My name is Zulfiya Arynova. I received my Bachelor’s degree in Organization of Production at Enterprises in 1996 and earned my Candidate of Economic Sciences degree in 2003. In 2011, I was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor in Economics, and in 2019, I completed a second Bachelor's degree in Foreign Language: Two Foreign Languages. I began my academic career at the Innovative Eurasian University, where I worked as a Senior Lecturer from 1998 to 2003, and later served as Head of the Department of Economics from 2004 to 2013. From 2013 to 2023, I held the position of Professor of Business and Management. Since September 2023, I have been working as a Professor at the Department of Economics at Toraighyrov University. My research interests focus on labor market transformation, employment formalization, digital economy, regional economic policy, youth entrepreneurship, and the interaction between the education system and the labor market in the context of digitalization. I have extensive experience participating in both national and international research and development projects, including Erasmus+ programs such as TALENT and HiEdTec, and the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. I have also contributed to strategic policy documents and regional economic development programs in Kazakhstan. Currently, I serve as the principal investigator of the grant-funded research project “Mechanism for Ensuring Balanced Interaction Between the Labor Market and the Education Syst