Hey everyone, I’m Rezija Egmane, and I’m currently volunteering in “Impact Hub” Liepāja in project “Your Future Profession” as a part of the Interreg Volunteer Youth (IVY) program. My experience is taking place in Liepāja, Latvija – a city near the beach, with beautiful views and people with energy!
“Your Future Profession” runs for 6 months and 40 young people (18 to 25 y.o.) from Sweden and Latvia get the opportunity to promote the competitiveness and development of innovation abilities, purposefulness, leadership skills, as well as self-determination. Activities during the project are meant to increase the number of youth employment.
Project is and will provide the opportunity of being acquainted with at least 3 employers (networking and dialogues between counterparts of the labor market), and possibly becoming an employee or a start-up founder.
During the months of the project (from November to April) participants have the opportunity to work with career consultants, mentors, determine your desired future profession, determine personality types, improve your CV, and communication skills. In addition to all of this, participants choose either to start your own entrepreneurial journey or become an active job seeker. The best thing – they have the opportunity to try out different professions by having internships. The most active participants will have the opportunity to go on an international internship exchange!
Overall this project helps participants “try on” different professions, career paths for their future, works on their leadership, development, experience, motivation and work towards their career goals.
As a part of my role, I’m working on the marketing and communication with participants and speakers of the “Your Future Profession” project”. I’m helping organizing events, coordinate internships and work with participants. By working with these tasks I’m building my confidence in communication and in event organizing in which I had very little experience but had the drive to develop it.
Being in the project “Your Future Profession” I love seeing and working with youth that have different values for life and know that they want more and work on it. It gives incredible inspiration to focus even more on this project and what it gives. I’m amazed with supportive partners and teamwork with each other. Each masterclass and internship is a step closer to reducing unemployment and new startups to improve employment and economy in Latvia, Sweeden and the whole Europe.
– Rezija, IVY Project Partner at Impact Hub, for the Interreg project Your Future Profession, under the programme Interreg Central Baltic.
