1. HOW MIGHT WE FIND OUT WAYS TO MOTIVATE
AND ENABLE STUDENTS TO START UP WORKING?
By Yordanka Dimitrova Ivanova

2. LISTING IDEAS:
1. Implement required practices in companies before graduate from High School
2. Employer has to godfather a high school student for a week
3. Create a new subject regarding motivation and emotional intelligence in high school
or college
4. Change the way in wich students and teachers interact
5. Change the way in wich students and companies interact through new techs
6. Enhance relation between students and teachers by doing extra school activities
together
7. Create a special coaching program to motivate teachers/proffesors
8. Create a special coaching programs to motivate and emotionally educate students
9. Organize competitions and team challenges in High School or College
10. Create tools to develop communication skills in students
11. Teach students use strategy into the learning process
12. Design student´s visit to companies
13. Provide scholarships during learning process in entreprises
14. Enable students to participate in developing business projects
15. Create a working creative environment in high school or college
16. Encourage teamwork in school

3. STILL LISTING IDEAS:
17. Teach how to compose a creative CV
18. Organize networking events between students and entrepreneurs
19. Organize networking events between students and businessmans
20. Young entrepreneurs party called “fFirts Friday” 1 time per month
21. TEDx for school-to-work transition, a way to spread problematic of youth
unemployment
22. Introduce “LEARNING BY DOING” process in public schools
23. Create an educational videogame to approach students to the working
environment
24. Involve big companies to announce challenges for students
25. Create a BOOT CAMP for hisgh school or college students in the campus of
Google
26. Transform a regular company in talent hunter
27. Talent pool- a tool which enables young individuals announce their abilities and
employers to hire them inmediately
28. Create a social network for young unemployed individuals to share their
experience
29. Collective Intelligence APP for undergraduates through wich they can solve global
problems and gain experience and reputation
30. Involve students to participate in educational programs abroad

4. STILL LISTING IDEAS:
31. Youth volunteer exchange program: host a student from developing contries
32. Part-time work for teens over 15 years
33. Weekend work at family business
34. Portal/platform to hire students as betatesters for tech companies
35. Internship in the cafeteria of the high school
36. Platform to share parent´s experiences in the school-to-work transition
37. World famous CEO´s relating their experiences in the first job they had
38. Scholarship for those who help disable clasmatess to join the clasroom activities
39. Program to engage teens to participate in the city maintenance in exchange to gain
work experience
40. Young engineers developing sustanable solutions for large energy supplying
companies
41. Programs to enhance stiudent´s self-employment
42. Students become facilitators
43. Collaborate with publishers and educational institutions in designing learning
matterials
44. Money reward for achieved goals during traineeship
45. Big companies become sponsors for talented stiudents
46. Encourage youth exchange between companies
47. Students become a research trainees and facilitators of the innovation process

5. 48,. Create a special learning program regarding the process of adaptation in the
school-to-work transition
49. Introduce a flexible schedule for trainees during first 3 month at work
50. Program to share responsabilities both seniors and trainees
51. Enhance collaborative environment and seniors masterclasses during traineeship
52. Gaining expertise and experience collaborating with non-profit organizations
SELLECTED IDEAS:
1. Portal or platform to hire students as betatesters for tech companies: create
aplatform through wich tech companies could hire teens to test and validate their
apps or software. This kind of program offers a friendly environment and flexible
schedule. The remais working at home providing the company with his feedback.
Companiy increases its social responsability and teens increases their expertise
and experience.
2. Create a special program to help employers godfather a high school student for a
week. This program has to be specially designed to enhance student´s experience
in companies, and approach the working background to the student
3. Organize a young entrepreneurs party called “First Friday” 1 time per month: a
party is the perfect situation to enjoy and have fun while doing networking and so
many good contacts who can help students improve their professional careers.