The competition was designed for young, enterprising, creative students and students ready for ambitious challenges. Participants are working on a business case and will work together to make solutions that can actually influence the purchasing experience of millions of network customers, and present their ideas before the chapter at the Final Gala. The task subject remains a mystery until the first day of bootcamp. It is only known that it will concern the widely understood retail, and the teams will decide what to focus on and how to approach the problem.
Organizers point out that a full Friday index is not needed to participate. Equally crucial is what students do at and outside the university: activities in student organizations, volunteering or first professional experience. It's besides about the ability to cooperate, due to the fact that you're not fighting for triumph here alone, you're fighting for the team.
The full prize pool exceeds PLN 30,000, and details can be found on the competition website. The competition is besides an chance to gain applicable skills, specified as strategical thinking, plan reasoning and conscious usage of artificial intelligence tools, as well as experience in teamwork. All qualified participants will participate in the online networking meeting, gain access to the cognition of Ladybug experts and join the communities of ambitious young people. They will besides fight for a "golden ticket" for all Our Future Foundation events. During the bootcamp, the organizers supply accommodation and board. The movie from the 2nd edition of the competition can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/esawECv6bXY.
Bootcamp 2025 participants as part of Young Talents 4 Ladybug. Photo: Our Future Foundation.
"Young people enter the labour marketplace with fresh eyes and natural proficiency in fresh technologies. At Our Future Foundation we believe that with the right support they can bring large value to the organization, so we have been co-founding Young Talents 4 Ladybug from the beginning. The competition teaches that at all level of the organization you can think about how an entrepreneur and truly influence how the company works," said Kamil Tomkowicz, president of Our Future Foundation.
"We want Young Talents 4 Ladybug to be an experience for participants that goes beyond the competition. This is an chance to test your skills in practice, work on real challenges and get to know business from the inside. At the same time, it is an chance for us to meet a generation of young people who already have ambition to influence the future's retail. We believe that valuable ideas and inspiring beginnings of professional careers can come from specified meetings," said Katarzyna Białecka, the younger manager for the image of Ladybug's employer.
Applications may be sent by persons with the position of a student aged 19-25 from all over Poland. Upon completion of the recruitment, selected persons will be invited to an online interview, On 28 October there will be an inaugural gathering combined with online training, and on 5 and 6 November in Warsaw bootcamp combined with the Final Gala.
Regulations, competition details and application form are available at pracawbiedronce.pl/youngtalents4biedronka.
The organizers of the competition are Our Future Foundation and Ladybug Foundation (Jeronimo Martins Polska).
Our Future Foundation (OFF) is an educational foundation bringing together students and graduates of the best abroad universities, whose aim is to build Polish human capital in Poland and abroad. Since 2019, she has helped over 400 young Poles get to colleges specified as Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford and Yale.
The ladybug, owned by Jeronimo Martins Polska S.A., is the largest trade network and the largest private employer in Poland. It employs more than 85 1000 people in over 3800 locations and has been active on the Polish marketplace for 30 years.
Congress paper is the media patron of Our Future Foundation.
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