COUNSELING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SOUL THROUGH INTEREST IN COLLEGE FOR YOUTH IN TANTAN VILLAGE SEKERNAN DISTRICT, MUARO DISTRICT, JAMBI

Abstract

Youth are a potential resource to participate in village development. Youth are individuals who must be seen as young people who are at a certain level in the development of human life, with certain qualities and identity. One effort to improve creativity and entrepreneurial abilities is through becoming a student. The capacity of young people in villages can be optimized through entrepreneurship according to the interests and talents of young people as well as regional potential. This service is to find out how to increase the entrepreneurial spirit through interest in studying for young people in Tantan Village, Sekernan District, Muaro Jambi Regency. The aim and benefits to be achieved are to provide knowledge about the character of an entrepreneur and what conditions a person must have in order to have the main characteristics of a creative person, the characteristics that enable a creative person and the side characteristics of a creative person. This service activity is oriented towards strengthening knowledge of the characteristics of creative people in order to carry out campus activities as activities of a student as well as an entrepreneur, so the method used is an outreach method about the spirit of creativity, students and entrepreneurship. The results of this activity are (1) Community Service for youth can be carried out well and smoothly. (2) This activity received a very good response as evidenced by the activeness of partners in participating in service activities. (3) Service participants strengthen their motivation to become students and entrepreneurs through the main characteristics of creative people, the characteristics that enable creative people, and the secondary characteristics of creative people.