Failing to launch, or just sputtering

Mombot
Sat, 05 Aug 2006 23:11:23 +0000

I think the most helpful experience is to know that you don’t have to have it all figured out. I’d have a panic attack too if I had graduated from an elite LAC and felt my parents tapping their feet waiting for me to launch a career that was on par with what expected after paying up for an elite education.

No matter what the name on the degree, these are 22 year olds. The vast majority still need a few years to find themselves.

The most creative and effective people I work with started in the call center at our company either part time during college or shortly after college. It is so not a glamourous job, but you learn so much about the business so quickly and turnover is high so you can advance quickly if you are bright and motivated.

Help desk jobs, call center jobs, retail…just get out there and do SOMETHING and if nothing else start earning a paycheck. Don’t think it’s your career and don’t think it has to be forever. After all , there is always grad school!