The full-scale war has shaken the labor market in Ukraine. Employers complain that they lack hands. And people looking for work complain that there are few offers and salaries do not meet expectations.
On Threads and other social media, you can increasingly come across stories of people who have been searching for jobs for months without success. It's important to have support at times like these.
The SpivDiya Charity Foundation, together with the Razom Foundation, provides free career consultations, during which a specialist will help you create an effective resume, prepare you for an interview, tell you how to show your strengths, and recommend resources with current vacancies in Kharkiv and the region.
«Losing a job is not just about money, it's about losing support. We want to help people regain this support, because by recovering professionally, everyone strengthens both themselves and the country»", — explains the head of the program "Singing Action Career"« Evgenia Goncharova.
Experts see changes not only in the vacancies found, but also in how people's confidence is blossoming.
Career consultant Natalia Grigorieva recalls Ilona's story: "«She was an engineer, but because of the war and moving, she took on any job, worked as a saleswoman. During the consultation, she said: “I want to return to engineering.” And together we found a way. Her call with the words: “I’m back in the shop” is the greatest reward for me».
Signing up for a consultation is very simple: just fill out form on the website "SpivDiya". Everything happens offline and online - a person chooses a format that is comfortable for them.
From 2022 until the end of summer 2025, the "SpirDiya" team conducted over 9 thousand individual career consultations, and the demand for this support is only growing.