Secret Workshop #1 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 roller- coaster and it has been perceived as a mainly unpleasant process. Young people are not confident about themselves, as they lack experience. They do not know what it is they want to do, being too preoccupied to find 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)

Define what you want to
do Reflect on your experiences Identify what you like, what you care about What is your work motivation? Specify on problems that need solutions, what problem would you LOVE to solve? Generate ideas for a start-up Finding a job VS Creating a job How can you find a cause you believe in?- Volunteering, research, talking about it with friends and strangers Research on organizations of your interests Prove how badly you want your job Passion

Word Cloud entrepreneurship career research
team organisations friends people inspiration motivation mentors internships volunteering networking social media coaching experience skills idea solve problems roller-coaster versatility selling recommendations unique university knowledge passion reflect travel community serve

What did our
groups propose?

#1 Finding the job that
suits YOU the best Internship fairs at universities Student entrepreneurship networks at universities Exposure to job market from early stages

Internship fairs Student entrepreneurship at
universities networks Career days are of no Get the unpleasantness away from your help any more. employment experience. Discover the world Internships will help you of start ups, entrepreneurship, new ideas gain experience and find and making your own job, while creating out what fits. Summer some more jobs as well! Expose yourself to internships, rotation at this ecosystem even if it is just for a while, many different you have to see if it works for you! companies and types of internships in terms of JD, even volunteering, Exposure to the market will help you, apart from from early stages everything else, start building a network and Even in high-school students should be get formal and informal exposed to the job market, see different recommendations occupations, meet professionals, visit companies through mini-internships and get the chance to have mentors, to share their experience and advice

#2 Meet the right people
to make it happen Make new friends

Make New Friends Meet people
who share your dreams and passion through social networks, such as facebook, LinkedIn, twitter and even a personal blog. Go to events that inspire you, participate to activities of your interest, volunteer. Do original stuff. Make new friends and create with them!

#3 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 Sell your skills Package your experience ideas and network. It's time to do what you really love!

#4 Prioritize your values Get
involved in enterprises What are you really good at?

What do you care about?
What is it that you love? Reflect on your experiences / Hobbies / Work motivation/ Last thought before you go to sleep Getting involved Research / Networking (Linkedin groups) / Volunteer work / Meet like-minded people Get people helping you Find a mentor / Get a coach / Gain experience and find a problem you would LOVE to solve!

Summarizing

Summarizing #1 Insights about the
experience of finding 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 find 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!

Summarizing #2 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 fulfill 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.

Summarizing #3 So, in order
to redesign your employment experience define your needs and your persona understand the situation by getting insights from others and collecting your observations reflect on what it is you want from a job scan your environment and meet the right people to guide you, advise you, work with you or even hire you keep getting involved and gaining experience promote yourself keep learning more target your dream job and work your way there!

Credits Insights based on loft2works'
first 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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