Students lack affordable ways to learn job skills and get employment. Two prototypes were tested: 1) Students currently employed provide training and materials to unemployed students. Weekly sessions addressed common interview questions. Feedback was that students appreciated career insights but the employed students had limited time. 2) Companies directly hire and train large groups of students for 3 months to address skill gaps. Students then work for the company. Feedback was that students enjoyed learning job skills but some felt underutilized with less work when companies over hired. Additionally, some trained students sought higher paying jobs after gaining essential skills.

1. Design Thinking
Prototype and Testing -1

2. Background
● Problem statement: Student should have affordable
ways to learn job skills.. to get job asap
● Selected Idea: Special training & material by
students who cleared interview to student waiting
for job

3. Prototype & testing
● Employee(Student who got job): Helped with study
material & skill gap
● Student seeking for Job can decide on common
place to plan training session
● Weekly training session can be planned and
student's question can be answered by employee
● Common Interview questions and answers are
gathered & xeroxed and distributed to students
● After preparation students can appers to company
interview and get offer.

5. Feedback
● What Worked: Students are very happy with insight
given with respect to job
● What could be improved: Need more time and effort
from Employee (Students who got job) as they are
very busy with Job and life

6. Design Thinking
Prototype and Testing - 2

7. Background
● Problem statement: Student should have affordable
ways to learn job skills.. to get job asap
● Selected Idea: Company to hire and Train instead
of Interview and employ

8. Prototype & testing
● Company to directly go to College and hire in bulk
● Company to train for 3 months as per skill gap
● Student to learn essencial job skills through on Job
trainee
● After succesful training students become employee
of Company

10. Feedback
● What Worked: Students are very happy with insight
given with respect to job
● What can be improved: Due to high no of students
company often under utilize students and some
students get frustrated with less work.
● Question: After learning essencial skills no of
students search new job with hire salary