Excelship
A product focused on connecting new workers with employers. With a target demographic of graduating students and recent grads.
Time to Design Concept
1 Month
My role
Research and Product Design
The Problem
- New graduates have a hard time securing employment.
- Employers need workers with previous experience.
- Many students don’t know where to start.
- Finding new talent is difficult.
The Solution
- Focus to assist companies AND graduating/recent grads.
- Match students to mentor / internships at companies.
- Direct companies to students.
- Help build network and networking skills.
- Help users discover required skills to be ready to enter workforce.
Design Thinking Process
Roles
Research and Lightning Talks
Assumptions
Personas
Benchmark and Brainstorm
Golden Path / Onboard
User Path
Data Model Diagram
Wireframes
Sample Screens
Results
- Tracking mentee and mentor chat frequency can demonstrate qualitative success.
- Hired mentees would be a quantitative metric and college success.
- Reduced training time and readily available talent pool would be a client success.
- Colleges introducing product to students would be a company success.