Making the transition from college to the world of work 16 Articles

by Lacey Nix

When we are in high school most of us are taught that having a college degree will guarantee us success in the future. While this may be true for some, the journey is not as easy as we are told. Making the transition from ...read more

by Christine Haruta

The easiest transitions or changes in life often involve honesty and preparation. As you make the transition from college to the world of work, you need to be honest with yourself about the validity of your expectations a...read more

by Ana Choi

Are you street smart or school smart? What a dilemma. For me the transition from college to the world of work is something like awakening from being a bookworm, to learning the tricks of the trade. When I was a kid, my...read more

by Katy Hughes

So you've done it. After fifteen years spent in full time education, you're finally about to enter the real world. Okay, for the three or more years that you've spent at university, you've convinced yourself that you're an...read more

by Frederick Babb

The college degree one receives comes with two different types of baggage. The first is the fulfillment of achieving a goal. Congratulations are in order because this is the big day that you have worked hard to see conve...read more

by Catherine Bruce

At first the transition seems insurmountable. I've taken students on practical placements who found it so daunting they fainted mid-morning. Nursing students think in a logical or linear fashion, unable to juggle the myria...read more

by PinayWriter

I have had three jobs so far. I felt overtaxed and bored.I was an outsourcing agent twice. The BPO had been giving a lot of jobs to fresh graduates with exceptional comunications skills. This is a death sentence for a wri...read more

by Brady Bryan

Someone once told me that graduating from college in four years is like leaving a party at 10:30. At the time, I laughed and thought to myself, "Okay 5th year loser, whatever you say." Now that I have left college and stoo...read more

by Sheena Binkley

Making the transition from college to the real world is a scary thought to ponder. For me, my mind were filled with the highs and lows of after college way before I even took those precious steps across the stage at Hofhe...read more

by Gerry Baird

In the town where I grew up, there is a University with a bold slogan: "The World is Our Campus." Sarcastic students often change the phrase to: "The Campus is Our World." Does college really prepare you for real life? Is...read more

by Veronica Sosa

Bored at 23: Is there Life After College? I've been out of college for a year and a half and I still have never had a real job. I've worked my fair share of part-timers here and there, enough to say I have work experien...read more

by Maurice Sassoon

As we all know, colleges and universities train people for important jobs in all fields of business and commerce. Being stepping stones to future careers, they must be taken seriously, in order to succeed and make a good...read more

by Charles Sumpter

As students like me all across the country begin to walk across the isle for commencement to receive their undergraduate degrees, many are wondering what the worth of their degree is. I guess the real question is, had the...read more

by Angela K Brown

College is the first step in preparing you for the world of work. The basic core requirements for work include: English, Math, Science, Social Science, Humanities, Computing. These basic classes are the building core that ...read more

by Daniel Addington

When graduates leave university, many go to SEEK and apply for 30 graduate jobs and cross their fingers for a reply. When I was in this same position a wise man told me "your first job is the hardest and the worst". The do...read more

by Shawn Hansen

After four (or more) years of attending classes, taking lecture notes, preparing homework, and passing the requisite exams, the magical piece of paper known as the Degree is conferred on the student. With a handshake and ...read more