You Can Research Jeans Better Than You Can Research Careers. That's a Problem.
- 4 days ago
- 1 min read
Our CEO Emily McSherry recently sat down on the Unstoppable Success podcast to talk about something that doesn't get said enough: the career exploration system is broken — and it's been broken for a long time.
Before you buy a pair of jeans, you can watch a thousand videos of real people telling you exactly what they're like, whether they're worth it, and what they'd choose if they did it over.
Before you choose a career? Good luck.
Emily grew up in rural Texas, did everything "right" — scholarship, five internships, double major, state champion athlete — and still left college completely lost. It wasn't until she spent seven years in recruitment, talking to professionals about their jobs every single day, that it clicked. This is what students are missing. Not more career fairs. Actual access to real people talking honestly about what their work looks like.
The problem was always scale. You can't coffee chat your way to career clarity. But you can watch a video.
Universities using Advize's classroom assignment tool are seeing a 45% average increase in student career confidence and 30% of students report a drop in anxiety — in a single 20-30 minute session. Scalable, structured, and measurable.
The question isn't why students are confused. It's why we waited this long to fix it.
Hear Emily tell the full story — including how she built the first version of Advize for under $1,000 — on the Unstoppable Success podcast. 🎙️
