Cláudia Correia, Margarida Teles, Patrícia Cabral, Ro Kriegl “Your Window to the Future”
Cláudia Correia, Margarida Teles, Patrícia Cabral, Robert Kriegl
“Your Window to the Future”
Agenda
Interviews
Value Curves
Landing Page
Surveys
Outlook
Interviews
International Students
• The Majority of international students work during their studies (15/20); most of them in their home country (12/20) and a smaller part also abroad
• During their university spare time, the vast majority of
students work (16/20); most of them in SME (10/20) and the rest in bigger companies (4) or different organizations
• Most of them work for almost all their vacation
(12/20); others for a shorter time • Regarding time, almost all international students don’t
think that they have enough time to work during their studies abroad (16/20).
Interviews
International Students
• Almost all people liked the idea and the concept in general (18/20)
• Things the people mostly liked about the concept: personal assistance, can choose things that you really want to do, community with other people
• What they thought, which could be some disadvantages: hard to attract people
• Some would pay between 10-25€ (7/20) if they find a suitable internship through the website
Interviews
International Students
• The Majority of international students work during their studies (15/20); most of them in their home country (12/20) and a smaller part also abroad
• During their university spare time, the vast majority of
students work (16/20); most of them in SME (10/20) and the rest in bigger companies (4) or different organizations
• Most of them work for almost all their vacation
(12/20); others for a shorter time • Regarding time, almost all international students don’t
think that they have enough time to work during their studies abroad (16/20).
Interviews
Portuguese Students
• The Majority of Portuguese students don’t work while studying but they work on their vacations
• Almost all Portuguese students think that there is time to reconcile studies with work
• Doesn’t exist in Portugal a concept like StudentsTry but students think it should exist
• The existing websites are not sufficiently clear and helpful or even suitable for students
• Students won’t be able to pay for the service and just a few would pay for personal assistance
Interviews
Young and Unemployed People
• The Majority of Young and Unemployed people valuate the variety of offers on job websites not very good (e.g. Lack of qualified offers)
• Most of them are missing more opportunities, more varieties, and a better organization of the website
• Generally, all participants had a very good first impression of the concept (described it as very interesting, wonderful)
• Just (3/20) showed a WTP for the service
• No interviewed person would be willing to pay for personal assistance
Value Curves
Main Attributes and Competitors
StudentsTryTrabalhotemporario.pt (Temporary Jobs)
Net-Empregos (Full-time/Part-
time Jobs)
Estagiar.pt (Internships)
Design 6 6 1 4Variety of
Offer/Number of Partnerships
7 5 4 3
Service easiness 6 3 4 5
Convenience/Accessibility
5.5 2 5 2
Registration speed
4.5 7 3 3
Price 3 7 7 7Languages available
7 1 1 1
Career Advising 6 4 1 5
Value Curves
StudentsTry vs Net-Empregos
Value Curves
StudentsTry vs Estagiar.pt
Value Curves
StudentsTry vs Trabalhotemporario.pt
Landing Page
Landing Page Link: http://patyarc.wix.com/studentstry
Surveys
Script
10 Questions
2 Versions: Portuguese and English
Surveys
Script
Outlook
Interviews to the 3 target segments
Interviews to the companies (In progress)
Landing Page
Value Curves
Surveys (In progress)
Questions & Comments
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