Career Week EFRI (from November 6th to 10th)
The Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Rijeka, together with the EFRI Career Center, is organizing the Career Week from November 6 to 10, 2023.
For the sixth time, representatives of small and large businesses, associations, local government bodies, and other organizations will have the opportunity to present themselves to our students, highlight career opportunities, and deliver lectures on topics relevant to the field of economics.
As part of the accompanying program, students will have the opportunity to attend two additional lectures and participate in a study visit.
Monday - 6 November 2023
| Time | Course Instructor | Company | Lecture | Classroom | Profesor | Course |
| 8:15 | Jelena Brandelek | Selectio Grupa | The strategic role of HR shaped by the Employer Partner certificate | 4 | Zoran Ježić, PhD, Full Professor | International Human Resources Management |
| 8:15 | Tomislava Špirelja | Poliklinika Amruševa d.o.o., Abanico d.o.o, Kamp Bunja do.o. | Women in business | 9 | Dunja Škalamera-Alilović, PhD, Associate Professor | Basics of Economics |
| 9:00 | Ivan Mužić | HNB, Sektor modeliranja | Forecasting demand for tourist accommodation | Computer room 3 | Vinko Zaninović, PhD, Associate Professor | Basics of Econometrics |
| 10:00 | Mate Jelić | Erste Bank d.d. | Assessing inflation – why it’s so hard to tame | 2 | Nela Vlahinić, PhD, Full Professor | Macroeconomics |
| 10:15 | Đivo
Pulitika i Maja Meničanin |
Interkapital d.d. | How to use ETFs to take advantage of trends in global financial markets? | 3 | Bojana Olgić Draženović, PhD, Full Professor | Management of Institutional Investors |
| 12:00 | Ivan Roje | Aestus d.o.o. | Entrepreneurship as a profession: Stories and advice from first-hand experience | 9 | Nikolina Dukić Samaržija, PhD, Associate Professor | Basics of Economics |
| 12:15 | Denis Fudurić | InterFinance d.o.o. | International capital markets | 3 | Bojana Olgić Draženović, PhD, Full Professor | International Financial Markets |
| 12:30 | Tomislav Živković | Lifelong learning as a comparative advantage in a career | Reading room | Davor
Vašiček, PhD, Full Professor Ana Marija Sikirić Simčić, PhD, Assistant Professor |
Accounting for Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises | |
| 16:00 | Viktor Doelfler | University of Strathclyde | What every manager should know about AI? | online: meet.google.com/gdc-wbsy-iwq | Nataša Rupčić, PhD, Full Professor | Management |
| Time | Course Instructor | Company | Lecture | Classroom | Profesor | Course |
| 8:30 | Dean Matić | Infosit | INFOSIT CSR – Affect Your Business | 2 | Dejan Miljenović, PhD, Associate Professor | Corporate Social Responsibility |
| 9:00 | Ognjen Antunac | Rethinking organization in times of uncertainty | 8 | Marija
Kaštelan Mrak, PhD, Full Professor Nenad Vretenar, PhD, Full Professor |
Theory of Organization, Business Mergers and Acquisitions | |
| 10:15 | August Marčan | UBS | My Journey to a Career in Investment Banking – Career Paths and Options in IB | 2 | Dunja Škalamera-Alilović, PhD, Associate Professor | Principles of Economics |
| 12:15 | Nataša Ćurić Martinčević | Samostalni konzultant | Corporate governance in practice | 8 | Marija
Kaštelan Mrak, PhD, Full Professor Danijela Sokolić, PhD, Full Professor |
Corporate Governance |
| 12:15 | Martina First | Beling d.o.o. | Career change – when, how, and why? | 1 | Nikolina Dukić Samaržija, PhD, Associate Professor | Basics of Economics |
| 12:30 | Tomislav Jeletić | Istarska kreditna banka, direktor računovodstva i logistike | New challenges in banking | 10 | Saša Žiković, PhD, Full Professor | Banking and Financial Operations |
