Over 600 Kazakh applicants took part in "My Profession"

On March 24, 2018  IV Republican Youth Conference «My profession» took place at Almaty Management University .

The conference was attended by over 600 participants from all regions of Kazakhstan. More than 20 leading specialists and heads of organizations conducted trainings and master classes for participants: 15 sections on specialties and 5 sections on entrepreneurship.

Republican Youth Conference "My Profession" is a platform where anyone can learn detailed information about the specialties from the first hands - teachers, professionals and top managers of companies. Speakers told everything about their profession: from past career growth to future opportunities, and also answered applicants’ questions. "My profession" is not just a conference, it's a big event for the whole university and a real festival for future students.

How it was. The conference program began with the registration of participants, where visitors received a folder with branded information sets. After registration they were involved in the entertainment program: professional photography on the background of the festive photo zone, instant photo printing with bleached photos, Dance Battle, team games with gifts, a tour round the campus, branded body art and DJ musical accompaniment.

Then the official opening ceremony of the event took place."Hunters" agitation team of AlmaU came on the stage with the flag of the university and sang the hymn of Almaty Management University.

Welcoming speech and presentation was made by the rector of the university Gulmira Kurganbaeva.

Speakers. After the gala opening ceremony of the conference, trainings and master classes from experts began. Speakers in detail told the participants about the following specialties:

• "Management", "Marketing" - Elena Protsenko, managing partner for communications of "SPC" ID-Group" LLP
• "Accounting and Auditing" - Mukhit Kosayev, partner of Audit Service Department, “KPMG Audit” LLP
• "Economics" - Rinat Taltusov, Managing Director of JSC "Zhilstroysberbank"
• "Regional Studies" - Vlastimil Samek, representative of United Nations Department of Public Information
• "Public relations" - Natalia Eskova, Head of Kcell Communications Department
• "Evaluation" - Tatiana Gish, General Director of BT Kazakhstan Valuation & Consulting
• "State and Local Administration" - Aidar Saparov, Head of Department of Foreign Economic Activity of Department of Entrepreneurship and Industrial-Innovative Development of Almaty
• "Information Systems" - Andrei Andreev, expert on Microsoft software development technologies
• "Restaurant and hotel business" - Marina Kushnerova, director of Aurora Café / Aurora Space; Nazym Baigozhaeva, Head of Accommodation office of Management Department of hotel rooms and work with visitors; Shyngys Mukhametzhanov, head of department for serving bars, restaurants and rooms of Department of Nutrition and Beverages
• "Finance" - Yerzhan Eshtaev, director of Almaty branch of Kazkommertsbank
• "Jurisprudence" - Zhanna Urazbakhova, lawyer of Almaty City Bar Association
• "Big Data" - Rashid Dyusembayev, consultant on corporate startup programs. Head of C-Lab at Astana Hub.
• "Software Engineering" - Gulnar Zagitova, Director of “SAGRAD” LLP

As AlmaU is an entrepreneurial university, there were also speeches on entrepreneurship:

• "IT-business: history of Choco Family", Ramil Mukhoryapov, CEO of Choco Family Holding

• "IT-entrepreneurship: history of Nommi", Alena Tkachenko, Co-Founder & CEO of Nommi

• "How I became an entrepreneur: success story of Imperial Real Estate", Alexander Bely, owner of Imperial Real Estate

• "Educational start-ups: fashion trend or serious business. History of “Upgrade Group”, Ablai Yusupov, General Director of Upgrade Group LLP

• "Double life: how to combine entrepreneurial activity and hired work", Sanzhar Myrzagalym

Gala closing ceremony. After a busy day, there was a gala closing ceremony of the conference. A lottery of brand gifts and sponsorship certificates was held. The presenter of the conference also awarded the winners of publication on the hashtag #MyProfession2018. Prizewinners received a certificate for a free professional photo shoot. At the end of the program there was a dynamic flashmob for conference participants from Zumba-instructor, organizer and participant of annual ZUMBA-marathon - Paul Lepre.

IV Republican conference "My profession" was supported by the following companies: Microsoft, BT Kazakhstan Valuation&Consulting, Kcell, Almaty City Bar Association, Department of Entrepreneurship and Industrial and Innovative Development of Almaty, representative office of United Nations Department of Public Information in Almaty, JSC Zhilstroysberbank, “KPMG Audit” LLP, "SPC" ID-Group" LLP, Aurora Café/Aurora Space, C-Lab, Almaty branch of " Kazkommertsbank", Choco Family Holding,  «SAGRAD» LLP, Nommi, Imperial Real Estate, "Upgrade Group" LLP, Barber Shop "Bravy", Fitness Empire, Bosstan Gym, Time Café , DanaKD photostudio.