July 15, 2024

School of Young Physicists Carrier day

 


In the beginning of the spring semester, we experimented with a new kind of event for us instead of the usual sessions we deliver. We wanted to expand the view of our students about the job market and options that people that study STEM fields after high school. We tried and succeeded in creating interesting activities that are more engaging than the usual lectures.

Par the of the day of the event was taken up by two activities: an inverse job interview and a quiz. For the inverse job interview we turned around the job interviews that we all must go through. Two of the invited guests from local businesses were interviewed by the students with the general idea of “why should I work for you?”  which gave a more approachable way for the students to find out how it is for people after finishing their education in the Stem fields when looking for a job. In the quiz we formulated the questions so that the guest must take their best guest on not what the correct answer is, but which answer the students think is the correct one. This sparked a conversation between the guests and the students with every question.

              The attending students enjoyed the event, and we plan on hosting such an event again in the future to help students learn of the opportunities that are available to people who study the STEM fields.