Mitlin Money Mindset
80% Of Students Skip This One Career Step — Don’t Be One of Them w/ Emily McSherry
Key Takeaways
- How higher education fails students
- Advize's business model and how they made their first $100K
- The reality of disrupting an entire industry
- How their internship program helps scale the business
- Mistakes that are costing college students
- Advice for winning pitch competitions
Meet the Guest
Emily McSherry
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.
Show Notes
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.
Resources
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Will you be able to enJOY the Retirement you envision?
About the Podcast
Welcome to Mitlin Money Mindset®️! With your host, Larry Sprung, CFP®️, Founder and Wealth Advisor at Mitlin Financial Inc®️. With over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur in the financial services industry, Larry thrives to help you achieve your goals while finding JOY in the journey.
Each week, he’ll go deep with engaging guests who provide tangible takeaways and a whole lot of JOY along the way. Here, we don’t just talk about money; we celebrate it as a catalyst for JOY and possibility. Whether you’re saving for the future, planning your next big adventure, or just looking to add some spark to your daily money management, you’re in the right place.
We hope you enJOY these conversations as much as Larry enJOYed having them. And remember to ask yourself, what did you do today that brought you joy?®️