Partners in Practice: Employers Powering Internships
In November 2022, Alma Career Slovakia partnered with Michigan State University (MSU) to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a job search and career guidance model for transition-age individuals with disabilities in a country with limited disability support services. The Profesia Lab model was first piloted in 2023 and subsequently revised in 2024 and 2025. The collaboration included employers, non-governmental organizations and Institute for vocational rehabilitation, schools, HR professionals, job seekers, and their caregivers.
Between 2023 and 2025, 325 applicants with various (dis)abilities registered for the program. Of these, 290 completed the ASSET program, 170 participated in site visits, and 116 obtained internships and more than 30 maintained employment through 2025.
Alma Career is expanding this model to other European countries under the name Inclusive Hub.
A big thank-you to our employer partners who welcomed young people, let them try roles from manual to specialist, and made 116 internships possible!
Alma Career Slovakia
Bratislavská vodárenská spoločnosť
Dedoles
Deutsche Telekom IT & Telecommunications Slovakia
Deutsche Telekom Services Europe Slovakia
Deutsche Telekom Systems Solutions Slovakia
DXC Technology Slovakia
Henkel Slovensko
Hlavné mesto SR Bratislava
IKEA
INPROKOM In
Kyndryl Services Slovensko
OLO (Odvoz a likvidácia odpadu a.s.)
Orange Slovensko
PHOENIX Zdravotnícke zásobovanie
Plzeňský Prazdroj Slovensko
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Slovenská sporiteľňa
Tesco Stores SR
UNIQA 4WARD
UNIQA Group Service Center Slovakia
Union poisťovňa / Union zdravotná poisťovňa
Úrad vlády Slovenskej republiky
Volkswagen Slovakia
Všeobecná úverová banka
Wood Service Group
