AELIA at a glance
AELIA is a non profit organization, founded in 2013, which is offering Employability & Talent development support, through facilitation and acceleration initiatives which include mentoring, empowerment as well as educational and networking activities.
Thanks to its network of volunteer professionals, led by the 2 partners & co-founders, it has been supporting professionals of all ages, gender and professional sectors, through:
- Our Employability Acceleration Programs which consist of:
- Employability Planning;
- Mentoring sessions;
- Collective interactive mentoring in peer discussions;
- Workshops;
- Networking facilitation
- Our Employability Support Initiatives;
- Our Workshops;
- Our Networking Activities;
- Our Awareness Initiatives.
We have been supporting professionals in enhancing their employability & professional development in the following sectors:
- Technology (2019 to present)
- Science & Research (2016 to present)
- Design & Culture (2017-2019)
- Tourism (2015-2019)
- Agro-food (2014-2017)
Key areas in which we supported our beneficiaries are:
- Entrepreneurship literacy & Entrepreneurial mindset
- Defining Work Opportunities – Understanding the local markets – the regional differences in work opportunities
- Employability profiles – Diversity in Employability – Career branding
- Obstacles of professional development
- Taking professional decisions
- Freelancers challenges
- Managing change
- Collaboration – Team building – finding partners
- Conflicts
- Hiring people in a small business
- Contracts and deal making
- Written and oral communication
- Analytical and critical thinking
- Creativity
Apart from our own activity, we have worked jointly with or for the account of Universities, Municipal Authorities (City of Athens/INNOVATHENS Initiative, Region of South Aegean) or other non profit organizations (ORANGE GROVE Initiative supported by the Dutch Embassy, Piraeus Bank Cultural Foundation-PIOP)
The overall Outcomes of our recent activity: