2. Description
Problem Statement: Students need a way to find a job in which he
can gain professional experience and necessary skills in the work
environment and combine his studies and job without neglecting any
of these.
Create 2 prototypes for the problem statement based on the ideas
selected.
Test the prototypes with people, analyze feedback and write
reflections.
3. Idea Selection
Most practical idea:
College has subjects about job seeking to help the students have the
necessary information about this topic and facilitate the process.
Most disruptive idea:
Opportunities for students to create their own companies from banks and
governments for guidance, support and loans.
Favorite idea:
Agreements between companies and universities for jobs.
4. Prototype 1
Idea: Subject in college about job seeking.
Prototype: Syllabus for the subject.
Test: Give the syllabus to students in college as if I were a career counselor.
Write feedback and reflections
5. Syllabus
Introduction to job seeking
How to make a resume
Job interviews
Career plan
Job seeking tools
Using social networks for job seeking
Jobs for students
6. Test Feedback
Have another subject as a continuation for this one because after some time
you leave the knowledge behind.
Have practical learning, not only theory.
Have the subject as optional, for extra credits not grade.
Include conferences with human resource workers to know some tips and
needs they have.
7. Test Reflections
After testing the prototype I realized some students want to learn more about
this topic but without interfering with his grades.
This syllabus needs more modules for practical learning, I considered only the
theory, maybe some exercises using tools and companies’ repositories to see
the actual needs and skills they look for.
I consider this subject to be at the beginning of the career, it could be useful
to have another subject related to this after half of the course and do actual
applications for real jobs.
8. Prototype 2
Idea: Subject in college about job application (based on the feedback as a
continuation for the job seeking subject).
Prototype: Syllabus for the subject.
Test: Show the syllabus to students in college as if I were a career counselor.
Write feedback and reflections
9. Syllabus
Job Application
How to apply for a job
Online applications
Developing skills: Effective communication
Developing skills: Emotional Intelligence
Final Assignment: Getting a job
10. Test Feedback
The college should have agreements with companies to help the students
work and count it for the class.
Change the final assignment, the rest is ok.
In the subject, students could organize a job fair to have an approach with
the companies and that these have vacancies available for the students.
Another skill to develop is conversational English and specific vocabulary for
the student’s careers.
Some colleges have this type of subjects in which you do the professional
practices and they’re part of the final grade.
11. Test Reflection
For the subject to have the best results, the support from different
companies is needed to have agreements with universities to offer jobs for
students.
Projects like organizing a job fair help to develop skills like teamwork,
effective communication and creativity. Maybe also have another project
where students could actually start building their own companies, that would
be great.
Add conversational English and specified vocabulary to the developing skills
section. Here in Mexico City most of the jobs require to have an advanced
English knowledge.
