About EarlyStageProfessional.com

EarlyStageProfessional.com is a resource for professionals at all stages of their careers but is specifically for those in the first 5 to 10 years in the workplace.  It is a companion website to the book Early Stage Professional: starting off right.

What's in a name?  Why Early Stage Professional and not "Millennial Professional".
"Millennial" carries a lot of weight and is pretty much a pejorative term.  It is frequently combined with "entitled".  This is unfair.  While many members of the new group of professionals coming into the workplace have high expectations this is universal across all generations. Instead of judging we should work to help these new professionals adapt to life after the comparatively safe environments of Home, High School and College.

Early Stage Professional does not sell the tired ideas of how to be "success", instead our goal is to help employees be truly effective and fulfilled in the workplace.

Dare we say it, but as fulfilled, effective and high performing professionals, success is far more likely than chasing success for success' sake!

The EarlyStageProfessional.com website has the following sections for you:
  • Getting a Job: Need to get your first or second job? This section provides the "soup to nuts" overview.
  • Crushing It: Want to do great in your first and second job? If so, read this section to get off to a fantastic start.
  • Experience: Accelerate your effectiveness at work and get help from professionals who have gone before you.
  • Money: Need a bit of help managing your finances? Look no further for tips to managing your hard won money.

For more information on the Early Stage Professional project contact: [email protected]

About Fergus Mellon
Fergus is the author of Early Stage Professional: starting off right and is an experienced manager and Digital Media executive who has worked in a variety of businesses in the United States and the United Kingdom for almost 20 years.  In addition, Fergus is a regular writer for USA Today, check out his work!

Prior to his move into Digital, Fergus worked in the Financial Services industry in London.​

​A dual British / American citizen, Fergus currently lives in London with his wife, Sabeen.  Fergus is a graduate of Georgetown University (MBA), The University of Warwick (BA Politics) and The University of Durham (MA Management).

Inspiration
The Creative Services team at Criteo provided the inspiration for writing Early Stage Professional.  

​The team are not just exceptionally talented designers but professionals who want to grow in their careers. Fergus wrote the book and started this website as he felt that there was no accessible resource for Early Stage Professionals.  ​

Credits
What The Ferg logo and book cover designed by Kristel Smith.