1. CONCEPT FOR INNOVATIVE
E-EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
“Innovative e-Employment Services”
Work meeting of librarians and representatives of EA units in the northwest region
24 October 2012, District Library, Vratsa
Tashka Gabrovska, Consultant

2. Why e-employment through
public libraries?
 Develop innovative services to modernize libraries
and better address the needs of local communities
 Unemployment and underemployment are a
problem for the whole country – the library
network with its new capacities constitutes a good
approach
 Partnership with the Employment Agency and its
local units across the country

3. What is our goal?
Expand employment services provided by libraries based on
ICT use and partnership with the EA
 Assist job seekers or support own business opportunities to achieve
employment
 Enhance the provision of information about job opportunities to the
population in remote and isolated regions
 Develop and implement innovative for Bulgarian libraries e-employment
services
 Enhance target libraries’ capacity to provide innovative e-services, in
particular in the area of employment
Indirect benefits:
 Libraries – even more valuable to the local population
 New services = more attractive places

4. Target Groups of e-Employment Services
 Unemployed people (including long-term
unemployed, youth, senior people aged 55+, etc.)
 Employed active job seekers
 People willing to be self-employed or start their
own business
Communities with target libraries: access to new
services and direct information

5. e-Employment Services: Package 1
EA Information Resources
 Information about job vacancies:
 in the region, district, neighboring districts (from the EODs)
 other, published directly on the EA website
 in government and local administration structures
 information and referral to registered intermediary companies
for job vacancies in Bulgaria and abroad
 publishing online job search ads
 information, referral and application for job vacancies abroad
– the EURES portal (http://www.az.government.bg/eures/ or
http://ec.europa.eu/eures) – 1,247,910 ads as at 23 October 2012
 Support for involvement in employment programs and
measures:
 as per the Employment Promotion Act
 employment programs and projects funded by European and other
international funds (e.g. Human Resources Development OP)

6. e-Employment Services: Package 2
Need of further development, enhancing libraries’ capacity and
partnership
 Information about international summer jobs and internships
for young people
 Build on the computer literacy training with the online job
search module
 Motivation job search training for long-term unemployed
people
 Preparation of various formats of motivation letters and CVs,
etc.
 Group training – job interviews (practical training)
 Job search consultations – communication with potential
employers and preparation for job interviews
 Preparation for job interviews online (one specialist provide
consultations on specific day(s)) ???
 Referral to training and retraining for unemployed and
employed people

7. e-Employment Services: Package 3
Services for employers and self-employment purposes
 Are they needed?
 Is it possible that libraries provide them?
 What services are needed+suitable+feasible?
To be further developed…

8. Concept for Innovative e-Employment
Services
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Tashka Gabrovska
e-Employment Consultant
Sofia, mobile phone: 0894618880
E-mail: tgabrovska@glbulgaria.net