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13 What You Need to Know if You Are in Transition

You are in transition if you are a new grad or you are making a transition to a new career.

In some ways, being a new grad is easy. You don’t have any “bad” experience to overcome—except maybe that internship. That’s because some managers don’t consider internships “real” experience. Whatever the case, internships provide you with leads for your network and some real-world experience. If you had an internship, mine those connections first for your job search.

If you are in a career transition, you have some of the same problems as a new grad. However, you can offer a hiring manager maturity—which the manager might see as a good thing. In either case, you share some of the same problems that a ...