| 12:45 | Željko
Marković i Adrijana Derossi |
Hrvatski zavod za zapošljavanje | Unemployment and how we influence it | 9 | Nela
Vlahinić, PhD, Full Professor Vesna Buterin, PhD, Associate Professor |
Macroeconomics |
| 14:15 | Antonella Juranić i Doris Brčinović | Rakhia Bar | Franchise business model | 6 | Tomislav Galović, PhD, Full Professor | International Business |
| 14:15 | Aleks Buvač | Prospekt d.o.o. | Breaking traditional barriers: How to build a career from "I don’t know what I want, but I know what I don’t want” | 1 | Nikolina Dukić Samaržija, PhD, Associate Professor | Basics of Economics |
| 15:15 | Karla Katalenac | JGL d.d. | Controlling at JGL | Anex Hall | Antonija Petrlić, PhD, Assistant Professor | Controlling |
| 15:30 | Sie Loon Hoe | Singapore Management University | Digital transformation – Strategy, Execution, and Technology | online: meet.google.com/frv-dxkm-wdy | Nataša Rupčić, PhD, Full Professor | Management |
| 16:00 | Biljana Manojlović | RBC Wealth Management | Career in the Canadian financial sector | Reading room | Dunja Škalamera-Alilović, PhD, Associate Professor | International Business Environment |
| 18:00 | Toni Brkić | Croatia sailing Acafemy - skiperska akademija | Career development opportunities in nautical tourism | 6 | Helga Pavlić Skender, PhD, Full Professor Petra Adelajda Zaninović, PhD, Assistant Professor |
Economics of Transport and Maritime Affairs |
Wednesday - 8 November 2023
| Time | Course Instructor | Company | Lecture | Classroom | Profesor | Course |
| 8:30 | Latica Lončarić | Rimac Technology | Trademark and industrial design law – key features, application methods, and use in economic transactions | 3 | Ivana First Komen, PhD, Full Professor | Brand Management |
| 9:30 | Vedran Pogarčić, mag.oec. | POGARCIC AUTO d.o.o. | Pogarčić Auto | 10 | Goran
Kutnjak, PhD, Full Professor Dejan Miljenović, PhD, Associate Professor Jana Katunar, PhD, Assistant Professor |
Basics of Entrepreneurship |
| 10:00 | Domagoj Čulinović | Mativa group | Visual analytics and geospatial data | 10 | Zvonko
Čapko, PhD, Full Professor Ana Babić, PhD, Assistant Professor |
Information and Communication Technologies in Economics and Business |
| 10:00 | Staša Brozina | A1 All Natural | The importance of communication between brand managers and designers – the example of the Bakin’ Mix brand | Reading room | Ivana First Komen, PhD, Full Professor | Marketing Project |
| Veronika Uravić Čolak | Reedesign Studio | |||||
| 10:15 | Anja Vuk | iAudit d.o.o. | Auditing in times of inflation | 2 | Davor
Vašiček, PhD, Full Professor Ana Marija Sikirić Simčić, PhD, Assistant Professor |
Financial Accounting |
| 12:15 | Brankica Vujičić | Merkur osiguranje | Internal accounting and the use of SAP in large systems | 1 | Mira
Dimitrić, PhD, Full Professor Andrea Arbula Blecich, PhD, Associate Professor |
Cost Accounting |
| 12:15 | Matej Kovač | Deloitte | Project management in business consulting | 4 | Zdravko
Zekić, PhD, Full Professor Luka Samaržija, PhD, Associate Professor |
Project Management |
| 12:15 | Damir Balenović | Jadran hoteli d.d. | Marketing trends for contemporary tourism | 7 | Jasmina Dlačić, PhD, Full Professor | International Marketing |
| 14:00 | Marko Fabić | Enoteka Vinoteka Sempervivum | Sempervivum Distillery Poreč – Challenges in running a craft distillery | 3 | Goran
Kutnjak, PhD, Full Professor Mirjana Grčić Fabić, PhD, Associate Professor |
Entrepreneurial Process |
| 14:15 | Božena Baljak | Porezno savjetništvo Jakovljević - Kušeta d.o.o | Administrative cooperation in the EU | 6 | Helena
Blažić Pečarić, PhD, Full Professor Maja Grdinić, PhD, Associate Professor |
EU Tax Policy |
| 14:15 | prof.
