Identifying the ideal candidates for international educational programs like the Bachelor’s program in Data Analytics at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic presents unique challenges. The Digital Talent Lab is a comprehensive framework designed for enhancing talent acquisition and training for cross-disciplinary educational programs, particularly in the dynamic technology fields requiring a mix of theoretic and practical, hard and soft skills. In such cases, standardized testing may not fully capture a candidate’s true potential, especially their capacity to work effectively within a team, which is absolutely crucial for their future success given the collaborative nature of the area. The proposed acquisition framework is designed as a multi-phase online bootcamp starting from project scoping together with the program’s private sectorpartners, online enrollment of a large cohort of prospective applicants, their skill assessment, individual projects, and all the way to the team projects under joint faculty-private sector partner supervision. This approach benefits all stakeholders: prospective students develop critical competencies and gain exposure to potential employers who can also sponsor their education; the university builds a skilled talent pool; and partner companies connect with pre-evaluated, partly trained candidates, streamlining their recruitment process for junior positions.

Author: Stanislav Sobolevsky

Published in: Canada International Conference on Education, 2024

• Date of Conference: 23-25 July, 2024
• DOI: 10.20533/CICE.2024.0021
• Electronic ISBN: 978-1-913572-65-5
• Conference Location: Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada