The document discusses a study conducted at the travel agency "Fly Fly Travel" to analyze students' attitudes towards their practical training. 15 tourism students completed a questionnaire and were interviewed. Most students reported being satisfied with the experience and gaining new skills like working under stress. However, 92% said the work is extremely hard and long hours, and 66% felt unmotivated. Employees were dissatisfied with students' lack of motivation and unclear training expectations. The document recommends better preparation of students for the realities of the tourism industry.
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Key Takeaway:
Colleges today face specific and unique challenges as they help their students out of the classroom and into the workforce. This session offers practical and strategic tools to help bridge the “Skills Gap” that students coming out of college face today as well as tools which help engage everyone’s participation in improving employment outcomes for your Graduates.
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With an increased pressure on Institutions of Higher Learning to substantiate their course offerings with respect to employability; now more than ever, programs designed to specifically address soft-skills are the only viable way to prepare the student and close the “skills gap” that exists in the job market today.
More and more recent college graduates struggle to gain entry into their field due to what employers claim is a lack of hands on experience, professionalism and business acumen in students coming directly out of college.
Join highly-rated speaker Ann Cross for this interactive and engaging presentation about the benefits of incorporating soft-skills training through experiential learning into the student experience. For those who already have soft-skills training as part of your course offerings, this workshop will share some of the best practices from around the country.
The Sparrow Group has visited dozens of campuses in the last five years, and has seen what works, as well as the common mistakes and missed opportunities. This is not a theoretical workshop, but rather a workshop that focuses on practical, tactical programs that you can implement immediately. You’ll hear stories of success, see data that supports outcomes, and leave with tools that you can take back to the campus and use to improve employment outcomes.
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How students search for and decide for a university has grown more complex: the search process and the consulted channels have multiplied.
UNIspotter conducted a study among 86 students (business; interested in pursuing a Master) to observe how they search, where they search and what they search for when deciding for a study program.
We discovered that the search process follows a pattern (4 stages):
- Browse universities (50+ programs)
- Narrow down the option (15-25 programs)
- Detailed Research: Compare (10 programs)
- (Pre-)Decision: Apply (on average 5 programs)
However, not all the touch points are considered equally relevant for the final decision.
The university of the future needs to attract top-talent in a rapidly changing market and needs to manage the information that impacts the future students' decision.
But: most of the time you are not even aware that potential students make decisions about you. Google calls this "The Zero Moment of Truth" - customers researching about you on the internet before they decide to buy a service.
How do students consider university rankings, accreditations, search engines, online portals and the direct contact with universities?
We want to provide you an insight into what we found out.
And input on how you can identify the customer journey your students have had as well as a check-list on how to find room for improvement.
We would be very happy to have your feedback about it!
Smart student program project campus to corporateSarwan Singh
The aim of every student after completing education is to secure a good job. They also want to make good & steady progress in professional & personal life. But; they are neither able to secure a good job nor able to achieve the success they aspired for.
Also; many professional complain that though they work very hard but they do not get the success they deserve but their undeserving colleagues get better increments.
The reason for this disturbing phenomenon is that we are not aware of what is needed to get jobs. Good marks equal good job is a myth. If I work hard I will get good increments & a promotion is another myth.
Keeping this in mind The English Academy has started a project:Smart Students Program-Project Campus to Corporate
This project aims to appraise the students entering the job market what qualities & skills employers actively look for in a potential employee at time of interview.
This project also presents to the working professionals the qualities & skills employers look for when deciding on promotions & increments.
Key Takeaway:
Colleges today face specific and unique challenges as they help their students out of the classroom and into the workforce. This session offers practical and strategic tools to help bridge the “Skills Gap” that students coming out of college face today as well as tools which help engage everyone’s participation in improving employment outcomes for your Graduates.
Description (paragraph form)
With an increased pressure on Institutions of Higher Learning to substantiate their course offerings with respect to employability; now more than ever, programs designed to specifically address soft-skills are the only viable way to prepare the student and close the “skills gap” that exists in the job market today.
More and more recent college graduates struggle to gain entry into their field due to what employers claim is a lack of hands on experience, professionalism and business acumen in students coming directly out of college.
Join highly-rated speaker Ann Cross for this interactive and engaging presentation about the benefits of incorporating soft-skills training through experiential learning into the student experience. For those who already have soft-skills training as part of your course offerings, this workshop will share some of the best practices from around the country.
The Sparrow Group has visited dozens of campuses in the last five years, and has seen what works, as well as the common mistakes and missed opportunities. This is not a theoretical workshop, but rather a workshop that focuses on practical, tactical programs that you can implement immediately. You’ll hear stories of success, see data that supports outcomes, and leave with tools that you can take back to the campus and use to improve employment outcomes.
Experience Counts! Leveraging Internship/Externship Experience to Secure Employment for your Graduates.
Join highly-rated APSCU speaker Ann Cross of the Sparrow Group and Connie Johnson Ed.D, Chief Academic Officer at CTU for this interactive and engaging workshop about standardizing and implementing institutional wide externship best practices. This is not a theoretical workshop- You’ll hear stories of success, see data that supports employment outcomes and leave with tools that you can take back to your institution and use immediately.
#FIRMday 15th nov 2013 kirstie kelly launch pad recruits -using recruitment ...Gary Franklin
“How the use of technology in your selection process, can help you to meet your candidate engagement agenda”
- moving from recruiter to marketeer... one small step at a time!
