Why are so many students leaving college with a degree, good grades, and an internship — and still no clue how to actually land a job?
Emily McSherry founded Advize to help students learn about the job market from real professionals. In this episode, she shares why so many institutions leave new grads unprepared, how they can leave college feeling confident instead of lost, the one skill that decides who gets hired.
Topics discussed:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:24) Becoming an entrepreneur
(05:49) How higher education fails students
(08:09) How Advize works
(11:48) The business model and first $100K
(15:06 The response from colleges
(18:58) How interns scale the business
(21:57) Mistakes college students keep making
(26:03) The benefits of a small-town upbringing
(28:35) Advice for winning pitch competitions
(31:11) What brought you JOY today?
If you're a writer who wants to take control of your finances, read Mitlin Financial's Write Your Financial Future: A Financial Guide for Authors: https://www.mitlinfinancial.com/insights/blog/write-your-financial-future-a-financial-guide-for-authors/
Resources:
Connect with Larry Sprung:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrencesprung/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larry_sprung/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LawrenceDSprung/
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/Lawrence_Sprung
About Our Guest:
Emily McSherry is the Founder & CEO of Advize, a platform transforming how students explore careers through short-form video interviews and digital career assignments featuring real professionals and alumni at schools like ASU, UCLA, and UC Berkeley. With over a decade of experience in operations, sales, and learning and development across tech and recruiting, Emily is on a mission to make work more transparent—so students don't have to guess their future. She earned her MBA from UCLA Anderson and is building Advize to help the next generation make more informed, confident career decisions.
Connect with Emily McSherry:
Disclosure:
Guests on the Mitlin Money Mindset are not affiliated with CWM, LLC, and opinions expressed herein may not be representative of CWM, LLC. CWM, LLC is not responsible for the guest's content linked on this site.
This episode was produced by Podcast Boutique https://www.podcastboutique.com
