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Early Careers & First Job

Smart Career Launch

Explore · Learn · Start your path

For university students, recent graduates and young talent (18+) who want to discover their potential and choose their path. Explore career options, prepare for your first experiences and take your first steps with a clear plan.

Smart Career Launch is an online career guidance and first-job program with 12 modules over about 10 weeks, for college students, recent graduates and young talent worldwide, in English and Spanish, with an optional certified coach.

Suggested duration
10 weeks
Modules
12
Total time
≈ 50 h
Format
Online, at your pace
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Who is it for?

University students, recent graduates and young professionals (18+) who want to choose their path with clarity and prepare for their first job.

What you'll take away

Clarity on your strengths and values, career options and trends, your first resume and LinkedIn profile, practiced interviews and an action plan for your first job.

Why choose Smart Career Launch

How each module works

Each module combines reflection, guided practice and a concrete action plan, with progress tracking and the support of a coach if you choose one. The full methodology is shared when you start the program.

Video sessions with your coach, inside the platform

On plans with a coach, sessions happen by video call without leaving Smart Career System. While you talk with your coach, your modules, exercises, resume and action plan stay in view so you can work on them together in real time.

  • Nothing to install: it works in the browser, on desktop or mobile.
  • Video and content side by side: you move your exercises forward during the session.
  • A private room per session: only you and your coach. Not recorded.

Your search in 8 stages

An effective search doesn't start by sending résumés: it moves through stages. This is how this program's topics are organized.

  1. 1

    Self-awareness and diagnosis

    Strengths, motivations, competencies and aspirations.

    • · Your Starting Point: Self-Awareness
    • · Your strengths and values
  2. 2

    Professional goal

    Roles, industries and work modes you're looking for.

    • · Explore who you want to be: interests and options
  3. 3

    Market analysis

    Demand, trends and in-demand profiles.

    • · Trends and the world of work to get started
    • · AI and digital tools to explore your future
  4. 4

    Value proposition

    A results-focused professional message.

    • · First experiences and your own projects
  5. 5

    Resume, LinkedIn and digital presence

    Tailored to the opportunities you're after.

    • · Your early personal brand and online presence
  6. 6

    Networking and outreach

    Relationships with key people and companies.

    • · First contacts and safe networking
  7. 7

    Applications, interviews and offers

    Prioritize opportunities and prepare with evidence.

    • · Your first resume, portfolio and interviews
    • · Your first work experience: internships, traineeships and first job
  8. 8

    Tracking and improvement

    Measure indicators and adjust your strategy.

    • · Your action plan and follow-up
    • · Your first 90 days in your first job or project

The program's 12 modules

Organized by the Discover · Prepare · Connect · Grow method. Open each module to see its topics and activities.

Discover

1Your Starting Point: Self-AwarenessUnderstand how your mind learns, interprets and responds to change, through neuroscience and the Ontology of Language. Revisit your beliefs about your first job and gain confidence for your first interviews.
2Explore who you want to be: interests and optionsWiden the lens before you decide. In this module you spark your curiosity, explore your interests with the general idea of Holland's six types (RIASEC) and the public O*NET database, recognize which work environments energize you and imagine different possible versions of yourself. You learn to explore with a method: reading, talking and trying small experiments. You finish with three careers or roles to explore and an informational conversation under way.
3Your strengths and valuesIdentify your character strengths and values from real experiences in your studies, projects, part-time jobs or volunteering. Back them up with evidence, look at your personal SWOT, ask people who know you for feedback and use what you discover as a compass for your first professional steps: internships, projects or a first job.
4Trends and the world of work to get startedLook outward so you can start with judgment. Understand how the labor market works for people taking their first steps: sectors and emerging occupations, in-demand digital, green and human skills, and the most common entry points (internships, trainee programs, first jobs, freelance, hybrid or remote work). Learn to read a job posting, choose reliable sources and recognize signs of a scam, and connect it all to the three careers you chose to explore.

