The Junior Enterprise movement, born in France 52 years ago, is now expanding all over Europe and the World. it's composed by a network of student associations that offer consulting services to companies and privates. Junior Enterprises bridge the gap between students and the business world by allowing them to come in contact with companies early in their academic careers. They Provide a fertile ground to test new ideas and to take the responsibility of pursuing them, creating an environment where students can put into practice what they have learned and keep learning from every new challenge. Junior Enterprises are an opportunity, for both companies and students, to collaborate on new projects together. The goal of this talk is to present the junior enterprise reality at Politecnico di Milano and discuss opportunities created for both students and companies.

1. 17-31 may 2019
San Francisco
Emma Marioni
emma.marioni@jemp.it

2. THE DATA

3. WHAT COMPANIES WANT
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education and American Public Media’s Marketplace
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4. WHAT COMPANIES WANT
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education and American Public Media’s Marketplace
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5. WHERE STUDENTS LACK
Source: Payscale 2016 Workforce-Skills Preparedness Report
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6. FILLING THE GAP
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7. THE OPPORTUNITY

8. By allowing students to
come into contact with
companies early in their
university careers
FILLING THE GAP
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9. Through short projects in
collaboration with
companies
FILLING THE GAP
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10. Allowing students to
understand the importance
of soft skills and to
practically develop them
FILLING THE GAP
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11. Working with People with
a different mindset and
backgrounds
DIVERSITY
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12. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Challenging students to
solve concrete problems
and giving them the
responsibility over their
outcome
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13. FILLING THE GAP THROUGH JUNIOR
ENTERPRISES

14. THE CONCEPT

15. Learning By Doing
Consulting Projects for
Companies
THE CONCEPT
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16. Managed entirely by
students
THE CONCEPT
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17. Fostering Members
Development
THE CONCEPT
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18. Non-Profit
THE CONCEPT
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19. THE MOVEMENT

20. THE MOVEMENT
Born in a University in
France in 1967
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21. Expansion all over Europe
and Brazil with national
confederations
THE MOVEMENT
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22. Now there are 1227 JE
involving more than 50K
students
THE MOVEMENT
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23. JEMP @POLIMI

24. JEMP @POLIMI
JEMP - Junior Enterprise of
the Politecnico di Milano
born in 2014
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25. Engineers and Designers
working in a STEM
environment
JEMP @POLIMI
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26. OUR STRUCTURE

27. OUR STRUCTURE
Structured like a
consulting company
BOARD
HUMAN RESOURCES
SALES
COMMUNICATION
INTERNAL AUDIT
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28. OUR STRUCTURE
Functional Areas that
regulate our internal
processes and decision
making
BOARD
HUMAN RESOURCES
SALES
COMMUNICATION
INTERNAL AUDIT
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29. OUR STRUCTURE
BOARD
HUMAN RESOURCES
SALES
COMMUNICATION
INTERNAL AUDIT
Flexibility is the goal.
In a JE everything is always
evolving.
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30. LEARNING PROCESS

31. Trough projects
TeamWork
Adaptability
LEARNING PROCESS
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32. Through Managing the JE
Problem Solving
Decision Making
LEARNING PROCESS
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33. Through dedicated
teaching:
Improve on topics you
choose
in collaboration with an
international network
LEARNING PROCESS
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34. OUR DATA

35. OUR DATA
Source: Effects and impact of entrepreneurship programmes in higher education, European Commission
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36. OUR DATA
Source: Effects and impact of entrepreneurship programmes in higher education, European Commission
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37. THERE IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO !

38. www.jemp.it
THANK YOU
Emma Marioni
emma.marioni@jemp.it