The document discusses developing students' skills to thrive in a changing economy. It emphasizes teaching critical thinking, entrepreneurship, sustainability, intellectual capital, thinking creatively and outside the box. Hiring students provides new perspectives, tech skills, help with projects, brand advocates, and a trial period that could lead to employment. The goal is building a new generation of professionals who are healthy, responsible, accountable, and embrace their culture while being global thinkers respecting the environment.

1. #WIN x 3
Edward M. Erasmus MA
University of Aruba

4. Speed of Technology
& Innovation

5. Consumer-controlled market

6. Transition to a ‘greener’ economy

7. Tough growth

8. The biggest challenge is…
How can organizations remain competitive,
be able to attract, nurture and retain that
core of talented people, in order to deliver
value in a sustainable manner to a diverse
group of demanding consumers?

9. Vision
Faculty for Accounting, Marketing and Finance
The economic educational institute to develop
analytically minded professionals with an eye for
innovation and intercultural collaboration, to
stimulate and to help flourish the sustainable
development of the Aruban economy.

10. 6 Skills Taught to Students to
Thrive in this New Economy

11. #1 Critical Thinkers

12. “Don’t bring me problems, bring me
solutions…”

13. #2 Entrepreneurial

14. Business simulation

15. #3 Sustainable Mindset

16. Planet
People Profit

17. #4 New forms of Capital

18. New forms of capital
Intellectual
Capital
Creative Social
Capital Capital

19. #5 Outside the box?
Instead of thinking
“outside the box”, just
get rid of the box…

20. # 6 Think outside the books…

21. Our challenge today….
- Karl Fisch, from ‘Shift Happens, An
examination of globalization and
America’s future in the 21st century’
(2007)

22. Taking the leap…

23. More like…

24. Freefall…

25. WIN# 1
• Demonstrate their skills
• Display their talents
• Unleash their creativity
• Gain experience
• Graduate

26. 5 Key Reasons to hire students

27. #1 New perspective on
organizational issues…

28. • Challenge “the way we’ve always done it”
• Question processes and improve them
• Bring fresh new ideas to the table

29. #2 Tech savvy…

30. • Social media
• Computer programs
• Accounting software
• Research tools
• …and more….

31. #3 Help with projects or tasks that
you’re struggling to complete….

32. • Initiate and complete assignments.
• Conduct research.
• Define and solve business problems.
• …..

33. #4 Gain brand advocates

34. • Spread the word about your company
(whether you mean to or not)
• Free advertising
• Loyal and supportive

35. #5 It’s a trial period that could
lead to something more…

36. • A great way to see how much potential a
student has in the field
• Experiencing their skills and work ethic as
an intern….
• Might lead to you to hire them as paid
employees down the line

38. WIN# 2
• Get assignments done
• Specific projects completed
• Contribute to your bottom line
• Help you succeed
• Opportunity to discover and
recruit new talents

39. Challenge…

40. WIN #3:
Building a new
generation of
professionals

41. Our citizens of the future….
• Healthy, responsible, accountable, creative,
proactive, self-reliant, dynamic, empathic,
visionary, analytical and self-reflecting,
• Continuous learners,
• Embracing their identity,
• Valuing the Aruban culture and language,
• Global and critical thinker,
• Respecting our environment and living in
harmony with it.

42. We share an awesome responsibility, you
and I, a responsibility that transcends this
time and this place.

44. Edward M. Erasmus, MA
e.erasmus@fzanv.com
erasmus.bpas@gmail.com
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