A set of 50+ ideas that will help the students to overcome the school to work transition issues and help industry and companies to get talents that meet their requirements.

1. Ideas to improve school to work transition
Course: Design Thinking Action Lab, Stanford
Number of ideas: 50 +
Chosen ideas: 3
Ideas center around interaction among:
Students, teachers, education infrastructure, industry
experts, employers, companies and Parents.
Summited by: Sivaprasad.P
Date: August 13th, 2013

2. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Creative, articulate, confident, a little
regretful, young media entrepreneur
who found out what he really wants to
become in career at a very young age
needs a way at school so that he
needs to study only those areas that
would come in useful in his career
because he has not figured it out why
he needs to study certain courses like
chemistry and languages other than
English like Malayalam at school
which have no use later in his career.”
Tasks that help
explore career
options
Career role plays
Options for students
to mix and
match what they
learn in school
System picks up what
is best in the
interest of
student
A syllabi that allows
students to
select career
first and then
learn backward
Play around and
identify what
suits best
Sites that describe
careers as in
“day in the life
of a cop”
A syllabi that identifies
career interests
Ideas Emerged

3. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Creative, articulate, confident, a little
regretful, young media entrepreneur
who found out what he really wants to
become in career at a very young age
needs a way at school so that he
needs to study only those areas that
would come in useful in his career
because he has not figured it out why
he needs to study certain courses like
chemistry and languages other than
English like Malayalam at school
which have no use later in his career.”
Part time work that
introduces and
lead to career
Compulsory work as
part of the
course
Special marking for
Real life
Practical
application
during the
course
Summer jobs that
introduce career
options
Internships that
introduce and
lead to careers
Visits by different
professionals at
school to
explain what
they do
Assignments that test
different career
skill sets
What If I am not
interested in a
career
Ideas Emerged -
continued

4. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Creative, articulate, confident, a little
regretful, young media entrepreneur
who found out what he really wants to
become in career at a very young age
needs a way at school so that he
needs to study only those areas that
would come in useful in his career
because he has not figured it out why
he needs to study certain courses like
chemistry and languages other than
English like Malayalam at school
which have no use later in his career.”
Certificate of mastery
by government
for various skills
Grants/tax cuts for
businesses that
employ students
Parental training at
school to help
identify skills in
students
Special team to find
talents in
students
Stress on financial,
business and
entrepreneurial
skills
School as a platform
for exploring all
the career
options
Learn any
combination of
courses with a
set of core
courses
Creation of course
and syllabi by
industry experts
Ideas Emerged

5. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Creative, articulate, confident, a little
regretful, young media entrepreneur
who found out what he really wants to
become in career at a very young age
needs a way at school so that he
needs to study only those areas that
would come in useful in his career
because he has not figured it out why
he needs to study certain courses like
chemistry and languages other than
English like Malayalam at school
which have no use later in his career.”
Stress on experiential
learning and cut
what to be
learned
On the job training
Govt to bring out list of
careers that has
shortage of
skills
Life skill training
Tests to identify
student
interests
Increase employability
by volunteering,
student
societies etc
Encourage student
entrepreneurshi
ps and business
ventures.
Internal evaluations to
help students
reach careers
Ideas Emerged

6. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Creative, articulate, confident, a little
regretful, young media entrepreneur
who found out what he really wants to
become in career at a very young age
needs a way at school so that he
needs to study only those areas that
would come in useful in his career
because he has not figured it out why
he needs to study certain courses like
chemistry and languages other than
English like Malayalam at school
which have no use later in his career.”
Career short films and
exhibitions that
help students
know about
career options
Colleges & school
services to help
students to find
jobs
Have an active alumni
that interact with
students to
carry them
through S-W
transition
Encourage students to
come up with
business
models and
start up ideas
Softwares to keep
track of student
activities and
recommend
career options
Special trainings to
improve
confidence of
students to
enter markets
early.
Option for low
academic
performs to be
employable by
shining in other
areas
Encourage students to
have role
models and
follow their
tracks
Ideas Emerged

7. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Creative, articulate, confident, a little
regretful, young media entrepreneur
who found out what he really wants to
become in career at a very young age
needs a way at school so that he
needs to study only those areas that
would come in useful in his career
because he has not figured it out why
he needs to study certain courses like
chemistry and languages other than
English like Malayalam at school
which have no use later in his career.”
Allow companies to
create courses
as per their
requirements
Make available skill
sets suitable for
different careers
& ensure
companies
recruit based on
that
Allow students to build
a complete
course by
stitching
together
individual
courses
Campus recruitment
Graduation not via
academics but
through skills in
other areas
Continuing education
& life long
education
Allow students to fail
and then
succeed both
professionally &
academically
Encourage students
to return to
universities to
further their
career and be
role models
Ideas Emerged

8. PROBLEM STATEMENT
Creative, articulate, confident, a little
regretful, young media entrepreneur
who found out what he really wants to
become in career at a very young age
needs a way at school so that he
needs to study only those areas that
would come in useful in his career
because he has not figured it out why
he needs to study certain courses like
chemistry and languages other than
English like Malayalam at school
which have no use later in his career.”
Career based
learning to suit
large variety of
careers
Compulsory
employment to
complete
graduation
Companies get
incentive if they
employ low
skilled labor
Bring a change in the
public psyche
that some jobs
are good while
others are
inferior
Encourage career
changes within
organizations
Help people to
experiments
other lines of
career in the
same
organization
Games to let people
from one career
experience
other careers as
well
Ideas Emerged

9. Chosen Ideas
1. Encourage companies to help staff to experience different career
options within the organisation
2. Encourage students to create their own courses
3. Let industry experts create courses as per their requirement

10. Inter company career change
• Intend of this idea is to encourage companies to allow staff to
explore other lines of activities within the same organisation.
• This will help each individual to overcome the boredom of working in
the same line for many years & to realize his/her latent skill sets and
potential

11. Students create courses
• Intend of this idea is to encourage students to find out what their
interests are and choose courses as per their interest and still work
towards graduation.
• This factors in the scope for not liking certain courses by the
students, so that he/she can stop taking them and start taking the
courses and trainings that interest them most.
• This will help them identify the career path of their choice and
prepare for it better through customizing courses that they study to
get their graduation.

12. Industry experts create courses
• Intend of this idea is to encourage industry as such create
employees that meet their business requirements.
• This will encourage both industry and academic institutions to work
in concert towards optimizing the human resources.
• This will reduce the gap that exists between skill sets that industry
requires and the skill sets what the students develop during the
course of their graduation.

13. Thank you
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