Tapping into the network

[resonant]

Or: Who wants to help the Res decide what she wants to be when/if she grows up? (Not cutting because I want maximum input, but I'll try to keep it brief.)

I've been doing the exercises in What Color Is Your Parachute, and have ended up with a list of transferable skills and a list of interests.

Skills:

Analyze
Solve problems/see patterns
Evaluate
Imagine/invent
Classify/organize
Plan

Interests:

Social sciences
Design of spaces
Communication studies
Folklore
Speculative fiction
Libraries

The next step is to ask everyone I know: Do these suggest any job titles to you? Do they suggest any job fields to you?

The best job I ever had was one that I didn't know such a thing existed until I found myself interviewing for it, so I'm very open to unexpected suggestions from you brainy and extremely diverse people. (Please feel free to share this post; I'm very interested in advice from everyone, whether I know them or not.)

Comments

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I read it once before and didn't get a whole lot out of it, but at the time I thought I already knew what I wanted to do, so I was all focused on getting a job. (As a newspaper reporter! Talk about lack of self-knowledge.) This time it's been brilliantly helpful.

[jacquez.livejournal.com]

I was recently laid off and I'm thinking very seriously about career changes, so it seemed like a natural for me. I'm _pretty_ sure what I want to do, but what if I'm wrong, or there is something exciting I haven't thought of?

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Good luck!