1. Empathize and Define

2. SAY

3. Loneliness
• “You don’t have the opportunity to have
intellectual conversations all the time.”
• “The people you work with, you don’t have
shared experiences with.”
• “You’re not surrounded by people as often.”
• “You feel disconnected from people … you feel
socially further away.”
• “There isn’t as much emotional support in your
endeavors.”

4. Knowledge Gaps
• “The things you learn in school don’t
necessarily apply to your job, like handling
money, customer service, work-force
relationships.”
• “Sometimes you may be smarter than your co-
workers but have less experience but you still
have to respect them.”

5. Finances
• “You’re making food for yourself more often.”
• “You take full responsibility for your space.”
• “You’re completely financially liable.”
• “In the real world, financial offices aren’t as
lenient.”

6. Schedule
• “You wake up, you come home, and you’re
exhausted [after work]. But with school, your
schedule is always changing.”
• ‘[From working] you feel exhausted after work
and you don’t have the cognitive energy to
make yourself productive.”

7. DO

8. • Join outside groups/clubs
• Seek enjoyment from close family/friends
• Get into a routine

9. THINK/FEEL

10. • People feel lonely transitioning from school to
work
• People feel disconnected
• People don’t feel supported
financially, mentally, emotionally

11. PROBLEM STATEMENT
What are ways that people transitioning from school to work can feel
supported?