5 Tips for Recent College Graduates

5 Tips for Graduates

It’s graduation time and thousands of college grads are hopeful about what the future holds. For some, that future is a vision they can see clearly and for others, it’s fuzzy and they are just hoping for the best. If you are one of the thousands of graduates donning a cap and gown this spring – or you know someone who is, consider these five pearls of wisdom as you head into the “real world.” Ten to twenty years after graduation, these are the pearls of wisdom many grads say they wish they’d known when they graduated. Shorten your learning curve and embrace this wisdom now.

Valorie Burton is an author of seven books, including her latest, Successful Women Think Differently. She is founder of the Coaching and Positive Psychology (CaPP) Institute and a regular contributor for CNN’s Reclaim Your Career segment. Read more from her blog "Moving Forward with Valorie Burton" here!