My twins, Jacob and Sophie, graduated from college last May and made a big shift from the world of full-time school to the world of work. This wasn’t just a shift in how they spent time, it was a shift in behavioral expectations. Like so many early career professionals, they didn’t know what the expectations were for professional behavior in an office, but their managers would likely assume they did.
My kids, like so many other college students, aren’t new to the world of work. They’d both had part-jobs throughout college — food service work, administrative roles, driving for Instacart, and even a few congressional internships. And while these opportunities contributed to their foundational understanding of the importance of showing up on time, dressing for success, and being polite (all of which they already knew, of course) they still needed the inside scoop on how work really works — beyond what a standard company onboarding provides.
