In recent years, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, together with well-known IT companies, has been actively implementing a number of educational projects, one of which is the international seminar "WORLD of the digital future". The organizers of the seminar are the Faculty of Mathematics and Programming Technologies, training courses "GSU-Profi" of the Faculty of Distance Learning and Pre-University Training and the foreign IT company "Exadel". The project started in May 2018, to date, 8 meetings have already been held. The topics of the seminars covered a wide range of topical issues of the modern IT industry: from specific modern technologies (BIG DATA, BLOCKCHAIN, GIT, etc.) to humanitarian issues (effective methods of learning English, the features and requirements of various professional positions in IT, technologies for entering IT and many more). Leading specialists of domestic and foreign IT companies acted as key speakers and experts at the seminars. The first seminar this year went online.
The seminar was conducted by Exadel employees Anastasia Ulkina and Nina Vorontsova. Anastasia, who is a recent graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics and Programming Technologies of our university, spoke about Exadel, discussed with the participants of the seminar key modern professions in IT, suggested an algorithm for entry of a beginner IT specialist based on her personal experience. Then the seminar was continued by the HR-manager of this company Nina Vorontsova. She represented the Minsk office of the Exadel company. The subject of her speech was the basic requirements (hard and soft skills) that are imposed on the professional training and personal development of modern IT specialists. She paid special attention to soft skills. She gave practical recommendations on how to develop them.
