You Majored in What? : Mapping Your Path from Chaos to Career

by Brooks, Ed.D., Katharine (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780670020829
• ISBN10: 0670020826
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-30
• Publisher: Viking Adult

Summary

Has it happened yet? Have you been asked The Question? You know the one. It’s the question that haunts you from your early undergrad days to months, even years, after you graduate… What are you going to do with that major?” Inevitably this unleashes waves of anxiety, whether you’re a liberal arts student unsure what your degree has prepared you for, someone with a practical” major whose career field is oversaturated (or just unappealing), or a recent grad still searching for inspiration. But take heart – The Questionis fundamentally flawed. Your major does not equal your job! In You Majored In What?, nationally known career counselor Dr. Katharine Brooks dispels the myths and the old-fashioned thinking that can make your transition to the real world” so daunting and chaotic. Developed from more than twenty years of teaching and guiding students to successful careers, her Wise Wanderings career coaching system helps you mine your academic and life experiences for career gold through creative yet practical techniques including visual mapping, storytelling, and experimenting. Thanks to the Wise Wanderings system, you can forget what you’ve been told about the job search. You don’t have to know where you’ll be in ten years. You don’t have to have picked the perfect major. The job-finding process doesn’t have to be one more burden on your already overburdened schedule. All you have to do is pay attention. Embrace the chaos. Think. Create maps. Construct small experiments. Celebrate your education. Consider possible lives. Tell stories. And start wandering. Wisely, of course. You’ll be amazed at what’s waiting out there for you.

Author Biography

Dr. Katharine Brooks has been guiding college students to successful careers for over for over twenty years. She is the director of Liberal Arts Career Services at The University of Texas at Austin, one of the top- rated campus career centers in the country. A nationally recognized career coach, trainer, professor, and counselor, she is also the creator of the National Association of Colleges and Employers Career Coaching Intensives, highly successful, sold-out training sessions for career counselors. Dr. Brooks regularly consults with colleges and universities, helping to design career coaching programs for their students. She is a certified and licensed counselor and has a doctorate in educational psychology.

Table of Contents

A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings and You Find A Job: Chaos and Your Career Plans	p. 1
Connecting The Dots: Uncovering the Power of Your Wanderings	p. 19
Mental Wanderings: Your Mind Can Take You Anywhere or Nowhere	p. 49
Wandering Beyond Majors And Minors: Make Your Education Relevant to Any Employer	p. 83
Why Settle For One Career When You Can Have Ten? The Wise Wanderer Explores the Future	p. 109
Even Wanderers Make Plans: Where Are You Now and Where Do You Want to Go?	p. 133
Paging Dr. Frankenstein: Experimental Wanderings with Big Payoffs	p. 163
My Job As A Krackel Bar: Creating Irresistible Résumés That Will Get You the Interview	p. 195
Channeling Jane Austen: Writing That Will Get You Hired	p. 223
Wandering Into The Workplace: Interviewing and Impressing	p. 251
Wandering After Graduation: You Mean the Chaos Continues?	p. 275
Acknowledgments	p. 291
References And Resources	p. 293
Index	p. 297
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