Welcome to the Career Guidance Center

Dear visitors, we warmly welcome you!
You are currently in the Career Guidance Center section of the official website of Gyumri  Craftsman State School No. 4.
This section of the website provides all visitors with the opportunity to learn about the activities implemented and organized by the Center at the school. These include events, seminars, round-table discussions, meetings, non-formal training sessions, job fairs, visits, mentoring programs, and more. All these initiatives aim to support individuals of different age groups and in various social and work-related situations in making effective career choices, considering career changes, and ensuring continuous professional development throughout their lives.
The functions of the center are carried out taking into account the personal characteristics of the person, as well as the changing situation of labor market demand.
We are confident that this section opened on the website will contribute to strengthening the connection between the center and students; it will itself promote the institutionalization and development of the system of professional orientation and career services.

Head of the Career Guidance Center: Kima Kharagyozyan
 

The goal of the Career Guidance Center is:

to enhance the competitiveness of students and graduates in the labor market by providing career-related information, counseling, and guidance, as well as by developing their career planning skills. The Center supports individuals in identifying employment opportunities in their chosen professions.

Functions of the Center:

• Providing students with personalized career information, counseling, and guidance services;
• Identifying students' personal qualities, preferences, and abilities as needed, and developing individualized plans;
• Collecting and sharing information with students on continuing and additional education, training, priority sectors of the economy, labor market analyses and forecasts (local, regional, national, and international), as well as employment trends by profession;
• Offering group and individual services to help students enter the labor market, develop career planning and management skills, including employability, entrepreneurship, and other key competencies;
• Organizing and informing students about active events such as seminars, workshops, discussions, open classes, mentoring programs, non-formal training courses, fairs, and exhibitions;
• Involving social partners—employers, trade unions, and successful graduates—in organizing career counseling for students;
• Collecting and disseminating announcements about job vacancies, volunteer opportunities, and community service work to students;
• Referring job-seeking students to the Territorial Centers of the State Employment Agency (SEA) to help them benefit from public employment programs.

Administrative Operations:

• Planning and managing the activities of the division;
• Developing feedback mechanisms, notifications, and efficient communication strategies with students and graduates;
• Maintaining constant communication with other divisions of the institution, lecturers, and relevant staff members;
• Preparing reports, recording and periodically updating data on students and graduates, etc.;
• Ensuring internal and external communication, including providing information about the division, its activities, and results to students and the wider public.