.7 % of the respondents made a choice of their future profession;

75.2 % reported a significant improvement in communication, presentation, and resume writing skills;

44 % of the respondents said the platform helped them shape their plans for the future;

46 % of the respondents believe it is currently possible to find employment in their chosen profession or in the field of work that is attractive to them;

45.9 % of the participants reported increased confidence in achieving their goals after completing the training on My Career platform;

40.4 % realized that more knowledge and skills were needed;

38.5 % gained job search skills.

ASSESSMENT OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EFFECTIVENESS

The final estimated benefit with an expected investment of 5.5 million rubles is 1 to 4.5 (1 ruble of investment will generate a total of 4.5 rubles of benefit for the society). Over the span of three years, cumulative effect will reach 107.8 million rubles. Over the span of 15 years, cumulative effect will reach 591.9 million rubles. The effect for the state in the first year of the project will be 7.7 million rubles, in 3 years after the end of the project — 28.8 million rubles, in 10 years — 88.1 million rubles. Key government stakeholders in the project are the bodies responsible for employment (Ministries of Economic Development, Ministries of Labor). Secondary stakeholders are regional authorities responsible for education and the development of the SVE system.

Rabota-i

An Employment Center for Orphanage Graduates and Young People with Disabilities

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Rabota-i is a social project that helps orphanage and correctional school graduates and young people with disabilities acquire their first long-term work experience.

PROBLEM ADDRESSED

We are developing a comprehensive solution to the problem of social adaptation and employment of young people with low start-up opportunities. Young