Career-related Experiences Seminar

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Career-related Experiences Seminar

• Vivian Lau
• Chief Executive Officer

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About Junior Achievement (JA)
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Junior Achievement Worldwide

• Founded in 1919
• Dedicated to educating young people about
  business, economics, and free enterprise through
  quality activities-based programs
• Currently serving more than 7 million students in
  over 100 countries a year

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Junior Achievement Hong Kong

• Established in 2001
• Registered non-profit-making charitable
  organization
• Launched 15 programs
• Over 28,000 students in 200 schools
• Over 3,000 business volunteers from 170 companies

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Awards Recognition of JA

• Caring Company Outstanding Partnership Project
  Award 2006/07 for the partnership with
  ExxonMobil, presented by the Hong Kong Council of
  Social Service
• Long Standing Partner award - Goldman Sachs CTW
  10th Year Anniversary award

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Awards Recognition of JA

• Best Performer in Resource Mobilization of Asia
  Pacific NGO award by Resource Alliance
  Citigroup
• Caring Company Outstanding Partnership Project
  Award 2004/05 for the partnership with HSBC on
  Company Programme, presented by the Hong Kong
  Council of Social Service

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Our Mission

• To inspire and prepare young people
• to succeed in the global economy

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JA Programs
Understanding the world of work and market
economics
Essential Life-wide Values
Financial Economics Literacy
Career Aspiration
Entrepreneurship
Business Plan Program
Global Business Ethics
Tertiary
MMBiz
Success Skills
Company Programme
Global Business Ethics
Upper Secondary
Job Shadowing
MESE
New Leaders
Lower Secondary
Personal Economics
New Leaders
Our Community
Our Families
Ourselves
Our City
Our Nation
Our World
Our Region
Primary
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A Bridge between Schools and World of Work
High-quality activities-based business programs
Financial support
Devoted staff
Trained business volunteers
Schools
Business
JA
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Program Partners
Program Manager
Companies/ Workplace
School
Link Teacher
JA
Students
Business Volunteers
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International Exposure for Students
Canadian National Junior Achievement Conference
(CANJAC) Annual international forum for over 150
Company Programme student delegates from all over
the world to meet and exchange their experience
and learning International Junior Leadership
Conference in Florida USA A one-week students
conference on global business for students from
over 40 countries to convene and polish up their
learning on world economy
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International Exposure for Students
Hewlett-Packard Global Business Challenge
(HPGBC) Annual competition for students to polish
their decision making skills with over 1,200
teams from over 100 countries Global Business
Ethics Contest Hong Kong student won 2nd Place
in a worldwide ethical contest, Global Business
Ethics Youth Forum in USA
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Key Learning for Students

• JA programs have give me a valuable opportunity
  to put theories into practice. I have learnt how
  to tackle problems and communicate with
  companions effectively.
• Yeung Tung Wai, student from Belilios Public
  School
• JA programs helped me understand what abilities
  I need to improve. I see how important teamwork
  and creativity are. We all find the key to make
  the impossible to be POSSIBLE!
• Ken Lee, student from TWGHs Kwok Yat Wai College
• The business volunteers introduce me to the real
  working world. I cherish every cheer shared with
  my volunteers, whom I seek support and
  encouragements from.
• Dorothy Ma, student from Sacred Heart Canossian
  College

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Key Learning for Students

• Entrepreneurship, creative thinking,
  decision-making, problem-solving, critical
  thinking, teamwork, leadership
• Financial literacy, planning, making choices,
  budgeting, planning
• Career aspiration, attitude, interpersonal
  effectiveness, taking responsibilities, following
  directions
• Essential life-wide values, ethics, respect,
  reliability, responsibility, integrity, fairness
  and citizenship

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Commitment of JA

• Build bridges between business and education
• Engage support of over 170 companies, e.g. HSBC,
  Hang Seng Bank, Citigroup, CLP Power, Goldman
  Sachs, KMB, ExxonMobil, Fedex Express
• Supply internationally-adopted program materials
• Provide training, support, and guidance to
  business volunteers and teachers
• Ensure quality experiences for students, teachers
  and business volunteers

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Support from Business Volunteers

• Sharing experiences and insights
• Leading discussions and activities
• Volunteers are
• Mentors Facilitators Role-models
  Ethics Advisors
• Coaches Advisors Consultants
  Friends Motivators Guides Career
  Counselors

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Partnership with Schools Teachers

• Support from Schools and Teachers
• Create a positive learning environment and
  commitment to learn
• Communicate with the business volunteer
  regarding
• Student characteristics
• School rules and school calendar
• Feedback for business volunteers
• Help to manage the classroom
• Provide feedback to JA

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Partnership with Schools Teachers

• Teachers also enjoy the experience too!
• Come face-to-face with business leaders
• Interact with business volunteers from different
  industries

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The Impact Created
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JA Program evaluations 2005/06 results confirm
the value of programs
The Impact Created
of respondents agree that Students Students Students Teachers Teachers Teachers Volunteers Volunteers Volunteers
03/04 04/05 05/06 03/04 04/05 05/06 03/04 04/05 05/06
Business Volunteers are a valuable component of the program 87 87 88 97 93 95 88 98 98
JA program was an effective way to learn 84 85 81 100 88 93 94 91 92
Interested in participating more JA programs 78 82 80 89 84 87 78 92 87
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The Impact Created
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Upcoming JA Programs in Summer

• Global Business Ethics ????????
• Target students
• Form 6 to University undergraduates
• Program format
• 20 to 30 students per class,
• led by a business volunteer in school
• Number of sessions/hours
• 6 sessions, 2 hours each
• In the program, students will
• explore their own personal and ethical values
• prepare for a career in the international
  marketplace
• analyze their own personal set of beliefs, values
  and character through discussions on a case study

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Career-related Experiences Seminar

• Vivian Lau
• Chief Executive Officer