Campus Interview Room
Lead Student Name
Jaclyn Wiley
Executive Summary
Embry-Riddle offers resources to students throughout the job interview process, from identifying potential employers to how to negotiate a salary. One resource that is not offered, however, is a location for students to complete telephone and video conference job interviews. Students, especially those who live on campus, often struggle to find a space in which to conduct an interview that all of the following necessary requirements: strong cell phone or internet signal or ethernet connection, and a quiet space where there will be no interuptions. Therefore, I enter the following idea into the Student Innovation Awards: a dedicated interview room.
The interview room, which could be located anywhere on campus, would require soundproofing ($1200-$1450 estimate, including labor), a cell phone signal booster ($499), a computer with Skype and Zoom downloaded, and an open ethernet cable, if the student wants to connect their own device to the ethernet signal. The total estimated costs of the room would be $2500. Like many of the study spaces already in use on campus, the interview room would be reservable, via a student assistant or a remotely-accessible computer system. Both systems already exist on campus, and could be adapted and utilized for the interview room. A total of $2000 would be reserved for student wages to operate the interview room, whether the interview room is added to the responsibilities of an existing student assistant or if a new student assistant is hired. The only elements of the interview room that do not already exist on campus are the soundproofing materials and the cell phone signal booster.
The interview room would provide many benefits to Embry-Riddle and its students. A dedicated interview space would allow students to focus on the content of the interview, rather than on its logistics. Interviewed students would be more prepared and less stressed, representing both themselves and Embry-Riddle more professionally to the aerospace and aviation industries. Further, an interview room could be used by students for other projects if not in use as an interview space. For example, the interview room could be used to record audio projects or as a quiet study space. Finally and most importantly, the interview room would be a visible and useful way to showcase Embry-Riddle’s dedication to the students and their futures.
Campus Interview Room
Embry-Riddle offers resources to students throughout the job interview process, from identifying potential employers to how to negotiate a salary. One resource that is not offered, however, is a location for students to complete telephone and video conference job interviews. Students, especially those who live on campus, often struggle to find a space in which to conduct an interview that all of the following necessary requirements: strong cell phone or internet signal or ethernet connection, and a quiet space where there will be no interuptions. Therefore, I enter the following idea into the Student Innovation Awards: a dedicated interview room.
The interview room, which could be located anywhere on campus, would require soundproofing ($1200-$1450 estimate, including labor), a cell phone signal booster ($499), a computer with Skype and Zoom downloaded, and an open ethernet cable, if the student wants to connect their own device to the ethernet signal. The total estimated costs of the room would be $2500. Like many of the study spaces already in use on campus, the interview room would be reservable, via a student assistant or a remotely-accessible computer system. Both systems already exist on campus, and could be adapted and utilized for the interview room. A total of $2000 would be reserved for student wages to operate the interview room, whether the interview room is added to the responsibilities of an existing student assistant or if a new student assistant is hired. The only elements of the interview room that do not already exist on campus are the soundproofing materials and the cell phone signal booster.
The interview room would provide many benefits to Embry-Riddle and its students. A dedicated interview space would allow students to focus on the content of the interview, rather than on its logistics. Interviewed students would be more prepared and less stressed, representing both themselves and Embry-Riddle more professionally to the aerospace and aviation industries. Further, an interview room could be used by students for other projects if not in use as an interview space. For example, the interview room could be used to record audio projects or as a quiet study space. Finally and most importantly, the interview room would be a visible and useful way to showcase Embry-Riddle’s dedication to the students and their futures.