The University-Business LAB – LINK started its activity in the Academic year 2015-2016.
A network
of experts focused on training, transfer of business expertise assets
and
sharing their management skills.
LAB-LINK GOALS
- 1)
Training the next generation of young people entering
the job market
- 2)
Drawing on managers experience
- 3)
Providing an opportunity for managers to keep an open
communication with university
- 4)
Getting input and tips from managers to develop
groundbreaking courses linked to the job market
- 5) Creating opportunities for discussion among students,
companies and public institutions on specific issues
- 6)
Promoting the training intercultural awareness
- 7)
Promoting Soft Skills and the Human Capital management
- 8)
Supporting young people interesting in building an
international career
Throughout the years
500 students and 160 companies and managers joined the Lab-Link project.
The managers involved in the Lab-Link project training shared their competence and skills on different topics taking part in educational courses, research and publications. Among the subjects:
- · Human Resources
- · Soft Skills
- · Leadership
- · Cross Cultural Management
- · Diversity Management
- · Team Work
- · Communication
- · Organizational wellbeing
- · Balance between work and private life
- · Women leadership
- · Competition at work
- · Selection process
- · Youth Mobility and Migration Projects
- · CEO
- · Human Resources managers
- · Plant managers
- · Communications managers
- · Head of Unit
- · Consultants
- · Technical Department managers
- · Safety managers
- · Sales Directors
- · Head of Production
- · Factory managers
- · ICT Head
- · Parliament Officials
- · Academics and Teachers
The managers who have
played an active role in the Lab-Link work in different fields:
- · From mechanical to electronic area
- · From steel industry to chemicals
- · From pharmaceutical industry to paper making industry
- · From transport to power industry
- · From nautical to aeronautical industry
- · From large retailers to construction industry
- · From consultants to banking field
- · From insurance field to food industry
- · From publishing and communication world to health field
- · From manufacturing field to the world of sport
One of the Lab key projects is the “Video-Link” concept, a training tips proposal through social media, designed for young people entering the job market
VIDEO-LINK
- The Lab-Link promotes a training tips project, through
social media, thanks to a network of managers operating in different business
fields.
- ·
Video-Link arises with the goal of further enhancing
the successful network’s managers who have collaborated on the project right
from the beginning.
- ·
Video-Link aims to be a network bond and a link of
free knowledge thereby making available training material.
- ·
Video-Link training drives young people and managers
to be curious about business and is proposing a practical and theoretical short
video.
- ·
Video-Link takes shape through 3 minutes of informative
tips.
·
Video-Link tips are on three different channels: Business, English Version and Training.
- · In the “Business” channel the video is about business topics analyzed from different angles and everyone can explore the subjects of interest: soft-skills, international dynamics, Leadership, Cross-cultural Management.
- · In the “English Version” channel it is proposed that
the contents are tailored to a global audience.
- · In the “Training” channel, the available video explores
all-around educational topics as well as technology and science.
For collaborating, write to corsorisorseumane@gestionale.unipi.it