The Career Files

The transition from student to employee can be hard. Why?

 One reason is that there’s a huge gap between how prepared recent graduates feel they are to succeed in professional life, compared to how their supervisors feel.

Let’s look at some numbers:

A 2018 survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that around 90% of graduating seniors felt that they were proficient in professionalism and work ethic skills. Employers assessed recent grads at a mere 42%!

Similarly, nearly 80% of graduating college seniors thought they were proficient at the oral and written communication skills needed for their jobs. Only 41% of employers agreed.

If you’re a college student or recent graduate reading those numbers, you may be feeling nervous about your readiness to begin your career and your ability to succeed in the workplace.

The good news is that you’re not alone.  The bad news is that this disparity and major mismatch of expectations between junior and senior employees can lead to a very stressful transition from student to professional.

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Real talk: The transition from student to professional is always going to be a little stressful.

But I’m here to make it a little bit easier.

 There’s no real substitute for the hard work and the time it takes to learn the substantive skills needed for your job, which you’ll do when you get to work. 

But there are strategies you can implement today to make your work life better. 

Strategies to help with issues like:

“I’m way too busy, but I’m afraid to turn down work without getting into trouble.”

“I have no idea how I’m doing. I hand in assignments and never get any feedback. Does this mean I’m doing well, or that I’m beyond hope and about to get fired?”

 “My attention to detail sucks, and I keep making little mistakes. How can I stop this?”


That’s what Early Career Excellence is all about – helping you thrive in your daily life as a young professional.

Because you’ll find that when you take a little time upfront to organize your calendar, or your inbox, or your brain before diving into an assignment, you’ve got more time and more energy to focus on the substantive stuff. And you’ll spend less time stressing about the logistical things.

And when you don’t spend 20 minutes looking for a document on your hard drive while your boss waits impatiently, because your files are now well-organized, that’s 20 minutes of your personal time you get back.

  And perhaps best of all, when you hand in an assignment that’s exactly what your supervisor asked for, on the deadline they needed (even if they didn’t do a great job communicating their needs to you), you’ve just made an excellent impression and are well on your way to building a stellar reputation at the office.

So what does the course cover? Check out the curriculum below and watch the Intro video for free now!