On December 27, 2019, within the Project RESTART (nr. 585353-EPP-1-2017-1-RO-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP, Reinforce entrepreneurial and digital skills of students and teachers to enhance the modernization of higher education in MOLDOVA), the members of the implementation team organized the 4th Career Orientation Session. This event had as a generic: SUCCES career in the financial-banking field.

As part of this event, the 1st year master’s students, from the specialty of Entrepreneurship and Business Administration, were acquainted with the activity of the Cahul branch of “Mikro Kapital Moldova”, which is a microfinance company with 100% foreign capital, which is part of the international group of companies “Mikro Kapital”. Mikro Kapital invests and lends to financial institutions, specialized in financing small and medium-sized enterprises in CIS and Western Europe. Currently, the Mikro Kapital Group of companies operates in the financial markets of Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia Romania and Italy. Mikro Kapital is a Partner of the Italian State Agency for Microcredit under the patronage of the Italian Presidency. “Mikro Kapital” has as object of activity the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as of individuals from the territory of the Republic of Moldova. It is a company that was founded in 2013.

The manager of the Cahul branch, Mr. Dima Artur spoke to the masters about the main skills and abilities that a graduate must possess at the time of employment, as well as about the particularities of the micro-financing sector and the specific skills that the potential employee must demonstrate.

Also, the masters together with the representatives of the business environment discussed the problems related to the competitiveness of the young specialists in the labor market, the successful employment, the development and the professional growth. The conclusions and proposals made during the discussions will be materialized in the Career Guidance Plans of ten master’s degrees in the specialty of Entrepreneurship and Business Administration.