April 15, 2013. The final tour of Sverdlovsk Region standup comedy student contest known as the Club of the Funny and the Inventive took place at Yekaterinburg Youth Palace on April 10. Timber-Harvesting Lumberjacks from Ural State Forest Engineering University took the first prize, the second prize went to Voices from Ural Federal University, and The Swing from Mining University came third. VUZ-Bank, which sponsored the event, saw to it that all those present had not only a good but also a useful time. The bank offered some discounts and jobs to the students, VUZ-Bank’s press service reports.

Everyone could get a VUZ-Bank issued ISIC card and find out how to start a career in the banking sector. The bank’s HR Department employees answered the students and the graduates’ questions and made a presentation on the available vacancies; they also offered some valuable advice on finding a job. Quite a few people made the first step in their careers right there and then by filling in a simple form and submitting it to the bank.

‘It does not happen very often that an employer contacts a job candidate rather than the other way around. VUZ-Bank has always had a very active student- and graduate-hunting policy: we offer them internship, training, and further growth opportunities. We do not focus too much on the relevant degree or work experience; what matters most to us is the person’s motivation to work and support our company’s values,’ says VUZ-Bank’s Personnel Recruitment & Training Director Marina Menshenina.