Contents

Introduction

1. The situation on the labour market
1.1. General tendencies on the labour market
1.2. Characteristics of the labour market of Vojvodina
1.3. The employers’ expectations towards young graduates in Vojvodina

2. The preparation for finding employment
2.1. The importance of preparation for finding a job
2.2. The identification of our personality traits important for employment – self-knowledge, self-confidence, willpower
2.3. The determination of the ideal job for ourselves
2.4. The knowledge of our area of specialty
2.5. The knowledge of companies – potential employers
2.6. Alternative working arrangements
2.7. Employers’ recruitment and selection techniques

3. Finding employment opportunities – job search
3.1. Advertisements
3.2. The role of the National Employment Service
3.3. The role of employment agencies and temp-agencies
3.4. Job fairs and college recruitment
3.5. The role of headhunter agencies
3.6. NGOs and non-profit organizations helping the employment of young graduates
3.7. Advantages and disadvantages of online recruitment
3.8. Personal contacts and the role of social capital in the process of finding an employment
2.9. The development of strategy for finding employment

4. The CV and motivational letter
4.1. The CV – Curriculum vitae
4.2. The motivational letter

5. The interview
1.1. The aim of the interview
1.2. The various types of a job interview
1.3. The preparation for the interview
1.4. The flow of the interview
1.5. What is to be done after the interview?

6. Career development
6.1. The process of orientation
6.2. Career stages
6.3. The criteria for changing the job

7. The legal status of employees according to effective labor law
regulations in Serbia, with special consideration of the institution of
the employment contract (author: Attila Dudás LL.M.)
7.1. About labour law in general
7.2. The concept of employment contract
7.3. The duration of employment relation and the institution of probation
7.4. Working hours
7.5. Compensations, salary, incentives, benefits and other rewards to employees
7.6. Rest-time, holidays, paid and unpaid leave, intermission of the employment relation
7.7. The basic obligations of employees
7.8. The termination of employment relation
7.9. The social role of labour law and social security system
7.10. Tax and social security contribution allowances for employing special categories of unemployed people

8. Employment in the European Union

Appendix
Review
Self-knowledge test 1.
Self-knowledge test 1.
Common questions on the interview
Glossary to finding an employment
Directory to finding an employment in Vojvodina

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