dr. sc. Maja Vehovec |
Financial literacy | 7 | Bojana Olgić Draženović, PhD, Full Professor | Financial Markets and Institutions (and Monetary Economics) | |
| 14:15 | izv.
prof. dr. sc. Barbara Riman |
Institute for ethnic studies, Slovenia | Socio-economic position of members of the Slovenian national community in Croatia | Computer room 3 | Jasmina Dlačić, PhD, Full Professor | Marketing of Non-Profit Organizations |
| 16:00 | Boris Golob | Step Ri | Digital literacy in business decision-making when introducing new technologies | Computer room 3 | Ljerka Cerović, PhD, Full Professor | Economic Aspects of Social Literacy and Civic Responsibility |
| Time | Course Instructor | Company | Lecture | Classroom | Profesor | Course |
| 8:15 | Silvia Crnić | Grad Crikvenica | Capital investments in education, sports, and culture in local communities (the example of the City of Crikvenica) | 8 | Zoran Ježić, PhD, Full Professor | Economics of Education |
| 9:00 | Nikolina Kozlica | Seyfor Hrvatska | How to become a 21st-century accountant? | 9 | Ana
Marija Sikirić Simčić, PhD, Assistant Professor Josip Čičak, PhD, Assistant Professor |
International Accounting |
| 9:00 | Naomi Teles Fazendeiro | Sveučilište u Coimbri, Ekonomski fakultet | CVs and transferable skills: what (not) to say | 3 | Kornelija Čakarun, PhD, Senior Lecturer | Business English 1 |
| 10:15 | Jasena Torma | Allianz ZB d.o.o. | International financial markets | 5 | Bojana Olgić Draženović, PhD, Full Professor | Financial Markets and Institutions |
| 10:15 | Daria Glavan | Sveučilište u Rijeci | Gender equality plan | 1 | Ana Marija Sikirić Simčić, PhD, Assistant Professor | Economics of Gender |
| 10:15 | Vedrana Rogoznica | ROTOY APS | Hustler Mindset: From EFRI to raising €500K for your company in Denmark | 8 | Dunja Škalamera-Alilović, PhD, Associate Professor | Principles of Economics |
| 10:15 | Robert Barišić | KPMG Hrvatska | Selection process at KPMG Croatia | 9 | Zoran Ježić, PhD, Full Professor | Human Resource Management |
| 12:15 | Matej Samardžić | Opereta d.o.o. | Opereta d.o.o. – how to sell real estate in Croatia? | 1 i online na https://meet.google.com/qer-cnwt-quf | Jasmina Dlačić, PhD, Full Professor | B2B Marketing and Sales |
| 12:15 | Jasmin Vrban | Food and Beverage Cost Controller | Contemporary international business environment in the high-end hospitality industry | Reading room | Dunja Škalamera-Alilović, PhD, Associate Professor | International Business |
| 14:15 | Nataša Kovačić Stilinović | Hotel Hilton Rijeka Costabella Beach Resort & Spa | Are employers ready for Generation Z? | 9 | Tomislav Galović, PhD, Full Professor | International Operations |
| 14:15 | Ana Dražul | Glazbena škola Ivana Matetića Ronjgova Rijeka, Učiteljski fakultet u Rijeci, Nomi Music App | Start-up as a good start – gamification through digital media | 5 | Mirjana
Grčić Fabić, PhD, Associate Professor Slavomir Vukmirović, PhD, Full Professor |
e-Entrepreneurial Project |
| 14:15 | Marko Herak | BKS BANK AG | Practical aspects of risk management | 8 | Saša Žiković, PhD, Full Professor | Risk Management in International Business |
| 16:15 | Aleksandar Đukić | Sveučilište u Rijeci, Medicinski fakultet | Application of budgetary accounting in institutions in the field of science and higher education | 8 | Davor
Vašiček, PhD, Full Professor Ana Marija Sikirić Simčić, PhD, Assistant Professor |
Budget and Non-Profit Accounting |
| 16:30 | Tea Rukavina | AI&DATA | Data science and artificial intelligence | 4 | Daniela Ježić, PhD, Senior Lecturer | Business Communication Skills in Italian 2 |