- how to balance attraction with selection
- where our retail customers see value from video interviewing... a few examples
How students search for and decide for a university has grown more complex: the search process and the consulted channels have multiplied.
UNIspotter conducted a study among 86 students (business; interested in pursuing a Master) to observe how they search, where they search and what they search for when deciding for a study program.
We discovered that the search process follows a pattern (4 stages):
- Browse universities (50+ programs)
- Narrow down the option (15-25 programs)
- Detailed Research: Compare (10 programs)
- (Pre-)Decision: Apply (on average 5 programs)
However, not all the touch points are considered equally relevant for the final decision.
The university of the future needs to attract top-talent in a rapidly changing market and needs to manage the information that impacts the future students' decision.
But: most of the time you are not even aware that potential students make decisions about you. Google calls this "The Zero Moment of Truth" - customers researching about you on the internet before they decide to buy a service.
How do students consider university rankings, accreditations, search engines, online portals and the direct contact with universities?
We want to provide you an insight into what we found out.
And input on how you can identify the customer journey your students have had as well as a check-list on how to find room for improvement.
We would be very happy to have your feedback about it!
Smart student program project campus to corporateSarwan Singh
The aim of every student after completing education is to secure a good job. They also want to make good & steady progress in professional & personal life. But; they are neither able to secure a good job nor able to achieve the success they aspired for.
Also; many professional complain that though they work very hard but they do not get the success they deserve but their undeserving colleagues get better increments.
The reason for this disturbing phenomenon is that we are not aware of what is needed to get jobs. Good marks equal good job is a myth. If I work hard I will get good increments & a promotion is another myth.
Keeping this in mind The English Academy has started a project:Smart Students Program-Project Campus to Corporate
This project aims to appraise the students entering the job market what qualities & skills employers actively look for in a potential employee at time of interview.
This project also presents to the working professionals the qualities & skills employers look for when deciding on promotions & increments.
3. “ I made decision to study
tourism, because I like to
travel. “
Motivation
4. Knowledge
Students must be aware that they will
make a success, only if they :
1. are technically educated
2. know several languages.
Ratings are not a measure of success, so
you should ask yourself – where and how
can I apply this theory in practice?
5. How to point ourselves after
graduation
Try to:
1. visit conferences and
professional meetings
2. ask the questions
3. present yourself to people.
Business people tend to
remember all your business
projects.
6. Aim of the study
1) What are students of tourism
supposed to do in travel
agency?
2) How does the practical
training in travel agency
today really work?
9. Responsibilities
answering to inquiries of
passengers about flight
schedules
using computers and Galileo
programme to provide
customer service to
incoming passengers
to assist passengers with
making or changing
reservations
verifies reservations by
phone
10. Qualifications and additional skills
Be able to communicate
friendly with clients in order
to establish their needs in
efficient way
Ability to work in a fast
paced environment
Ability to work alone or as a
part of the team
Ability to handle stressful
situations with ease
Strong customer service
skills
Foreign language, computer
and typing skills are
necessery
11. Research of students attitude about
practical training
In the analysis of the travel agency
Fly Fly Travel, they used
techniques such as survey and
interview with a sample of 15
students of tourism.
Students were asked to complete a
short questionnaire with 6 clearly
formulated questions, by circling
one of the 5 offered answers.
12. Questionnaire
Questions
strongly
disagre
e
disagre
e
neutr
al
agre
e
strongly
agree
Are you satisfied with the experience you
have gained in the agency?
1 2 3 4 5
How do you assess the cooperation with
the agency in relation to the fulfillment of
tasks?
1 2 3 4 5
Will your experience in our agency be
useful in further studies of tourism?
1 2 3 4 5
What is your attitude about working in the
tourism industry upon your graduation?
1 2 3 4 5
How do you assess the level of
organization of professional practice?
1 2 3 4 5
Cooperation with the employees of the
travel agency during the time of practice?
1 2 3 4 5
Attitudes are ranked from 1 to 5 according to the values of the scale
source: travel agency “Fly Fly Travel “ (2015)
13. Results of the questionnaire
61% of students expressed full
satisfaction about the experience
they have gained in the travel
agency.
52% of cases was rated as "very
good“ about the quality of
cooperation with the employees of
the agency
55% of students have an opinion that
the practice will help them during or
after the studies.
32% is an equal number of students
who have completed the
questionnaire by values of the scale
3 and 4 as the answer to the 4th
question
14. Results of the interview
The results of the interview showed, that
students are mostly satisfied with achieving
new skills, such as:
work under the stress
personal organization
team-work
92%
of students reported that work in the travel
agency is extremely hard, working hours are
too long
66%
felt they were not motivated enough for work
26%
of students are not planning to work in the
travel agency after graduation
15. The attitude of employees in travel
agency
Employees have expressed dissatisfaction about:
1) the motivation of students for learning during their working
hours.
2) the absence of any agreement about the kind of information
and documents, which are expected to be available for
students.
16. Our attitude
1) Students of tourism only after “a personal meeting” with a
job in that area, can understand its advantages and
disadvantages.
2) Investing in young and educated personnel is a priority,
and therefore the elimination of obstacles that they faced
with, during their practical training, should be seen as a very
important and responsible task.
3) Educational institutions must be linked better with the
travel industry, in order to offer them cooperation.
4) Students must be motivated and more responsible in doing
their tasks during the practical training
5) They must be familiar with the characteristics of the
profession they have chosed