Why New Graduates and Career Switchers Are Turning to Platforms

For decades, the career path felt predictable:
🎓 Get a degree → 📄 apply for jobs → 🏢 start a long-term role.

That model is quietly fading.

Today, new graduates and career switchers are entering the workforce through service platforms before landing traditional roles—and in many cases, they’re skipping the old path entirely.

This isn’t a sign of instability.
It’s a response to how work, hiring, and opportunity have fundamentally changed.

Modern careers rarely follow a straight line anymore.

Graduates often face:

• Entry-level roles requiring “2–3 years of experience”
   
• Oversaturated job markets
   
• Generic application processes with little feedback
   

Career switchers face:

• Skills that don’t match their job titles
   
• Employers hesitant to take “career risks”
   
• A lack of proof beyond certificates or courses
   

According to workforce research from OECD, younger professionals increasingly move through multiple roles, industries, and formats early in their careers. Stability is no longer defined by one employer—but by adaptability.

Education still matters—but it no longer speaks for itself.

Employers now ask:

• Can you apply your knowledge?
   
• Have you worked with real clients?
   
• Can you deliver outcomes, not just theory?
   

This shift aligns with global workforce trends highlighted by World Bank, which show employers prioritising demonstrated skills and experience over formal credentials alone.

As a result, many capable candidates are “qualified” on paper—but invisible in practice.

Across industries, hiring is changing from:

“Where did you study?”
to
“What have you actually done?”
 

Project work offers what resumes often cannot:

• Proof of skill in action
   
• Evidence of collaboration
   
• Real-world problem solving
   
• Tangible outcomes
   

Short-term projects, freelance tasks, and service-based work allow individuals to build credibility before committing to a full-time role—and allow employers to reduce hiring risk.

For new entrants and switchers, project-based work acts as a career bridge.

It allows them to:

• Test new career directions safely
   
• Build portfolios quickly
   
• Gain references and feedback
   
• Learn professional workflows
   

Instead of waiting to be “chosen,” professionals can actively demonstrate their value.

This is exactly why My Premium Service (MPS) exists.

MPS is built as a launchpad, not a gatekeeper.

The MPS Project Board is designed to welcome:

• New graduates
   
• Career switchers
   
• Professionals rebuilding or pivoting their path
   

Projects focus on skills and outcomes—not years of experience.

Traditional resumes struggle with non-linear journeys.
MPS’s Resume Builder helps users:

• Highlight transferable skills
   
• Showcase project-based experience
   
• Present career changes with clarity and confidence
   

It tells the story behind the shift—not just the timeline.

MPS lowers the barrier to opportunity by changing how people enter the workforce.

Instead of:
❌ Waiting for permission
❌ Being filtered out by rigid criteria
❌ Competing only on credentials

MPS enables:
✅ Skill-first visibility
✅ Experience-driven growth
✅ Real-world proof of ability

For many, MPS becomes the first professional step, not a fallback.

New graduates and career switchers aren’t behind—they’re adapting.

They understand that:

• Experience builds confidence
   
• Projects build credibility
   
• Momentum beats waiting
   

In a world of changing work, service platforms aren’t shortcuts—they’re smart starting points.

And for those ready to build, test, and grow their careers intentionally, MPS offers exactly what modern professionals need:
a place to start.