Prepare

5Your first resume, portfolio and interviewsTurn your studies, projects, volunteering and part-time jobs into evidence: build your first resume in "My resumes" with the ATS basics, choose the pieces of a simple portfolio and get ready to interview with confidence. You'll practice your 60-second introduction, build stories with the STAR method, rehearse in-person, online and recorded interviews, and learn what to ask and how to follow up. No memorized scripts: your own material, practiced out loud.
8AI and digital tools to explore your futureGenerative AI is already part of how people study, work and look for their first job. In this module you learn to use it with judgment to explore careers, make sense of internship and entry-level postings, improve your resume and portfolio and rehearse interviews, without losing your own voice or exposing personal data. You also review the digital tools you will need most as you start out (organization, collaboration, presenting your work) and discover how you best learn something new. You finish with a personal plan for responsible AI use and your own prompt guide.

Connect

6Your early personal brand and online presenceLook after your digital footprint and create or improve your first professional LinkedIn profile: photo, headline, summary, education, projects, volunteering and skills. Measure your starting point, review your privacy, write an honest headline and summary based on your strengths, and build a consistent presence between what you show online and how you introduce yourself in person.
7First contacts and safe networkingDiscover the network you already have (lecturers, classmates, alumni, jobs, volunteering, family) and learn to ask for information and guidance respectfully and safely. Draw your network map, prepare your first informational interview, write a clear outreach message and hold your first conversations while protecting your data and safety.

Grow

9First experiences and your own projectsYou don't need to wait for your first job to gain experience. Volunteering, class projects with real impact, your own initiatives, collaborations with organisations, applied courses, small freelance jobs or an early-stage venture let you test paths, learn by doing and have something concrete to show. In this module you imagine three possible paths, choose one idea, organize it on a simple canvas and design a small, low-risk first experiment to test it. You finish with your proposal in one sentence and an experiment under way.
10Your first work experience: internships, traineeships and first jobChoose your first experience carefully and search for it with a method: compare internships, traineeships, graduate programs, first jobs, part-time work and your own projects; find out where to search; set up a weekly application routine; tailor your resume to each posting with the match tool; evaluate offers on learning, conditions and rights while spotting red flags and scams; negotiate respectfully, handle rejection and accept or decline professionally.
11Your action plan and follow-upIt is time to bring together everything you worked on in Smart Career Launch: your interests and values, your strengths, what you learned about the world of work, your resume and profile, your contacts, your use of AI and your first experiences. In this module you measure again where you stand, choose a few clear goals for the coming months (for example, landing an internship, finishing a project or building a skill), anticipate obstacles with a WOOP plan and decide how and when you will review your progress. You finish with a concrete, realistic plan aligned with who you are, which continues in module 12, «Your first 90 days».
12Your first 90 days in your first job or projectPrepare the move from student to professional with a first-90-days plan for your first job, internship, traineeship or own project. Learn to read the unwritten rules, learn quickly from experience, ask for useful feedback, organize your time and priorities and build the relationship with your manager and peers. Choose realistic early wins, look after your energy and, if your path is to start something of your own, define how to keep your project moving. It closes the program and bridges to your next stage.

Enrollment

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Digital

$49 USD

All modules, tools and guides at your own pace, with a progress report. No coach sessions.

Self-paced, no coach · 120 days of access

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1:1 Guidance

$249 USD

Everything in Digital + an assigned coach who reviews your reports and 1:1 sessions at key milestones.

4 sessions × 45 min · 120 days of access

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Premium

$449 USD

Everything in 1:1 Guidance + more sessions, CV and LinkedIn review, mock interview or project plan, and messaging with your coach between sessions.

8 sessions × 45 min · 180 days of access

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FAQ

What is Smart Career Launch?

Smart Career Launch is an online career development program with 12 modules over about 10 weeks. Each module combines theory, practice, reflection and weekly tasks, self-paced or with a coach.

Who is Smart Career Launch for?

It's a program for people worldwide, available in English and Spanish. If you're unsure where to start, the Digital plan is a good first step and you can add a coach later.

How much time do I need?

About one hour per week per module, plus small weekly tasks. The program takes about 10 weeks and access lasts longer to give you room.

Does it include sessions with a coach?

Yes, 1:1 Guidance and Premium plans include one-on-one sessions with coaches from our team. Depending on the module and specialty, a different coach may support you at each stage; all use the same methodology and know your journey. The Digital plan is self-paced.

Is it 100% online? In which language?

Yes, it's 100% online and available in Spanish and English.

When can I start?

Anytime: create your account, complete your sign-up and choose your plan.

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