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 found that I reacted to the conference-organization suggestion with a visceral self-protective curl -- I think it's because it's organizing people, rather than organizing information. But I'd have to talk to someone who actually does the work to get a better sense of what it's really like.

Lab manager, on the other hand, sounds really interesting. And I am very interested in science; I just have no education or training in it.

Would you mind telling me more about what you do? (You can e-mail resonant8(at)sbcglobal(dot)net, if you like that better than a public LJ post.)