Astrakhan State University Graduate Works at a Japanese Company

Within the framework of the agreement between Astrakhan State University and Japanese leading HR company Human Resocia, a programme for further employment of Astrakhan HEI graduates is being implemented. Under the programme, in March, three young men went to work in Tokyo, including Maxim Chudinov, a graduate of the Faculty of Digital Technologies and Cybersecurity.

IT students learnt about the programme from their Dean’s office. Learning about the recruiting, the young man decided to try his hand: he talked to Alina Savinova, the project leader and an associate professor of the Department of Asian Languages, and attended a meeting where Japanese Company’s representatives made their presentation. Right after the presentation, the representatives selected new programme participants. Under the selection, applicants were to have an interview and solve a programming problem of the Olympiad type within two hours.

Once the tasks are successfully completed, the Company and students sign a contract on further employment followed by a three-month intensive course of the Japanese language delivered by Alina Savinova.

Upon the selection procedure termination, in early March, Maxim Chudinov became one of the first to go for a traineeship to Japan and to start working at an IT HR agency.

The cooperation agreement, aimed at increasing the level of Astrakhan youth employment, was signed in the summer of 2019 during the visit of the Japanese representatives to Astrakhan.