Stage 2.Strategies and motivation in job search: the student perspective

Stage Platform for deliverable: Slack (see "Tools")

. Strategies and motivation in job search: the student perspective

Period: March 1^st – March 29^th

Meeting: 29 March

Meeting platform: MS Teams

Delivery date: March 28^th

Platform for deliverable: Slack (see "Tools")

Instructions:

• You will work in international team. The teachers will assign you to an international team (with URV students and RFTA students).

• You will have 4 weeks for this stage.

• Between March 1^st and March 14^th you should contact members of your international team online through one of the tools provided (Slack, Teams, Zoom, etc.) to organize and prepare your task.

• On March 15^th each team will have its own meeting (remember to create the room yourselves!) to discuss process of doing tasks, results and plans.

You will make a short questionnaire for survey. Professors will participate in this meeting and will answer all your questions.

• You have to arrange several meetings (except March 15^th) to discuss and prepare the deliverable.

• You send / upload the deliberable on time.

• The Professors will give you information about job searching process and rules for survey design and will help you reach other graduates.

What should we take into account for this activity?

• The time difference until March 13th between Moscow and Tarragona is 2h. You should consider this when planning your meetings.

• Your conversations and work together should be done face-to-face and live (through Zoom or Teams, for example) whenever possible. Interactive real-time/audiovisual exchange and communication is essential for full cross-cultural experience and learning.

• During this stage you will obtain information from graduates – so it is necessary to have enough time to conduct a survey and analyze the results.

Task 2.1: The process of job searching: getting ready to find a good job

• Read the handout (individually)

• Discuss the different parts of the process and detect potential hurdles (team)

Task 2.2: what should be the goal when searching for a job?

• Read the handout (individually)

• Create a list of motivations that drive students during their job search (team)

Task 2.3: generate and analyze data on graduates’ motivations

• Design a short survey to obtain information on graduates’ motivations (team)

• Establish a strategy to run the survey and obtain the data (team)

• Run the survey (team)

• Tabulate and analyze the data

DELIVERABLE 2:

Upload to slack one presentation per team by March 28^th .

The presentation should contain:

• The results of the survey, with tables and graphics.

• Brief summary of the main conclusions and a comparison of both countries.

• Comments on the situation by gender.

• Presentation time is 10 minutes

Discussion during the meeting (March 29^st) on the presentation and results, comparative analysis. Basic questions:

• What is the process of job searching: getting ready to find a good job.

• What are the different parts of the process?

• What are potential hurdles?

• What is the situation by gender?

Brief joint summary of main conclusions: main steps of job search process and motivations during job searching.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

• For all teams: Papers for Task 2.1, Task 2.2 and Task 2.3 will be sent to all teams.

• You also look for sources of information by yourself and within your team.

How will this activity be evaluated?

Teams will evaluate each other's public presentation and quality of the deliverables and team contribution to the discussion

Evaluation criteria

Deliverable 2: 20 points (10 points - team report and presentation + 10 points -discussion)

To rate each team please fill in the form located in "Activities" main page on March 29.