[Katharine Brooks] You Majored in What?: Mapping Your Path from.epub

Publisher: Plume (March 30, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0452296005
ISBN-13: 978-0452296008





Read Katharine Brooks's posts on the Penguin Blog.

As revolutionary as What Color Is Your Parachute?, this career guide for a new generation of job- seekers, from one of America's top college career counselors

With the job market in flux, young people face The Question: what are you going to do with that major?

In this indispensable guide, Dr. Katharine Brooks provides a road map for twenty-somethings, replacing obsolete thinking that "major = career," and instead using positive psychology, mapping techniques, and experimental wanderings to help job seekers reframe their skills. Brooks provides effective strategies to help readers mine their academic and life experiences for new insights into landing jobs with the best employers, and finding alternatives when the situation calls for a Plan B.

You Majored in What? offers a practical and proven approach to reframing experiences, discovering overlooked opportunities, and finding a true calling, regardless of your undergraduate major or the state of the job market.


Biography
Dr. Katharine Brooks is a counselor who specializes in career counseling and coaching, particularly for liberal arts students and alumni. She is currently the Executive Director of the Office of Personal and Career Development at Wake Forest University. For ten years she served as the Director of Liberal Arts Career Services for The University of Texas at Austin, and prior to that was the Director of Career Services for Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. She recently received the Kauffman Award from the National Association of Colleges and Employers for her contributions to the career services field. She was also named one of the "10 Most Visionary" people in career services in a survey by CSO Research. She has a bachelor's degree in sociology from Gettysburg College, and a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling and a doctorate in educational psychology from West Virginia University.