The Work+ Collective Journey
The Work+ Collective helps institutions reimagine student employment
as a meaningful experience that supports career success.
The Process
Every university is different, but building meaningful student work experiences follows a clear path.
We’ve distilled it into a simple, flexible 3 stage process
Pre-work
The Work+ Collective helps institutions reimagine student employment
as a meaningful experience that supports career success.
The Work+ Collective helps institutions reimagine student employment
as a meaningful experience that supports career success.
Understand the Work+ Philosophy
Learn how redesigning student employment drives equity and career success.
Map Your Student Employment System
Identify how student jobs are structured, managed, and classified.
Discover
The Work+ Collective helps institutions reimagine student employment
as a meaningful experience that supports career success.
The Work+ Collective helps institutions reimagine student employment
as a meaningful experience that supports career success.
Understand the Discovery Mindset
Listen before solving — explore your student employment ecosystem with curiosity.
Center Lived Experience
Ground your redesign in the real stories of working learners and supervisors.
Gather Artifacts and Evidence
Collect job descriptions, evaluations, and training materials to reveal policy–practice gaps.
Observe Real Workflows
Shadow daily routines and supervision moments to see how work and learning truly happen.
Map the Current Experience
Visualize the full student journey from onboarding to exit and note “moments that matter.”
Reflect on the Student Journey
Ask: What does working as a student feel like here on day one, midterm, and at transition points?
Design
The Work+ Collective helps institutions reimagine student employment
as a meaningful experience that supports career success.
The Work+ Collective helps institutions reimagine student employment
as a meaningful experience that supports career success.
Develop Shared Learning Outcomes
Ensures that redesigned roles connect directly to career readiness and institutional learning goals. It emphasizes measurable outcomes, reflection prompts, and alignment with NACE competencies.
Design the Student Experience
Guides campuses in defining what a meaningful “working learner” experience should look and feel like. This includes mapping the student journey from hiring to reflection and identifying opportunities for learning and growth.
From Insights to Design Opportunities
Synthesize your research findings and translate them into focused, human-centered design opportunities that will guide the rest of your design work.
Launch
The Work+ Collective helps institutions reimagine student employment
as a meaningful experience that supports career success.
The Work+ Collective helps institutions reimagine student employment
as a meaningful experience that supports career success.
