This document proposes ways to improve the transition from school to work. It suggests creating challenges and assignments linked to real company projects to integrate workplace skills into classes. Students would share knowledge and ideas with companies through co-creation of products, design labs, lectures, and online platforms. Professionals from various fields would visit classes and companies. Internships in different roles before graduation are recommended to better understand career options. The goal is to develop a "win-win zone" where students and companies can collaborate to smooth the transition from education to employment.
4. Generation:
1) Create company
challenges during the
courses;
2) Integrate company
contents inside classes
3) Create real-time
assignments
4) Company lectures once
a month
5) Students share their
knowledge and
innovative ideas inside
companies
6) Co-creation of products
and services with
students
7) Create a platform for ideas
sharing both inside schools
and companies
8) Invite different professionals
to share their knowledge in
different ways, like outdoor
lectures, inside companies
etc..
9) Create design thinking labs
10)Use the power of social
networks to find creative
solutions for companies
and schools
11) Create a blog and a journal
with real life experiences
from postgraduates
5. Generation:
12) Learn with the older
generation
13) Generate insights with
the younger adults
14) Create a game inside
schools with the ideas
that graduates have
about a certain job and
then companies would
show them if it has
anything to do with
real-life
15) Surprise students and
change the lecture
rooms as if it was a
company
16) Do the same thing in
companies in order to
boost ideas and innovation
17) Using the power of social
networks invite students to
find a company mentor
just to discuss ideas and
projects
18) Company professional
would also be invited to
choose a “student mentor”
to share their fresh vision
of the world
19) Collaboration is the new
mantra
6. Generation:
20) Internships in different
jobs before finishing
graduation
21) Teachers with an
academic view would
also be invited to
change places for 1 day
with a professional
22) Fresh Lectures would
reflect this exchange
23) Fresh Meeting would
also reflect this inside
companies
24) The best way to
understand a job is by
doing it
25) Both schools and
companies would make
free suggestions to
improve the transition
process
26) Both have a win-win zone
27) Market research could be
done by students in
exchange of opportunities
to understand the job
28) Idea generation network
developed from schools to
companies
29) Companies could also
receive lectures from
students in order to keep
updated
7. Generation:
30) CEO´s could offer
tutorials in exchange of
the best ideas
31) Actually, all staff could
be able to share their
knowledge with
younger generations
32) Retired people could
also participate and
share their knowledge
33) Students and retired
people could come
together and create
something new
34) If possible experience the
job preference in different
countries to see how it
changes
35) Importance of learning
new languages in order to
make the transition
smooth
36) Learn new software's and
edition programs to
outstand
37) Always keep updated
38) Read experts talking about
the job
39) Search on linkedin opinions
and posts made about a
specific subject.
8. Generation:
40) Join groups and forums
online
41) Talk to recent post
graduate students
42) Share ideas
43) Talk with different kind
of people
44) Write down all the ideas
45) Verify if the initial
expectation remains
after discovering more
about the job
46) Try different things, and
experiment diverse jobs
47) Sometimes we like a lot of
things and can´t figure out
which job we should follow,
keep trying new things
48) Find solutions to different
daily life situations
49) Keep discovering yourself
50) Change routine
51) Do something new every
day
52) Sing, sing, sing
53) Smile
54) Be happy in the transition
process, because it is only a
transition!