Students can receive job offers even before graduation.

The experience of conducting competitions for solving engineering cases – The International CASE-IN Championship at the Northeastern Federal University, he showed that participants have a great chance to establish themselves, be remembered by potential employers, and even receive job offers before graduation. This is noted by the organizers of the CASE-IN, which ended in Yakutsk on April 4.

One of the objectives of the championship is to train specialists who can offer non–standard solutions. To do this, representatives of large enterprises who work with students on thematic platforms in specific situations take part in the competitions every year. Experts assess the possibility of introducing and successfully implementing student projects in production.

For the second year, representatives of the international mining company Polymetal, one of the top 20 gold producers in the world and the top 5 silver producers in the world with assets in Russia and Kazakhstan, have been working at CASE-IN. Denis Safransky, head of the Production and Technical Department of the Yakutsk branch of Polymetal Management Company, an expert in the Mining section, believes that "for future professionals, this approach is valuable not only for the accumulation of basic skills: practice gives confidence, expands professional curiosity and motivation, and most importantly, a vision of their specific contribution to the common cause."  

"In addition to solving production problems, Polymetal pays special attention to environmental issues and minimizing environmental impacts. Only qualified personnel can respond to all these and other emerging challenges," he says. – I would like young people to feel the full depth and scope of the tasks ahead, to understand the approach of rational subsoil use and to see their personal role and area of responsibility. We are interested in having the best of the best come to us. We already have the first example of positive cooperation: a representative of last year's winning team completed an internship at the Prognoz field, proved herself well and was invited to work. Currently, Kira Olenova, a 5th-year student, is already a full-time Polymetal geologist at the stage of her graduation project.  

"The case-in gave me a good start, I managed to get into a production internship at an advanced company. During her pre-graduate internship, thanks to the mentoring of specialists from Polymetal's geological surveying service, she gained invaluable experience in conducting geological exploration. Currently, I have worked my first shift as a geologist technician at the Forecast site in the Verkhoyansky district, I am full of positive impressions, I want to develop and grow further," Kira Olenova shared her experience.

Source: NEFU