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Career Fair 2025!!!

April 22, 2025

On April 18, 2025, the AUCA Career Development Center successfully held the AUCA Career Fair 2025, bringing together students, alumni, employers, and partners for a day full of networking, exploration, and new opportunities.

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The event officially began with welcoming remarks from AUCA President Timothy O'Connor, who greeted the guests and expressed appreciation to everyone who helped organize the fair.

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Following the president, Bermet Tursunkulova, Director of the Development Office, addressed the audience and shared an important note: this year, the Career Development Center secured $16,500 in sponsorship funding, a new milestone for the university. The remaining funds from organizing the Career Fair, totaling approximately $11,000, will be redirected to the Alumni Scholarship Fund to provide scholarships for students. She expressed her gratitude to Ulukbek Visid uulu, Career Development Officer, for his dedication and contribution to reaching this achievement.

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The fair featured various interactive and engaging activities to help students gain real-world experience and connect with potential employers. Apart from networking opportunities, there were also competitive activities such as:

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• Networking Contest 鈥� Students challenged themselves in realistic sales scenarios, demonstrating communication and negotiation skills.
• Speed Dating Contest 鈥� A dynamic activity where students can meet AUCA alumni and professionals, exchange ideas, and build meaningful connections.
• Interactive Sponsor Games鈥擲ponsors organized fun and challenging games that gave participants a chance to win exciting prizes while showcasing their creativity and problem-solving abilities.

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This year the contest prize pool is over $2,000 in Prizes Up for Grabs! Throughout the day, students visited company booths set up on campus, where they learned about different industries, internship and job opportunities, and company cultures.

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During the Career Fair Week a two-day Career Master Class led by听 Nargiza Abdubalieva (BA鈥�13) engaged 32 participants. Guest lectures by AUCA Development Officer Altynai Toktosun kyzy (ICP鈥�13) and data analyst at Artsight (US-based startup) Mirbek Toktogaraev ??? attracted 50 attendees. We also thank our speed dating alumni-mentors: Akjibek Beishebaeva (JOUR鈥�12), Adinay Kasymbekova (ES鈥�14), Farukh Farkhatov (SFW鈥�24) and partner organization representatives Almaz Chanachev (Head of EPAM Systems鈥� Office in Kyrgyzstan) and Dastan Asylbekov (Executive at chANGELS). The Career Fair itself welcomed around 500 participants.

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In total 27 AUCA alumni participated as mentors and representatives of partner organizations. The Career Development Center continues to foster strong connections between alumni and students.

A strong group of sponsors and partners supported this year's fair, making the event more impactful than ever.

Main Sponsor:

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Sponsors:

Beeline听听()

Mbank听听()

Coca-Cola听听()

JTI听听()

Kulikov听听()

Umai Group听听()

Forester听.kgz ()

Demir Bank听听()

Central Asia Capital听听()

Bakai Bank听.kg ()

Nice Kyrgyzstan听听()

GEEKS听听()

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Partners:

OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek听听()

UNHCR听听()

Aga-Khan Foundation听.foundation ()

Red Crescent Society Kyrgyzstan听.kg ()

TSARKA tsarka_kg

Nur Telecom听听()

M-Vector听听()

E&Y听听()

EPAM听.kyrgyzstan ()

KYO Health

Ilbirs Foundation听.foundation ()

MakeNova听.pro ()

Global Compass听.official ()

Kyrgyz Concept听听()

National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic听听()

Avicenna听听()

Thank you to all who participated in Career Fair 2025鈥攎ay opportunity, connection, and development be with you!

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