1. Ideate – 50 Ideas Submitted by Matthew Gracie - August 2013
it enables to the student to fill critical
knowledge gaps that significantly
impact their present day choices and
expectations while at university and
while they consider employment
opportunities.
Thoughtful, learning
orientated, courageous,
life seeking, university
student
needs a way to
experience work, experience life,
and project themselves into their
imagined future
because
Problem Statement
1. Bring back cadetships
2. Offer part time as more
practical and attractive
experience
3. Have companies
sponsor year 3 and 4
students
4. Run a mentor program
5. Have a “gap year”
between year 2 and 3 of
university
6. Include a “practical” as
part of course curriculum
7. Include profession
seminars for university
students
8. Run a careers lecture
series for students
9. Bring back alumni to
discuss their career paths
10. Have alumni mentor
students in field of study
11. Run more occupation
based classes in high school
12. Offer occupation
insight as well as football
as extracurricular activity
13. Lobby government to
develop help with job
equity requirements
14. Bring in psychologists
to assist understand
strengths
15. Use Myers Briggs at
university
16. Engage high school
counsellors to direct
students to occupation
alignment
17. Emphasise graduate
employment as part of
government grants for
universities
18. Integrate school and
work – 3 days / 2days
19. Implement post grad 5
year satisfaction ranking
20. Start career planning
in the 8th grade….give kids
more time
21. Create virtual test &
learn workplace online
22. Use scholarship
money to engage students
in business problems
23. Create a student think
tank to solve problems for
businesses (Kaggle-ish)
24. Run company
sponsored competitions
to get ideas from students
25. Run course curriculum
around solving a problem
26. Encourage students to
take courses across fields
of study
27. Align companies to
rotate students through
test and try program
28. Rewrite university
courses and outcomes to
look more like workplace
outcomes
29. Build online and
physical university
environments to mirror
workplaces
30. Blissful ignorance
works too!
31. Consult a shaman
32. Learn tarot and use it
to help pick a career
33. Just go into the family
business – you were going
to do that anyway
34. Find out what
occupation parties the
most and do that
35. Find out which
occupation pays the most
and do that
36. Don’t be so hard on
yourself. Just enjoy
university…life will happen
anyway
37. Understand that your
university degree doesn’t
show up on your
gravestone. Its really not
that big a deal
38. 3 monkeys trick
anyone?
39. Join the military and
have them tell you what
to do.
40. Work for a while then
go back to university
41. Travel…that’s the best
education
42. Ask yourself what really
makes you happy…do that
43. Find-a-friend in the
workplace to give you
advice
44. Visit potential
companies the ask them
questions
45. Follow companies on
twitter and Facebook,
NYSE, ASX
46. Ask…what would Jesus
do? Praying can’t hurt!
47. Scream like a banshee
into the wind and see if an
answer comes back.
48. Join associations to
network and get ideas
from current professionals
49. Attend industry events
and conferences
50. Do what we all did…do
what feels right, hope for
the best and let life lead
you.

2. Ideate – 3 Ideas Review Submitted by Matthew Gracie - August 2013
it enables to the student to fill critical
knowledge gaps that significantly
impact their present day choices and
expectations while at university and
while they consider employment
opportunities.
Thoughtful, learning
orientated, courageous,
life seeking, university
student
needs a way to
experience work, experience life,
and project themselves into their
imagined future
because
Problem Statement
Most Practical Most Disruptive My Favourite
50. Do what we all did…do
what feels right, hope for
the best and let life lead
you.
18. Integrate school and
work – 3 days / 2days
22. Use scholarship
money to engage students
in business problems
Most of us who have worked for
several years (or now counted in
decades) understand the
hesitation of young people
entering the workforce. There’s a
lot of pressure brought about by
the media, society, peers and
parents. It can be confusing and
stressful. The reality is that life
happens. We all worry too much
about tomorrow, next week, next
year. Life needs to be enjoyed in
the moment and joy found in daily
events….if only I too could practice
this preach!
Employers are looking for great
graduates. Graduates are looking
for great employers and work
experience. Merge these two
needs into an integrated work and
study curriculum that allows the
student to work in their desired
field for 2 days a week and study
in the field for 3 days. Student
commits to employers to first right
of acceptance at the end of the
course so the employer retains
value invested in developing the
employee/student.
Tap into the creativity and talent
of students from a diverse range of
perspective and talent and get
them to solve business problems
together with teams from the
organisation.
Focus on the development of
practical solutions that help the
company and fits with the
curriculum. Engage the course
academics to assist alignment with
course outcomes.