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Activity title: Be a “scrapper”!

The goal here is to make participants understand that adversities can be
used to create success, thus they will learn to use their own adversities to
Objectives and present themselves as fighters and support their application to a future
Learning job using their uniqueness. It is essential to realize that those who grow
Outcome
vigorously with steady progress in difficult situations are driven by the
grid to survive and succeed in an developing workplace.
Preparation & Digital equipment for the video.
Materials
Recommended
Time 90 minutes
In the first part of this activity, participants will watch a highly
motivational video of using failure and internal strengths to create a
pathway of success. The motivational video’s title is “Why the best hire
might not have the perfect resume” and it can be found here with several
subtitles (duration 10 minutes).

After the video, give participants 10 minutes to create their own story of
being a "Scrapper". Ask them to think about the times that they were
struggling to stand on their own two feet. Make them realize that
everybody has a story to tell.

Then a pitching process will begin and they will stand and present
themselves and the difficulties that they may have faced but tried to
Instructions overcome and possible succeeded. But participants will not present
themselves to anyone specifically. We do not want to make them feel
anxious. The concept is to create a simulation of a job interview or a
pitching event.

In any case, it is really difficult to be the first to talk. Thus, in order to
make participants feel comfortable, the trainers will follow the same
procedure. They will also take 10 minutes to create their story of being a
“scrapper”, and they will start to present themselves with their stories and
adversities. In this way, participants will feel motivated to take the stage
and talk as well.

In addition, before the pitching starts, trainers can use the Regina
Hartley’s phrase (speaker of the video) for extra empowerment:

Project 2019-1-BG01-KA204_062299
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