The document discusses various problems that recent graduates face and potential solutions. It addresses issues like the lack of paid internships, guidance on networking and finding mentors, high costs of education compared to earning potential, and the need to teach practical skills. Suggested solutions involve increasing internship and job opportunities for students, incentivizing employers to value degrees, decreasing education costs, and ensuring curriculums provide real-world experience and career guidance.

1. problem
needs a way to
because
a twenty-something, motivated, graduated student
actively developing networking opportunities and
professional experience and guidance
transfer her education into aggressive challenges
and opportunities right out of school
the connections have been made, skills have been developed,
basic principles of working have already been covered, and
the future of life is not yet getting in the way

2. problem
_paid internship opportunities
_teach students to gather multiple recommendations
_teach students how to take initiative/gather own mentors
 hire professors who can mentor/know mentors
_teach entrepenuership
_find incentives for employers to value Bachelor’s
_cost of degree comparable to earning potential
_increase trade schools to fill entry level/non-degree positions
_WPA style programs
_reinvest in infrastructure to create jobs
_it’s okay to ask for help
_decrease cost of school/student debt
_teach analytic/strategic skills before college
_fix the economy
_value mindset of change/failure/opportunity
_redefine job opportunities for design degrees
_for creative degrees
 provide start up grants to graduates
 create/nurture in-school startups
 create/nurture real jobs for students in-school
 mentors/rec’s create job pool
 expand school job pools for all degrees
 incentives for employers to value Master’s
 teachers value students entering careers outside of academics
 students take 2-year employment following in-school job opportunity
 does degree define your job?
 what jobs does a degree lead to?
 get real skills/transferable skills in school
 inform employers of skills learned in school training
 support youthful perspective/youth ingenuity
 teachers have real-world access to careers outside of academincs
 teach real-world scenarios alongside academic theory
 employers invest in students tuition
 invest in student job training
 employer created sholarships
 employers invest into course materials and teaching
course are taught by professionals/share real-world insight
teach students business skills
dual degree programs
 train/guide students on multiple career options for degree
 informs/train employers on skillset each degree trains students for
 liberal arts degress require pragmattic program/applicable skills
 redefine infrastructure to include tech/innovation
 invest in/value creatives