People & Leadership · Human Resource Management

The Dream Team

Team simulation for US high school HR fundamentals.

4 rounds Undergraduate

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About this simulation

Team simulation for US high school HR fundamentals. Students play the three co-founders of BeanStack Coffee Carts in Portland, Oregon, and hire their first five W-2 employees across four rounds: job design and legal posting, candidate shortlisting, structured interview and reference check, and offer composition with a 30/60/90-day onboarding plan.

Teaches IRS classification, EEOC compliance, FLSA, Oregon-specific rules, and turnover-cost math.

Who it is for

An introductory simulation that assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, designed for undergraduate courses. It also works in vocational and high-school programmes and in onboarding sessions.

How a session runs

  1. The instructor creates a session from the Eureka dashboard and invites the participants.
  2. Participants play 4 rounds. In each one they submit their decisions and the simulation calculates the results.
  3. The instructor follows each participant's progress and results from the dashboard, and uses the class results for the debrief.

Decisions participants make

The decisions participants make during the simulation:

  • Lead Barista
  • Barista (×2)
  • Weekend Float
  • Bookkeeper / Social
  • Espresso / Specialty Coffee Experience
  • Team Lead / Key-Holder Experience
  • Cash Handling / POS
  • Schedule Availability Through Summer
  • Customer Service Demeanor
  • Your STAR Score (0–100)

What participants track

What participants follow on screen as the rounds go by:

  • Decision 1 — Bookkeeper Classification
  • Decision 2 — Pay Bands
  • Decision 3 — Lead Barista Posting
  • Decision 4 — Screening Criteria Weights
  • Decision 5 — Shortlist 6 of 12 Applicants
  • Decision 6 — Interview Questions
  • Decision 7 — STAR Rubric Scoring
  • Finalist A — Jordan Reyes (29)

Subjects covered

Designed for courses in Human Resource Management.

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