Friday - 10 November 2023
| Time | Course Instructor | Company | Lecture | Classroom | Profesor | Course |
| 8:15 | Miroslav Jošić | International Finance Corporation (IFC) | Inflation – where is this ship heading? | 9 | Nela
Vlahinić, PhD, Full Professor Vesna Buterin, PhD, Associate Professor |
Macroeconomics |
| 8:15 | Bono Beriša | HNB | From Rijeka through Scotland to the Croatian National Bank | 3 | Dunja Škalamera-Alilović, PhD, Associate Professor | Basics of Economics |
| 8:30 | Matteo Mošnja | Bloomberg Adria | Accounting as a Basis for Understanding Corporate Finance and the Corporate Environment – Examples from Practice | 2 | Ana
Marija Sikirić Simčić, PhD, Assistant Professor Josip Čičak, PhD, Assistant Professor |
International Accounting |
| 9:30 | Milena
Slivka, Andro Majnarić |
iOLAP d.o.o. | Big Data Analytics in Practice | Reading room | Ana Štambuk, PhD, Full Professor | Big Data Analytics |
| 10:15 | Maja Matanić Vautmans | Lindbergh Care Duga Resa d.o.o. | Challenges in the international career of a popular TV personality | 3 | Dunja Škalamera-Alilović, PhD, Associate Professor | Basics of Economics |
| 10:15 | Gabrijela Savić Horvat, Danica Kozica | Erste banka d.d. | Customer experience in modern banking | 1 | Zdravko
Zekić, PhD, Full Professor Luka Samaržija, PhD, Associate Professor |
Quality Management |
| 11:30 | Milena
Slivka, Andro Majnarić |
iOLAP d.o.o. | Big data analytics in practice | Reading room | Ana Štambuk, PhD, Full Professor | Big Data Analytics |
| 12:15 | Ivana Maletić | Europski revizorski sud | EU financing system | 1 i online: https://meet.google.com/rkq-aujb-wru | Igor
Cvečić, PhD, Full Professor Marko Tomljanović, PhD, Associate Professor |
EU Business Policies and the Internal Market |
| 15:00 | Eric Zabiegalski | Senior Consultant at Avian | Unthink | Online - meet.google.com/gxy-qynw-tvy | Nataša Rupčić, PhD, Full Professor | Management of a Learning Organization |
EFRI Career Week – Accompanying Program
L'ORÉAL Company Lecture
The lecture will take place on Monday, November 6, 2023, starting at 12:00 PM.
Lecture topic: "L'Oréal for Youth: What a Major International Company Can Offer to Young People"
The lecture will cover various initiatives through which L'Oréal supports youth development — from projects students can get involved in to career opportunities the company offers.
STUDY VISIT TO HNK RIJEKA
As part of the EFRI Career Week program, students will have the opportunity to visit HNK Rijeka. The visit will take place on Monday, November 6, starting at 1:30 PM at Rujevica Stadium.
During the visit, participants will tour the club’s official premises, meet and talk with a former student of the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Rijeka, and have the chance to ask their own questions.
Please note: The number of spots is limited, so registration is MANDATORY via the application form available HERE.
Important: Once registration closes, participants will receive a confirmation email. Meeting point for confirmed attendees is at 1:30 PM at the main entrance of Rujevica Stadium (ticket office area). Transportation to the venue is arranged individually (by car, taxi, or bus line 7A, etc.).
INTEGRALEDU CONSULTING AGENCY WORKSHOP
The workshop will take place on Tuesday, November 7, starting at 12:00 PM.
Representatives of the agency will cover the always relevant topic:
"How to Write a CV and a Motivation Letter?"
See you at the 6th Career Week of the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Rijeka!
