12/04/2011
6th Postgraduate Forum
The 6th Postgraduate Forum was held on 31 March 2011 at the TITAN plant in Nea Efkarpia, Thessaloniki. This year’s event was attended by 115 students from postgraduate programmes at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the University of Macedonia, the International University of Thessaloniki, Anatolia College and New York College.
The theme of the event was “Judgment in the crisis: Qualifications and opportunities leading to a better career choice.” The students had the chance to exchange views with the guest speakers and representatives of the business community: Yiannis Anagnostou, Director of the TITAN plant in Bulgaria, Yiannis Arabatzis, Managing Director and co-founder of NanoPhos S.A., Alexandros Tzadimas, Assistant General Director of Human Resources at EFG Eurobank Ergasias SA, and Stefanos Tziritis, Chairman and Managing Director of ISOMAT SA. Each of the speakers shared with the students his experience of his own particular field.
The proceedings were coordinated by Mr. Axarloglou, Assistant Professor at the Democritus University of Thrace.
The topics discussed included experiences of managers in the Greek and foreign labour markets, as well as alternative careers here and abroad. It was clear from the discussion that young people are extremely worried by the current economic crisis and very uncertain about their professional futures.
The students took a keen interest in the proceedings, especially the second part of the programme, a self-knowledge exercise in which they took a psychometric text to identify the personality traits on which their professional success will be built.