Dolzhenko Svetlana Borisovna Ph.D. econ. Sciences, Head of the Department of Labor Economics and Personnel Management

The employer case competition “HR GROWTH” is a project implemented by USUE together with the SROO “Association of Managers and Specialists in the Field of Human Resource Management” with the support of the Council for Professional Qualifications in the Field of Personnel Management.

This is a professional case competition, the goal of which is to create a tool to improve the quality of interaction between promising HR specialists and their future employers. The project is aimed at developing professional competencies among young professionals, as well as assisting young HR in finding their future employers from among the leading companies in the region and country.

Employers who are partners of the competition will offer HR cases, the solution of which will allow assessing the level of knowledge and professional experience of the competitors. The contestants will present the results of their case solutions in defense before a commission of experts.

As a result, the best participants in the competition receive the opportunity to undergo an internship, practical training, as well as an offer of employment (by decision of a company representative - a member of the expert jury) in order to test the proposed ideas.

An important element of the event is the educational component. In support of the competition, it is planned to conduct training master classes and seminars with the participation of members of the competition jury - leading Russian and foreign experts in the HR field.

Participants in the Competition are students, graduate students, and young HR specialists aged 18 to 35 years. 

Applications for participation in the Competition must be submitted until March 20, 2024 through the website registration system.

Then the competition coordinator will send a set of cases to the specified address during registration. The participant himself chooses the case that interests him. Prepares a competitive work on it (case solution) and sends   the competitive work by reply letter before April 1, 2024 email the organizer nazarov_av @usue.ru . Recommended file name: “Case No. - Last Name”. Updates to decisions (including those recommended by coordinators) are subsequently sent to the coordinator by email.

Lists of finalists invited to present cases in person and to participate in the final events will be published on the competition page from April 1 to April 10, 2024. 

The in-person defense will take place on April 24, 2024 from 10:30 to 16:30 , the award ceremony will take place on April 25, 2024. 

Based on the results of the full-time defense of cases, the organizers of the EEYF provide cash prizes for the winners and prize-winners of the Competition:

• 1st place – 15,000 rub.
• 2nd place – 10,000 rubles.
• 3rd place – 5,000 rub. 

The winners of the Competition, awarded a 1st degree Diploma, are awarded points for individual achievements when admitted to study at USUE in master's programs (2 points).