05.10.2021

NEARLY 2,000 GRADUATES CAN START THEIR FIRST JOB UNDER THE “CAREER START” PROGRAM

Under the "Career Start" program, 1918 new jobs are announced. From October 4, 2021, young graduates with higher education can apply for jobs in 2022 in central departments and their territorial divisions in the country, the Employment Agency announced.

To participate in the “Career Start” program, applicants must be under the age of 29, not completed by October 29, 2021 inclusive, and have a higher education corresponding to that specified by the employer for the specific job. It is also required that the young people are registered with the labor office as unemployed or employed, job seekers, persons and do not have work experience in the acquired specialty of higher education.

This opportunity is realized by the Employment Agency according to the criteria and procedure for applying for the "Career Start" program approved by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy. Through the Program, unemployed young people who have completed their higher education can, within 12 months, gain their first work experience, as well as professional experience, skills and practice in the acquired education, with which to start their career development.

The announced jobs in the state institutions are on the territory of the whole country, as nearly 685 of them are in the city of Sofia, over 140 in Plovdiv and Varna, about 110 in Ruse and Burgas, between 20 and 65 in the other regional centers, and in settlements Near the regional centers, nearly 400 jobs have been created in the local offices of ministries and agencies.

About 150 positions in different cities of the country are offered by the Ministry of Interior, the Employment Agency, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry and others. The Ministry of Education, the National Revenue Agency, the Social Assistance Agency, the National Social Security Institute, the Customs Agency, and the Executive Agency for Fisheries and Aquaculture are also included in the Program with more than 50 jobs across the country as future employers of young graduates. Jobs under the Program have also been announced by the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria, 17 ministries, 38 state, national and executive agencies, national and state institutes and commissions.

The jobs requested by the public services are for professions in almost all areas of the higher education system. The majority of young people are law graduates (over 200), economics, finance and accounting (over 100 jobs), social activities (about 70), administration and management (over 50), informatics and computer science (over 50), architecture, construction and geodesy (over 40), etc. Most of the positions are without a requirement for a professional field or specialty of the completed higher education, which gives a chance to all young people meeting the other conditions of the Program to choose and apply for the 3 most preferred among them. However, almost all employers have stated that applicants need to have an appropriate level of computer skills, and about 300 positions require specific foreign language competencies. There are also jobs (also over 300) for young people who do not have or cannot demonstrate digital or foreign language skills.

Applicants can submit their application documents for jobs throughout the country until October 29, 2021, including at the labor office where they are registered as employed or unemployed job seekers, or electronically through the form published on the website of the Employment Agency.

We recommend that young people before applying to get acquainted with the full list of advertised jobs in the procedure, procedure, conditions and necessary documents for application, which are published on the official website of the Employment Agency in the section "Career Start Program".

The same documents can be found on the information boards in all labor offices in the country, where applicants will receive the necessary assistance to apply, participate in an interview, support for territorial and/or professional mobility and other additional services, according to the Employment Agency.