9. 7. What extra courses/education did you do to improve
your expertise/skills in a particular area?
10. 8. What difficulties did you encounter as an
employer/ while running your business?
Please enumerate three biggest ones.
11. 9. What advice would you give to somebody that wants
to set up their own business?
Consistency
Patience
Persistence
Diligence
Sense of financial responsibility
26. 1. Do/could you provide training for your potential
employees? (eg. work experience for school students,
internships etc)
27. 2. In your opinion/experience, are the local educational
institutions equipping our students for work in the local
labour market? If not, how can this be improved?
28. 3. Are you interested in collaborating with local schools
by carrying out skills workshops with the students of your
locality?
29. 4. What is missing in the current education system in
your opinion?
34. Conclusions
All the enterprises:
1. are local microfirms with 100% equity capital
2. present on the labour market since 1990s transitional economy period
3. struggle with many obstacles in the legal and fiscal system
4. advise mainly consistency, persistence and patience
5. value problem solving and organisation skills as well as strong work ethics
6. hire employees with potential
7. place little emphasis on foreign languages
8. collaborate with schools by providing practical training
9. complain about not enough practical knowledge and lack of market awareness in schools
10. care about quality checks but not certificates