Problem StatementThe graduate programmer hirer NEEDS A WAY TO a way to attract the best candidates to come and work for his company BECAUSE graduates are not thinking of their long term career objectives when they apply for their first job

2

What are the most obvious solutions?

• Have better offers than the competitors– More money– More Holidays– Shorter working hours– Bonus schemes– Share options

• Raise the profile of the company– Recruitment fairs in the college– In the media

• Try to influence the quality of graduates• Engage early with the graduates

– Recruitment fairs in the college• Create better working environment

– Better/free food– Free beverages– Bring your pets to work– Allow grads to work on the own projects for a portion of

their time

3

What can you add, remove or modify from those initial solutions?

• Have better offers than the competitors– Health plans– Gym facilities/membership– Opportunities to travel– Better equipment (choose your own)

• Raise the profile of the company– Sponsor college events– Run programming competitions– Increase philanthropic activities

• Try to influence the quality of graduates– Try to have specific items added to the college syllabus

• Engage early with the graduates– Open up more intern placements– Engage with students when they are still in high-school– Talk to influence parents of the graduates

• Create better working environment– Shorter working hours– Mentoring plans– State of the art offices– Work from home options

• Look to increase the pool of candidates– Look for non computer graduates– Look for graduates from other countries

4

How would a 5-year-old child solve the problem?

• Allowed to play games• Free chocolate and

fizzy drinks• Swimming pools in the

office

5

How would you solve the problem if you had an unlimited

budget?• Double the salary that

competition is offering• Company cars• Corner offices for

everybody• Downtown locations• Opposite work days

i.e. work 2 days with 5 day weekends

6

How would you solve the problem without spending any

money?

• Try to instill as sense of national pride

• Try to plant seeds about entrepreneurship

7

How would you solve this problem if you had control over the laws of

nature (think invisibility, teleportation, etc.)?

• Show students a vision of what they will be like in 10 years time

8

Idea Selection

• Most Practical– The most practical idea is related to raising the quality of the

graduates coming from the computer science school by trying to ensure that the syllabus contain material that will make them ready from the real world.

• Most Disruptive– To engage with students whilst they are still in high school, as I believe

the students will be much more open minded at this point of their lives.

• Favourite Idea– To engage with the parents, I believe parents have a huge influence on

their children, even when the children are young adults.