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Summary

In the article "From Student to Employee: A Difficult Transition", author Mina Alonso gives some suggestions to many recent graduates who are not ready for today's workplace challenges. Specifically, the author says that there are some causes lead to they have difficulty adapting to life on job. Firstly, it is hard for students to follow with the constant changes on experience in workplace comparing with the clarify experience in school. Then, Alonso explains what some different experience between school and workplace. Next, the author says many students also aren't ready for thinking analytically and this question due to school's methods of instruction. In addition, Alonso says that the school should spend less time on testing and spend more time developing students social skills and how to solve the problems. For these reasons, Alonso points out many students have difficulty to deal with problems independently and contribute to a team in workplace. In conclusion, the author tells students to do an internship, volunteer part time, government work to get enough experience; focus on socializing skills such as writing and speaking. in addition, the author also advises teachers to organize more team works in class to train students.