Contents
PART 1
You Need to Reconsider Everything You Know about Your Employment Interests
1 Life Planning versus Getting a Job 3
2 Yes, It’s All about You 20
3 What Gets You Excited? Your Top Five Issues in This World 31
4 A Little Future Visioneering 43
5 Advanced Issues in Life Planning: More than Enough Ideas 53
6 A Different Kind of Choice 74
Part 2
Finding Out about Your Interests in the Real World
7 Prepare to Learn More 85
8 Are You Ready for Networking? 93
9 Volunteer and Internship Opportunities 107
10 Summer Jobs, and “The Most Important Summer of Your Life” 119
11 More Education 134
12 How about High-Risk Choices? 143
Part 3
Now It’s Time to Actually Get a Job
CASE STUDY: How I Got My First Job 158
13 Start with a Job Target 161
14 Visualize the Job You Want 171
15 Troubleshooting Your Job Search 184
16 The Job Interview 203
In Conclusion 227
Index 229
About the Author 234