'It's okay to feel totally lost'

'It's okay to feel totally lost'
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It's okay to feel like college got you nowhere, says Nicholas Wyman, CEO of the Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation and author of "Job U: How to Find Wealth and Success by Developing the Skills Companies Actually Need."

If graduation's got you feeling unprepared and adrift, channel that uncertainty into something productive.

"Go out, experience life, see the world," Wyman says. "Have a year off. That's what my father, a professor, told me to do.

Wyman says taking a version of a 'gap year' is a great way to explore opportunities outside a traditional classroom, gain self-knowledge, and, critically, get some practical, real-world experience.

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