CAREER PLANNING EXERCISES

Assessing the effectiveness of your current job search (.doc) Useful for troubleshooting your job search plan.

Identifying and ranking critical factors in your job search (.doc)

Vision picture (.doc) A good exercise if you are a creative and visual person who is currently assessing what you want.

Job hunt checklist (.doc) Lists the major job search activities to help you get organized.

CAREER PLANNING ADVICE

Many of these newsletter articles include brief exercises to help you make immediate use of the advice.

Making Every Contact Count (.doc) January 2008. Tips for successful email, phone, and in-person communications.

Researching Career Options, Part Two (.doc) October 2007. Web sites and other resources for finding employers in your targeted career area.

Researching Career Options, Part One (.doc) September 2007. An introduction to finding and learning about career options.

Setting up your own advisory council (.doc) August 2007. Applicable to career changers and entrepreneurs.

Transitioning to a new career (.doc) March 2007.

Gratitude (.doc) November 2006 newsletter. Some ideas about focusing on what you have.

RUN with your strengths (.doc) The final article in a four-part series on knowing and using your strengths. October 2006 newsletter.

Reviewing old documents (.doc) Part three of a four-part series on knowing and using your strengths. September 2006 newsletter.

Blind spots (.doc) Part two of a four-part series on knowing and using your strengths.

Signature strengths (.doc) Part one of a four-part series on knowing and using your strengths. June 2006 newsletter.

Informational interviewing tips (.doc) Although this article was written for PhDs, the advice is applicable to anyone!

Advice for humanities PhDs

Advice for science PhDs

Communicating with job search leads (.doc) March 2006 newsletter.

Identifying and ranking critical factors in your job search (.doc)

DREAMWORK

If you are new to dreamwork, I recommend that you read the introductory article first. Many of the other articles are in depth studies of one dream.

Introduction to dreamwork and how to remember dreams (.doc)

Paper Dolls (.doc) August 2007 dream study.

Spiders (.doc) March 2007 dream study.

A Short School Dream (.doc) November 2006 dream study.

"Poison" (.doc) October 2006 dream study - shows how a dream might be interpreted personally or societally.

"Eyetooth" (.doc) September 2006 dream study.

"The Ghost"(.doc) June 2006 dream study.

"Gifts and Bribes" (.doc) March 2006 dream study.

Types of dreams (.doc) February 2006.

Dreams about storms (.doc) November 2005.

"Pilots and Planes" (.doc) July 2005 dream study.

"At the Crossroads"  (.doc) Dream study.

"The Dollar Store"  (.doc) Dream study.

"Nothing is Working" (.doc) Dream study.

THE PATH OF YES

A key part of career planning is knowing how to consistently choose the path that is best for you. These articles might give you some ideas for how to make wise career choices.

What needs to die so that you can thrive? (.doc) November 2007. A timely fall article about what possessions we might let go of in preparation for winter hibernating and spring blooming. Then read the December 2007 follow-up article (.doc)

Questions about knowing (.doc) May 2006.

Following your bliss (.doc) February 2006 newsletter.