Work-ready graduates with intrapreneurial spirit

VISUAL: Fade up to a grey/white screen. Black text in the centre of the screen “Work-ready graduates with intrapreneurial spirit”. Smaller dark grey text underneath in centre of screen “Colin Pritchard, Head of Human Resources, Ericsson, talks about the value of employing a student as part of the RMIT Work Integrated Learning program”. The RMIT logo is in the centre, bottom of the screen.  

VISUAL: Image of building housing Ericsson offices, moves to an image of the Ericsson logo. It is a black logo on a silver metal plate, filmed from a side angle.  

VUISUAL: Close up head shot of Colin Pritchard. He is sitting in front of cobalt blue banner the Ericsson logo (in grey). To the side of the shot is a set of white vertical blinds. He is positioned slightly left of centre of the screen.

(Music “Working Solutions” playing)

Colin Pritchard, Head of Human Resources, Ericsson: Ericsson is a world leader in telecommunications, technology and services. My role, in Ericsson is to drive the people strategy, to recruit the best possible people, develop them, and over all help in ICT support them in their careers in ICT.

VISUAL: Image moves to a shot of Mr Pritchard walking with a woman dressed in a business suit. They walk down a path by a river. The camera starts behind the pair before panning around to the side (woman first in shot).

VISUAL: Image moves back to the close up head shot of Mr Pritchard, as previously described.

(Music “Working Solutions” playing)

Mr Pritchard: By working with institutions like RMIT, we get insight in the most promising students, and give them a chance to perform in our work place. Our business needs to remain innovative and relevant to the ICT industry as it continues to change. It’s important that we make sure that we bring the best possible people in the organisation 

VISUAL: Image moves to a shot of Mr Pritchard, with the woman previously described, sitting on a park bench looking at a laptop computer. Initial shot is from the side and moves to a front-on, medium close up. Shot changes to a close up of the laptop sitting on the woman’s knees. Camera switches to a medium close up of their smiling faces.

VISUAL: Image moves back to the close up head shot of Mr Pritchard, as previously described.

(Music “Working Solutions” playing)

Mr Pritchard: When students come to Ericsson they have the opportunity to compliment what they learnt in the classroom in real life work experiences. Through this they get an insight in what it looks like to bring their expertise to our organisation, and collaborate, deliver on real business results

VISUAL: Image moves to a shot of Mr Pritchard walking with the woman on the path, as previously described.

(Music “Working Solutions” playing)

Mr Pritchard: in the context of an overall, large, global multi-national. In our experience the student that come from RMIT have a very solid and practical footing in their area of expertise, and are work-ready to make the contribution to our organisation.

VISUAL: Cut to grey/white screen [Closing credits]

Image fades into a grey/white screen, showing the RMIT logo just below the centre of the shot, with www.rmit.edu.au underneath.

A notation in light grey text, at the bottom of the screen reads “This video features the song “Working Solutions”, used with permission”.

(Music “Working Solutions” ends)

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