BUSINESS

There Are No Bad Business Ideas,

Only Those That Never Leave

the Drawing Board

The age of traditional efforts to prepare students for a desk-based career is already past its prime.

The careers of modern students will be built upon entirely new challenges linked with not only

knowledge gained in their studies but also the search for personal development. Working on the

establishment of a startup project will become an irreplaceably necessary experience and conducting

business alongside studies will become standard. This is definitely a possible future for universities

that adopt creativity as part of their campus culture and VŠB-TUO is a great example of this.

Ms Šimoníková, you have been the head of the

Career centre at VŠB-TUO for three years now.

You have been in the business of supporting the

growth of ideas, individuals and teams for many

years. What is your opinion on the young people you

and your team work with?

Today’s youth has the same wants and needs as we

used to have. Some strive to enjoy life to the fullest,

others look for opportunities to develop themselves;

a difference that I have noticed, however, is that most

young people today are more willing to devote their

efforts to activities they enjoy and make sense to

them. Essentially, they are more focused on personal

development. On the other hand, activities that seem

fruitless and bear a sort of discomfort are very unpopular

and are only done on an unavoidably necessary scale.

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Sometimes I wonder, though, if that was the way we

used to do it, as well.

What is your favorite part of working with students?

Does it inspire you in some way?

You see, for us, working with students is a little bit of

a double-edged sword, motivating in some respects

but demotivating in others. We share in the joys of

successes we take part in, however, sometimes we

have a little sigh to ourselves wondering where the will

and perseverance of young folk has gone. Some things

have been made easier for them than they were for us;

they are offered so many opportunities. Fortunately,

eventually we are always reminded that we cannot

compare our environments this way; we can only

accept, encourage and help when needed.