2. • Background: Jobs remain scared; the unemployment rate continually climbs up. It is estimated that
around 1.000.000 people will become unemployed in 2013.
• Objectives: In short term the project accounts on those recent college graduates still looking for jobs.
This will mean, in long term, rapid productivity growth and high overall economic growth.
• Stakeholders: To commit these objectives, there are involvements of three stakeholders.
projectINTRODUCTION
3. projectANAYLYSIS
• Solution: Career Bridge (CB) is built to match
demands of firms and students precisely with efficient
support from schools
• Successful similar solutions: career service
centres, like Wake Forest College, Pennsylvania State
University, North Carolina University
CB Firms
Stud-
ents
Sch-
ools
1.Actas
careeroffice
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2. Provide company’s profile, requirements, environment,...
3. Give out surveys, tests,...
4. Provide demand, knowledge/ skill results
5. Provide report about demand and quality of labour market
and recommend applicants
* Step 5.1 and 5.2 happen correspondingly with
step 4.1 and 4.2
Apr,13 Jan,15Jan,14
• Specific plan: The project will be carried out in 4
phases, including 8 activities.
Phase 4: Long termPhase 3: Project model
Phase 1 (Apr-May,13): Building brand
Phase 2 (May-Jun,13): Contacting partners
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• Reality check: A few changes in scope, which will
focus more on private, small scale schools and
firms, whereas resources are still committed and the
project can finish on time.
4. projectCONCLUSIONS
•Target audience: students (short term), schools & firms (long term);
•Public unemployment information; make quizzes, polls;
•53 likes, 396 people seeing our popular post.
•https://www.facebook.com/pages/Career-Bridge/152624918239325
FANPAGE
•Joined career fair at Foreign Trade University and International University;
•Reached 500 students to advertise for Career Bridge Project;
•Contacted with 10 firms (Toyota, P&G, Unilever, Nielsen,...).
Results show that:
•Students are in need of services supplied by Career Bridge;
•Soft skills students are lack of => suggest soft skill classes correspondingly.
SURVEYS
• Achievements:
• Next steps: Phase 2, contact with schools and firms to persuade them to join the project.
CAREER
EVENTS
5. projectCONCLUSIONS
Amount
Time Over 1 year
Money 26550 USD
Technology A domain, a host computer
Partners 5 firms and 5 experts
Volunteers 10 people
Future investments
CB
Volunteers
Money
Good will
Economic
recession
Barriers/ Limits