Increasing Student Job Acceptances by Teaching Intangible Skills

Increasing Student Job Acceptances by Teaching

Intangible Skills

International OregoniansAshlyn Dines

Bill XuNick Inouye

Ryan Langston Sarah Lindner

Where we’re going...Need: Gain intangible skills to increase employment

Roadblocks: Student time and consistency

Solution: Two day event with workshops

Problem solving Decision making

Management

Need Statement

LCB needs to find another way for students to gain intangible skills in order to increase student employment at graduation.

Slinging coffee or gaining experience?

The prototype asked students:

To solve business problems for a coffee shopIf they could envision using intangible skills in the coffee shop

Solution

Opportunity to practice decision making, problem solving, and management

Weekend long event

Students participate in workshops that correspond to their major

Reposition a product for

Nike?!

SolutionBenefits:

Hands-onOutside of the classroomBrings LCB concentrations together

Solves prototype problems by:Reduces student time commitmentKeeps problems consistent

Implementation

Winter 2014Arrange for Professors to run workshopsCreate workshop problems

Spring 2014Hire catering and reserve roomsMarket eventBegin initial registration

Fall 2014Last minute detailsRun the eventCollect initial feedback

Total budget: $14,000

Room reservations:$0

Catering:$11,000

Marketing & Incentives:

$3,000

Where we’ve been...Need: Gain intangible skills to increase employment

Roadblocks: Student time and consistency

Solution: Two day event with workshops