Job counseling centre for youth opens in Yerevan
YEREVAN, November 18. /ARKA/. Armenia’s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs opened today a job counseling center in Yerevan. The opening of the center was part of the WB program for social welfare reforms.
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and RA Minister of Labor Arsen Hambardzumyan participated in the opening of the centre.
The labor minister said the reason for growing unemployment is the supply-demand imbalance. “Our task is to train specialists who will easily find their place in the labor market,” Hambardzumyan, underlining the problem of youth unemployment.
“The center’s mission is to predict the labor market trends and guide senior students in choosing their future profession,” the minister said.
Director of the counselling center Haykuhi Gevorgyan said the specialists of the center offer group consultations, including presentations, games and demonstrations, as well as individual consultations and tests helping to choose the right profession. The future specialists can also use the large resource center and a database. The services of the center are free of charge. Z. Sh. –0--