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The first panel will be attended by experts from the labor market, incl. Piotr Voelkel – owner of the VOX capital group, dr Kazimierz Sedlak – director of Sedlak & Sedlak, Małgorzata Augustyniak – vice-president of the management board of AMS SA, Agnieszka Szefler – vice-president of the management board of the Polish Association of Human Resources Management and Małgorzata Tłuchowska – HR director in Central and Eastern Europe, member of the management board Wolters Kluwer Polska.
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They will present, among others their experiences in working with humanists and will tell about their chances on the labor market and the directions of development they should follow in order to be successful. – It is possible that young humanists themselves do not know what they can be useful in. It is very important to make them aware of it during their studies – says Piotr Voelkel.
Graduates of humanities and social studies in recent years have not had a good press, so the aim of the debate is to show them real opportunities on the labor market and to convince them of the possibility of achieving success. – Humanists have a better chance on the labor market because they have universal education and can work in many general professions. On the other hand, people with technical education have a strictly defined professional profile and therefore have less opportunities to adapt to changes taking place on the labor market – explains Dr. Kazimierz Sedlak.
– Humanists can be valuable employees due to the fact that humanities studies develop social, soft, linguistic and interpersonal competences, i.e. all those that are so highly valued on the labor market – says Agnieszka Szefler. – They bring to the team openness to changes, a different perspective, taking into account the relational and psychological aspect. Their empathetic attitude allows you to get to know the motivations of others faster and reach a compromise in difficult situations – adds Małgorzata Augustyniak.
Trends in the labor market indicate the risk that soon the supply of science graduates may exceed the demand for them. There may also be a problem with a sufficient number of graduates in the humanities and social sciences. However, as experts say, it must be remembered that the most effective are interdisciplinary teams, which consist of both scientific and humanistic minds.
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– I represent a company where 70% of employees are humanists. Their creativity and knowledge meet the qualifications of IT specialists who transform their ideas into an electronic form that is easy to digest and search. The most important thing is cooperation between these two worlds. IT specialists create tools, and humanists fill them with content. Without the other, they would not be able to create added value for customers – sums up Małgorzata Tłuchowska.
Students and graduates of humanities and social sciences will participate in the academic part of the debate. They will share with the audience their experiences from studies, thanks to which they manage to achieve professional success. They will tell, among others about how to study these faculties in order to achieve these successes, what competences acquired during their studies are useful for them at work and how looking for a job looks like from the point of view of a graduate of humanities and social studies. They will also answer questions from the audience.
This part of the debate will be attended by:
Olga Górnicka – a graduate of psychology at SWPS with specialization in human-computer interaction. She carried out research on designing services for one of the largest mobile telephony operators in the country. Currently, he works for Artegence, one of the leading creative agencies on the Polish market. As part of her master’s thesis, she created a software prototype that is to allow the blind to learn without a guide in buildings. Justyna Politańska – a graduate of political science at the University of Warsaw. Co-founder and president of the newly created Global Entrepreneurship Week Foundation.
Dominika Klichowicz, a law graduate from the Lazarski University, will also take part in the debate. She started her professional career in 2005, becoming involved in the development of one of the leading British recruitment companies on the Polish market, Adrian Morawiak – fifth-year student of social psychology at SWPS in Warsaw. Winner of the “Diamond Grant” competition, thanks to which he received 186,000 from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. PLN to conduct own research to check how the time perspective affects the quality of life and plans of young people and seniors.
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The debate is addressed mainly to high school graduates, as well as students and graduates who want to constantly learn and develop. To participate in the debate, please send your application to [email protected]. The number of seats in the audience is limited.
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