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Redesigning the employment experience for young people
Special guest: Richard Hylersted
Participants
An interdisciplinary and intergenerational mix of active people
What?
Redesigning the employment experience for students and young professionals aged between 18 and 30.
How?
Through insights on both the needs of young people, and the social and economical circumstances of our external environment
Insights
The employment experience can be an emotional rollercoaster and it has been perceived as a mainly unpleasant process. Young people are not condent about!themselves, as they lack experience. They do not know what it is they want to do, being too preoccupied to!nd just any job. Not having people by their side to advise and guide them is not helping either. Career days do not have any results these days and internships do not seem to meet students' expectations.
All our teams had some common pillars, those of experience(s), networking and discovering your calling, showing us how important it is to know where you want to get, make the right steps towards that way and have the right people next to you in this journey
Gaining experience
Every ''painful'' problem provides opportunities and potential solutions! Mobility - travel! Participate in social actions! Improve your knowledge - Master degree?! Create your business! Be active in a working environment Internships and volunteering experience in Greece or abroad Pitch your ideas and give them a try
Networking
Meet founders of enterprises! Networking events Online activities Meet like minded people Network - no matter the crisis, we can create the job we want to do Inspire others at events Find a team Build on others' ideas Create your job - search your network Mentors Identify people of similar interests (social media, networking events, forums)
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entrepreneurship
friends people
experience
skills idea solve problems roller-coaster versatility selling recommendations unique university knowledge passion reect travel community serve
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Finding the job that suits YOU the best
Internship fairs at universities Student entrepreneurship networks at universities Exposure to job market from early stages
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Meet the right people to make it happen
Make new friends
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Networking Develop experience Sell your skills
Networking
Social media, groups, forums, events
Develop experience
Volunteering, travelling abroad, supporting start-ups, getting involved in relevant to you activities
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Prioritize your values Get involved in enterprises What are you really good at?
Getting involved
Research / Networking (Linkedin groups) / Volunteer work / Meet like-minded people
Summarizing
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Insights about the experience of nding a job were that career days organized are not helpful, internships are not always available and most of the times do not correspond to our needs and dreams but to random selection. Moreover, young people are not experienced enough and are not sure about what it is they really want to do in life. Having some education is important to get hired, but experience is favored as well. Ads do not nd jobs, people do! It is therefore important to communicate to your network that you are looking for a job, describing also what it is you are looking for. Expand your network at any opportunity with a direction according to your interests. Apart from having even more people looking out for an employment opportunity suitable to you, you gain formal and informal recommendations and may even meet your potential employee!
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Nowadays, the idea of working for a company is not the only option. Entrepreneurship is another way, for many much more rewarding. It gives you the opportunity to work with people you choose, solve problems and fulll needs that you value as important, design your job and create more jobs! Again experience is important and people around you to work as a team are needed. If you do not have enough experience, it's the best time to gain some. If you do not know who to work with, network! Go and meet people. Use the internet. Expose yourself. Create a team.
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Credits
Insights based on loft2works' rst secret workshop titled ''Redesigning the employment experience for young people'', hosted on 15/10/2012 at loft2work Workshop Curation: Richard Hylerstedt, Konstantina Zoehrer Workshop Facilitation: Richard Hylerstedt Hosting: AndreasTzouanopoulos, Irini Papagiannouli Booklet Design: Dora Giannopoulou, Irini Papagiannouli
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