STUDENT COUNCIL`S NEWS & EVENTS

03.08.2020

HOW THE IPE SUMMER SESSION EDUCATIONAL MARATHON WAS HELD

Teachers of the Institute of Psychology and Entrepreneurship from July 30 to August 2 held the annual forum IPP SUMMER SESSION. Business owners, company directors, recruitment specialists and Ukrainian politicians took part in the four-module educational marathon.

The first day of the marathon was dedicated to the topic of finding and adapting staff under new conditions: online interviews and online onboarding.

Teacher of IPE, Candidate of Psychology. Ph.D., HR-expert Yaroslava Shkurko offered the forum participants ready-made cases and practical solutions for finding and adapting staff during the pandemic.

Together with the trainer, the participants learned about analysis and interpretation of candidate’s answers, adaptation and effective start of employees under conditions of remote work and a lot more.

Experienced recruiters know that people have possibility to prepare carefully for the interview as there are many tips for job candidates on the net. However, some information about potential employee, which the person usually does not prepare intentionally and in advance, can help in shaping real portrait of the individual. It was these  non-standard approaches to recruitment which the participants of the educational module learned on the second day from the teacher of IPE, Candidate of Economic Sciences, trainer-practitioner Iryna Khomenko.

The lecturer told the audience about peculiarities of social networks psychology, noting that having searched for individual characteristics of  candidate’s personality through personal profile on social networks, you can shape  candidate’s portrait through his soft skills. As these are the very skills that privide his successful participation in the work process and its productivity.  Therefore, only one avatar can tell about the habits and interests of the account owner. Also, during the module, participants considered issues of self-presentation in the profile, learned about methods of social networks and messengers analysis,  ways of dangers identification based on preferences and comments.

The third day of the training was supervised by Dr. Ped. Sciences, Professor Tatiana Ivanova. The IPE teacher conducted a media literacy course for the marathon listeners, thanks to which the audience learned about the secrets of the Ukrainian media functioning, about ways of resistance to technologies and tactics of manipulating consciousness.

The professor helped the participants of the marathon to master the knowledge and skills of protection against cyber attacks on the Internet and taught to recognize fake and truth in the media, because in a situation of total aftertruth the winner is the one who can distinguish propaganda and facts

On the 4th day of the training, the participants of the marathon learned from Olena Babina – entrepreneur, ontopsychologist, president of the Institute of Psychology and Entrepreneurship, how to effectively manage under conditions of uncertainty and continuous changes

The IPE teacher shared the methods of making strategic decisions and identifying ways to develop the company with the audience of the IPE SUMMER SESSION educational marathon. In her course, Elena Babina also revealed seven principles of leadership for managers and leaders based on life and work experience of the legendary Enzo Ferrari – Italian designer and entrepreneur.