Minutes of Meeting 3 (280807)

Hi guys,here are some of the stuff we discussed today:

1. Market group targeted: Secondary school students primarily,possible to also include JC and tertiary students, foreign students,etc.

2. Do not want to go head to head with Brightsparks, better topresent ourselves as a holistic solution provider.

3. Services to be provided:- teacher resources- career resources and information- hold talks/workshops- online portal- career guidebook- monthly newsletter- consultation (contractual/weekly basis)- miscellaneous services like profiling, job matching, resumewriting, personal grooming, presentation skills, interviewskills,work shadowing etc.

4. Survey of the ground is necessary, for both students and teachers.Chee Kiang will prepare the questions for the rest of the group tovet and compile. Subsequently, dissemination of survey by everyone.Hopefully we will complete survey findings by Tuesday (030907).

5. Subtasking:- Survey: Chee Kiang- Curriculum for Teacher resources/career resources :a) Ivan/Chee Kiang for Engineering,Production, Manufacturing, ITb) Ghim Hui for Businessc) Xianwei, Hansheng, Yock Theng, Amy, Hong Wei for Arts andSocial Sciences.- Hong Wei to set up skeletal structure for online portal- Xianwei will design logo for the group : Crossroads- Hansheng will upload industry categories on the yahoogroups.

6. When searching for career resources, suggest that we can look forseveral aspects:a)Basic description of jobb)Qualities and qualifications required for jobc)Expected salary ranged)Possible career advancement routese)Prominent companies that employ that paricular professionf)For students, to list down possible education route achievingqualifications.g)Possible to expand by having an interview with an appropriateh)Any other pertinent aspects also welcomedprofessional, but this is contingent on our contacts.

7. Next meeting will be on Saturday (010907) 12-1pm. Brief meeting toupdate our findings and any problems faced and to firm up our teamlogo/marketing gimmicks. Please think of slogans, icons, etc to grabattention for the project.