B4869 - SEM.THE FUTURE OF WORK: HOW COMPANIES REALLY WORK AND WHAT THEY SEARCH FOR IN JOB CANDIDATES

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

Teaching goals pursued during this seminar series include: - Provide students with an overview of work and employment practices in leading international companies. - Illustrate how the roles of firms, employees, and policy have changed and created the labor market we see today. - Provide an understanding of the status of the current labor market in more detail: o What does it look like? o What types of jobs do we have, and what skills are required? o What are emerging trends in how firms organize work, and in the role of labor market institutions such as unions? - Offer students resources and tools they can use to plan their own career paths in the workplaces of the future—those of the next generation.

Contenuti

“The goal of this seminar series is to equip students with a fair, honest, and up-to-date overview of how today’s companies work and what they look for in job candidates.

• What does each company department do and why?

• What skills and competencies are most coveted in today’s rapidly changing world?
• How is work changing and what do companies really look for in the leaders of tomorrow?

Think about this: medicine students spend hours learning how the human body works. Management students likewise need to be familiar with a company's functions and departments. This seminar offers an opportunity to deep dive into the characteristics of day-to-day company practices across a variety of industries and functions.

The seminar will be led by Patrizio Pecunia, Principal Program Manager at the Adecco Goup in Berlin. The course is organized as follows:

May 14 – Online Lecture

• Introduction
• Challenges of the Global Job Market
• The Importance of Effective Communication
• Two Communication Models:
  • Pyramidal Thinking
  • STAR Method (Situation, Task, Action, Results)

Homework Assignment:
Students will be asked to respond in writing to three common interview questions using one of the communication models presented during the lecture.

May 30 – In-Person Interactive Session

• Behind the Scenes of a Job Interview: Types of Interviews and What Companies Look For
• Group Discussion of Homework Responses
• Full Mock Interview Simulation with a Major Tech Company, followed by a Group Debrief

May 31 – In-Person Interactive Session with Guest Speakers

• Introduction of Guest Speakers
• Brief Overview of the Concept of Networking

Testi/Bibliografia

Recommended readings, if any, will be indicated before each seminar.

Metodi didattici

Interactive sessions with invited managers from leading international companies

Case studies

Guest talks

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Students will be requested to hand in a reflection paper by the end of the seminar series. The paper is intended to stimulate critical thinking around the topics covered during the seminars.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

The seminar will be delivered in person only unless otherwise concurred with the instructor under specific circumstances.

Video material and readings will be used on an ad-hoc basis.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Simone Ferriani