A friend and I wanted to set up a conference in 2019 to be hosted in Yale-NUS College that has to do with informing students about jobs that are outside of the more famous ones that people are regularly exposed to.

1. 2019
Beyond theVanilla
Careers

2. Whichindustry
shouldyougofor?
It is no secret that most students go after a
certain career based on some sort of heuristic
—they sell themselves an idea that an industry
suits them the most based on whatever
information that they have. This has led to way
too many people going after industries that
has most data out there, i.e. the big three
(finance, tech, consulting), but there are other
interesting and potentially rewarding industries
that liberal arts student can explore.

3. Theproblem.
Students simply don’t know what industries
and jobs exist out there (even I don’t!).
Companies in new industries do not have the
HR resources to conduct recruitment events
like the big firms do. Often also, people do
not know enough of new industries even if
they have heard of them. Students are not
always proactive in approaching people to
ask—further, they don’t know who to ask.

4. Wehavetoconnect.
The industry
The firms
The students

5. What we have to do is to be for ever
curiously testing new opinions and
courting new impressions, never
acquiescing in a facile orthodoxy, of
Comte, of Hegel, or of our own.
- Walter Pater, The Renaissance (1873)

6. 2019Beyond the
Vanilla Careers

7. Purpose.
α. To introduce the new/non-traditional
industries to Yale-NUS students and to
students in the wider Singaporean
undergraduate community.
β. To connect recruiting firms with job-
seeking students.
γ. To learn the broad skills that are needed
to join and excel in the new industries.

8. Plan.
A one-day conference from 10am to 5pm,
during recess week in AY 2018/2 (20 Feb
2019), at Yale-NUS College
Three keynote speakers, two 3- or 4-
people panels, three workshops
One networking lunch, one tea session
Delegates pay a nominal sum of SGD15 to
offset cost of the conference

9. Theconference.
1000: Introduction etc.
1030: Three keynote speakers (15 mins each)
1200: Networking Lunch
1330: Two Panels (30 mins each)
1430: Breakout Session
1700: Tea Break
1730: Regroup, closing speech
If possible, 1800: Dinner

10. Thespeakers.
The purpose of having keynote speakers is to
present a clear and structured introduction to
the industry that the speakers are in.
Healthcare in the future
Smart Cities/Urban Solutions
Alternative-Protein Food
Topics:
NewSpace
Incubator Firms
Neuroscience

11. Thepanels.
Three or four people panel with one moderator.
Use of conference question systems.
Possible Topics:
1. Preparation for New Industries
2. Fields that are to be disrupted
3. Education for the new world

12. Breakoutsessions.
Specific skill set to test the students who are
crazy good at doing the stuff, potential
employability.
Great take-away for people, seen as a value
product for delegates. Possible ideas:
1. CubeSat programming
2. Urban spaces solutions
3. Problem solving on environmental issues

13. The big five hurdles.
Venue Cash Marketing
Speakers &
Moderators
Workshop
Leaders

14. Venue.
1 200-pax Conference Hall
3 60-pax Rooms for Workshops
1 Big Space for Networking Lunch
1 Reception Area for tea break
1 Guest Room for speakers
Performance Hall
CR15/16
MPH
Perf Hall Foyer Green Room
Priority: Low

15. Cost.
Lead External Sponsorship
DoS Sponsorship
Revenue from Delegates
Providing services by ourselves
Priority: Medium
Total estimated cost: SGD5,500

16. Marketing.
Online portal for web visibility and
signups
Posters for physical visibility
Reaching out to external clubs in other
universities
Priority: Low

17. Speakers,Panelists,
Moderators.
2 keynote speakers
6 panelists
2 moderators
3-6 workshop leaders
Priority: High

18. Workshop
Leaders.
1-2 Facilitators for each workshop.
Priority: High

19. Wee Jerrick
weejerrick@gmail.com
https://weejerrick.com/
Roger Ko
rogerko.ty@gmail.com
http://rogerko.com/