“Supply Chain and Soft Skills - Practical Application”
Employability for GJU students - 5.-9.3.2017
-Britta Kähler, Edda Pulst
What are job requirements of employers and which techniques should you master to be hired?
Who could answer these questions better than two experts who have the combination- the theoretical knowledge as a university professor, the practical experience as a top management representative from a world leading enterprise and a Partner-Network? Prof. Dr. Edda Pulst from Westphalian University of Applied Sciences and Dr. Martin Kabath from DHL Supply Chain practiced as 2WINpartners during a one-week workshop at the German Jordanian University (GJU) their - adapt2Job "- 2win Training" with the topic “Supply Chain and Soft Skills - Practical Application”.
Professional
17 selected GJU students majoring Logistics Sciences and Industrial Engineering participated in 2win-Know-How-Transfer of Supply Chain Concepts and IT applications in Supply Chain and Logistics. Direct real-time-interaction between University and Industry led to numerous practical examples and presenting real live scenarios from the industry. In addition, the experts from Germany provided the students with information about required job, scenario-and presentation skills to best prepare them for the market requirements. Current job vacancies at DHL permitted a deep insight into the later work.
Within a Job Assessment on the fly the students had to develop in groups Supply Chain Scenarios for Jordan. They were asked to provide solutions for challenges the country is facing. The scenarios the student teams developed were tackling topics related to recycling and managing trash ("Trash to Cash"), material supply for the upcoming Red Sea- Dead Sea project ("Red to Dead Logistics"), environmental friendly public transportation solutions ("Green Jo Transit"), and warehouse solutions for refugee camps (“SANAD” – Azraq Refugee Camp).
Power
Every group sold its idea to the representatives of the industry: Mr. Tariq Bassouni and Ms. Rana Abu Shawer, both from DHL Express Jordan and Mr. Omar Abbas, IBM Middle East and Mr. Khaled AlKadi, Jordan Business Systems.
Students closely kept to the inside business of the companies, integrated trends in IT.
The industrial experts gave valuable feedback on the student’s presentations. The industry experts evaluated the presentation skills of the students and the relevance of the projects to the business profiles of their companies by providing the students with constructive advices on context and content as well as how to improve their performances to better convince potential employers about their ideas.
The remuneration is a joint Certificate of DHL, - adapt2Job and GJU which will surely give a special impact on any students’ application in the future.
PASSION
Students, but also their GJU professors appreciated this intensive workshop which allowed them to put into practice what they learned in theory and what will help them to better master the challenges of the business world.
The Diversity of Engineering and Logistics Students gave an additional challenge.
Hard work and constant drive led to convincing results. The combination of Enthusiasm and Knowledge led to Stress Resistance.
FUN was always felt despite the very hard work
DHL Reality could be experienced at the Airport. A field-trip to visit DHL Express airport hub with the Know How of the experts at DHL hub facilities gave an insight into operations at the hub which handle around 2000 daily shipments. The students were given a warehouse tour and the opportunity to observe the unsealing and unloading of a truck which just arrived from Bahrain.
OUTLOOK
The adapt2job twin training took place in the frame of GJU’s flying faculty program supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and was organized by the Office for Industrial Links (OIL) in cooperation with the School of Management and Logistics Sciences (SMLS).
It aimed at enhancing GJU’s industrial dimension and method of applied teaching by exposing the students to real life scenarios with the involvement of business professionals.
In the Future - adapt2Job Trainings will also focus IT Technologies and Job Opportunities for Jordan, such as Blockchain, Internet of Things, Cloud and Big Data Analytics.
More information about - adapt2Job: www.eddapulst.de
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