School-to-Work Transition Empathy Map

1. Meredith’s
Empathy
Map
Problem
Statement:
Students
need
to
be
exposed
to
career
knowledge/advice
and
mentorship
from
a
young
age
to
experience
a
smooth
school-­‐to-­‐work
transi<on
and
ul<mately
achieve
sa<sfac<on
in
their
career.
SAY
“This
is
what’s
expected
of
me”
“I
don’t
know
what
I
want”
“This
is
what
I’ve
always
wanted”
“I
don’t
know
what
else
there
is”
“This
is
just
easier”
DO
“I
chose
my
career
path
early
on”
“S<ck
with
one
thing
&
didn’t
change”
I
struggled
with
all
the
op<ons”
“I
changed
majors
constantly”
“I
took
longer
in
school”
FEEL
THINK
“I
should
know
this
–
I’m
an
adult
now”
“I
don’t
know
what
I’m
doing”
“I
have
to
succeed
and
this
is
my
key”
“I
have
to
look
like
I
know
what
I’m
doing”
“I
can
do
it
all
on
my
own”
“It’s
lonely
some<mes
feeling
like
you
have
to
do
it
all
alone”
“It’s
stressful
needing
the
money”
“It’s
preGy
overwhelming
–
all
the
op<ons”
-­‐ Students
face
pressure
from
mul<ple
sources:
parents,
peers,
society,
&
even
themselves
to
achieve
“success
-­‐ Some
choose
a
career
path
early
on
and
s<ck
to
it
no
maGer
what,
others
change
and
struggle—both
due
to
a
variety
of
reasons
“Not
knowing
is
embarrassing”
-­‐Students
have
no
true
career
guidance
un<l
college,
at
which
point
it
is
underu<lized
and
oLen
too
late