The Youth Board of Cyprus has launched the Career Counselling Service, aiming at providing reliable guidance to young people, so as to help them make informed decisions on their career choices and their further professional growth.

This is a comprehensive program which, through its pillars of action, offers young people of different ages and needs guidance and opportunities for personal development.

The pillars of the Service are:

• Individualized guidance from Career Guidance Counselors: Every young person can schedule a personal appointment with one of our Counselors to receive individualized counseling. Appointments take place at the Youth Board’s Multifunctional Youth Centers across all districts.

• Provision of skills assessment tests: An important tool that can help young people gain self-awareness and guide them towards the most suitable choice of field of study and professional direction. Junior high and high school students can take the test free of charge, followed by an analysis of the results by our Counselors.

• Organization of workshops for the development of soft skills: Aimed at young job seekers and young professionals already in the workforce. The workshops are implemented island-wide at the Youth Board’s Multifunctional Youth Centers. They focus on labor market navigation skills (CV preparation, job interview preparation, good practices in job searching) and also provide young professionals with the necessary skills to support their career progression.

• Organization of Career Academies: During the Career Academies organized by the Youth Board of Cyprus, participants have the opportunity to attend intensive lectures and engage in experiential workshops delivered by leading experts. Topics include career choice, job search, career progression, as well as more specialized areas such as funding programs and the development of professional skills. At the same time, inspirational speeches are given by young professionals, good practices for fostering innovation are presented, and more. [Click here for Career Academy 2025].

• Individualized guidance from Youth Entrepreneurship Counselors: The Youth Board’s Entrepreneurship Counselors provide free individual counseling and guidance on youth entrepreneurship and financial literacy to young people up to 35 years of age. Our Counselors can provide guidance and information on all aspects of entrepreneurship in Cyprus (relevant legislation and programs, both national and European, etc.).

• Entrepreneurship and financial literacy events: Within this framework, group events (seminars, workshops, presentations) are organized, designed according to the target audience, which may include students, university students, conscripts, unemployed youth, newcomers to the labor market, employees (underemployed), and more generally young people who may wish to develop their own entrepreneurial activity.