Traineeships
Bulgaria has no single institution in charge of organising traineeships or gathering all traineeships offers in a single pool. Subsidised trainee placements are the responsibility of the relevant institutions departments implementing such programmes (such as the National Employment Agency).
A number of private companies that have traineeship and apprenticeship traditions have and fund their own traineeship programmes, with information available on their websites.
Traineeship is a form of employment relationship between an employer and an employee, which means it is subject to the legal requirements on the conclusion, registration and performance of employment contracts.
Traineeship is open to young people who have completed secondary (vocational or specialised) or higher education and are of age up to 29 years. The contract shall be concluded for work in a position corresponding to the qualification acquired by the person concerned. A specific feature of such contracts is mentorship. A mentor is a person from the same enterprise designated by the employer who is qualified for the profession in which the traineeship is to take place or a similar profession and has at least three years of work experience or professional practice in such profession. The relations between the employer and the mentor are regulated by an additional agreement annexed to the mentor's employment contract specifying the allocation of working hours and other terms and conditions relevant to the mentorship.
During the traineeship, a salary shall be paid, which may not be lower than the established minimum social insurance thresholds for the relevant position and educational degree. In the case of government-subsidised trainee placements, the amount of salary is defined by the relevant measure or programme.
For more information visit the Traineeships section of the EURES Portal.
Traineeship offers under subsidised programmes can be found at local labour offices and on the Employment Agency's website az.government.bg.
Information on trainee vacancies can be also found in the University career centres websites:
• Sofia University - career.uni-sofia.bg/
• Technical University, Sofia - career.tu-sofia.bg/
• University of World and National Economy (UNWE), Sofia - iccd.unwe.bg/
• University of Economics, Varna - ahcapital.eu/
• Technical University, Varna - tu-sofia.bg/?lang=en
• Plovdiv University - careers.uni-plovdiv.bg/
• Neofit Rilsky South-West University, Blagoevgrad - career.swu.bg/
• Ruse University - uni-ruse.bg/Centers/TSKR
• Veliko Tarnovo University - uni-vt.bg/eng/?zid=116