This presentation represents the results of the Italian piloting during the Kvalues project. Kvalues is a project co - funded by the EU Commission. This communication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. To know more abou the project: http://www.meltingpro.org/en/projects/european-projects/203-kvalues-key-competences-validating-adult-learners-educational-experiences

1. Stockholm, June 2013
ITALY
The results

2. Age: 20 – 40 ( 2 over 50)
Unemployed, freelancers,
emporary precarious jobs)
2 unemployed immigrants

3. 1. Participants were all satisfied
with the training, they enjoyed all
the process:!
“It was beyond my expectations”!
“All steps were necessary”!
!
2. Difficulty in the technical
session, even though somebody
enjoyed it!
!
3. Someone said that to be concis
was an effort!
Quality of the training

4. The most common words about the
workshop

5. GENERAL AGREEMENT ON:
“Storytelling is a learning and a self
reflective tool useful to validate my
competences”
“It was very useful to present my competences, especially the
ones that I really feel inside me”
“it was useful to communicate concisely and effectively”
Usefulness of a digital curricula story

6. MOST OF THE
PARTICIPANTS agreed
with the sentence:
e digital curricula story will
lp me to find a better job
position”
They saw a potential and wer
sure of the effectiveness in
enhancing their CV
One of the PARTICIPANT
said:
“Hope is the last to die”!
Usefulness

7. Usefulness
General agreement on:!
!
“I can see a use for a digital
curricular story”!
!
Therefore by all means
POSITIVE"

8. 5 yes
5 no
6 they do not know
PARTICIPANTS’ voice:
s going to use it only if
he company asks for it
said only if it is going to
be a good product
re you ready to use the digital curricular story

9.
They will use it to present themselves in
an innovative way
One said that it is really useful and he
wants to promote it
You can immediately understand the
abilities and richness of information and
the informal competences
Participantsʼ voice

10. What is the recruiter going to think
about?

11. Social skills / Creative
Skills/Team working/
Participatory skills
Digital SkillsSelf reflective
skills

12. the digital curricular story

13. engths - Internal the organisation
mpetences of the facilitators well balanced in
ms of organisation, facilitation.
ared activities between the facilitators of the
rytelling activities
rticipants felt to belong to a group, despite
ir different personalities
ared vision between facilitators of the
ivities
ll structured method
h involvement of participants since they felt
he centre of the process and had the chance to
their creativity

14. eaknesses - internal the organisation
anagement of the technical session:
ore time, more time to give advices on the
e of photos, copyright
ore time to explain the aim of a digital
rricular story
ferent level of expertise of participants
me consuming for the facilitator)

15. Opportunities - internal the organisation
ncluding the self entrepreneurs as potential target
roup to tell their own company
trengthening the deep motivations as well as the
ncreasing the ability of self-expression

16. reats - external the organisation
iculty in finding participants;
ssible initial resistance to tell and share personal storie
ed to develop further the theme of “how you are going
e” the product created - likely to restraint in an individu
here (yet always useful)
e the possibility that there is not a real interest of
mpanies about this tool

17. Good method to improve competences
Importance of the storytelling approach for self
evaluation and validation
Be clear on what is the aim of a digital curricular
story: itʼs a good tool to present yourself
Need more familiarity with the method to master i
and so to use it to find a job

18. HOW can we strengthen
the method?!
!
May we ask Human
Resources department?!
!
Someone else?!

19. Let’s watch some

20. … together!!!

21. Our stories
Bakary

22. Thank you!!
Laura and Antonia!