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  • 19
    Mar

    JA mentors are model examples from the varied world of work

    Lauren Lane, a 22-year-old cloud automation engineer at Citi, is one of thousands of Junior Achievement Ireland (JAI) volunteers who mentor and help students in primary and second level schools across Ireland. Responding to demand from schools, JAI recruits, vets, trains, equips and supports volunteers from the business world to facilitate programmes spanning four themes: entrepreneurship, employability, financial literacy and the value of STEM.

    The programmes are designed to complement the formal curriculum and allow students to
    learn from the experiences of their volunteer. A survey of more than 700 JAI volunteers last year showed that 77 per cent felt their communication skills had improved, 59 per cent had increased their confidence, and 99 per cent would recommend a JA programme to a colleague.

    Strategic thinking and progressing through their studies with an open mind is wise advice for students in 2019. Research from the World’s Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs report found the workplace and many of our traditional job roles are changing drastically. Some 65 per cent of the jobs the next generation will be hired for do not even exist today. By 2025, it is predicted that six million low-qualified jobs will potentially disappear while 15 million jobs requiring high educational attainment will be created.

    Lauren is delighted to be involved as Citi volunteer, having enjoyed JA programmes during every year of her primary school education.

    “Completing the JA programmes helped to open my eyes to the opportunities that were out there,” said Lane. “I went on to be a female in the world of tech after studying Business and Computing at the National College of Art and Design. I decided to ‘pay it forward’ and be a volunteer because I want other students to get what I did from the JA programmes, to see all the different possibilities that are out there.

    "I want to be a role model for girls in tech because you can’t be what you can’t see, and those students can see what I have accomplished and learn about how they too can achieve whatever they want.”

     

    Reprinted from Business Post

    https://www.businesspost.ie/focus-on/leading-roles-jai-mentors-model-examples-varied-world-work-437516

     

     

  • 07
    Jul

    My JA Story: Leading by example at all times is key to supporting young people

    Laszlo Kremmer, CSC Budapest – Business Manager in Hungary

    “Back in 2015, I was "University Relations Work stream Leader” at CSC Budapest for a year. I worked with college and university students to establish working relationships with students and to attract talent. That program brought me back to the world of schools and young students.

    When I heard about the JAM (Junior Achievement Magyarország)-Citi program, I wanted to get involved and work with high school students, to help them by sharing my experience.

  • 04
    Jul

    Together we can further inspire young people to believe in their own innate creativity

    Jeff Archambault, Corporate Citizenship, The Walt Disney Company EMEA

    Creativity is at the heart of everything we do at The Walt Disney Company – not only in our film and animation studios but throughout all of our businesses and organization. We believe that creativity is essential not only for artists and storytellers but also for business people and clearly for entrepreneurs.

  • 26
    Jun

    Helping Romanian students become entrepreneurs

    Mihaela VASILE, Corporate Engagement & Government Affairs Manager for Monsanto Romania

    For the second year in a row, as Corporate Engagement & Government Relations Manager for Monsanto in Romania, I successfully supported our team to mentor more than 600 students from around the country. This was made possible by Monsanto’s partnership with the Junior Achievement (JA) Award — Europe’s largest provider of education programmes for entrepreneurship.

  • 15
    Mar

    You can’t complain about the absence of talent if you haven’t done anything about it

    Peter Daly, VP Global Service Management at AT&T

    JA Europe and AT&T are working to empower the next generation of IT‐driven innovators, by building key competences in entrepreneurship and business.

    We have asked 5 question to Peter Daly, VP Global Service Management at AT&T.

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