1. Karlee Hight, Luis Manzo, Nick Ballestrazze, Wilkins Kato

2.  “Obtaining work experience is not that important. I would rather focus on getting good grades because with a good resume and strong grades I will be able” –Adam  “I've gone to academic advisors, but nothing to help me gain experience. I am really busy with school and a part time job so it's difficult to find time.” -Shayne

4. LCB students need to take personal responsibility for obtaining out of the classroom experiences to develop their professionalism skills because employers are looking for graduates with more than just a strong academic background. It is especially true at the Lundquist College of Business that many of the programs have a low participation rate, are poorly communicated and students are struggling to find time to attend these programs.

5.  Some events are irrelevant  Some events get overlooked  There are not many participants at the more specific events ◦ “Amazon held a meeting in a very small classroom recently and I was pretty surprised because I would have thought more students would have been interested in that kind of an opportunity to where they would have needed a bigger space. On top of that only 8 students were qualified for the position they were looking for.”  Time commitment

6.  Students have other priorities  Event time conflicts  The majority of students have part time jobs

7.  Staff not advocating events enough  Newsletters are emailed very frequently ◦ Informative, but broad audience ◦ Not specific qualifications ◦ Students do not read them

8.  Students acknowledge importance  Students acknowledge responsibility  Example: “ students are here because they need to be”  Doesn’t benefit them in the short – run  Research more about time vs. motivation

9. This problem is two fold:  Getting students motivated and educated to how much emphasis employers place on candidates having hands on experience  The path of information from the University to the students needs to be refined

10.  The LCB deserves our participation in trying to solve this problem  We request your permission to continue to explore this issue  We would love to hear your questions or insights into this issue