Lookout – new directions of expertise. Coaching for creative professionals to cope with the corona crisis
According to various studies, the creative sector has suffered the most from the decline in business caused by Covid- 19, in addition to air transport. Students and recent graduates in the fields of culture and the arts have also suffered particularly much in Central Finland from the situation caused by the corona: internships related to studies have been canceled or postponed, summer jobs in the field have been difficult to find and no jobs can be found in their field.
However, know-how in the creative sector is needed and can be utilized in other industries as well. The project is looking for SMEs in the key development areas of Central Finland (bio economy, digitalization, knowledge economy, welfare economy and tourism) to which know-how in the creative sector can be exported. The project also cross-pollinates the skills of students in the creative and strategic important industries with the help of the Impossible Task competition and the Labor Market campaign.
Objectives
The main goals are:
To find new employment opportunities for graduating and final-time students both a) outside their own field and b) in new companies, cooperatives and communities created by networking across student institutions.
To strengthen the confidence of creative students and recent graduates in their own employment, learn to productize, articulate and apply their own skills, open networks with other creative students and actors, and broaden the understanding of applying their own skills to related industries.
To network final-year students and recent graduates of Central Finnish creative institutions (Gradia, JAMK, University of Jyväskylä, Humak) as well as the staff of the educational institutions and also with strategic important industries and those students who are studying those industries.
| Duration (päivämäärinä): | 31.08.2021 – 31.08.2023 |
| Project manager: | Sanna Pekkinen |
| Email: | sanna.pekkinen@humak.fi |
| Partners: | Jyväskylä Educational Consortium Gradia, University of Jyväskylä, Jamk University of Applied Sciences, |
| Funder: | EU: ESR -rahoitus |
| Budget: | > 100 000 – 300 000 euroa |
| Website: | Linkki |
