Career Direction Research Worksheet (PDF File)

This worksheet is designed to help you explore a career direction by gathering information about it, organizing your thoughts, your feelings and testing the idea's viability.

The topic or career direction of my research is:

__________________________________________

Three people that can help me obtain more information on this topic are:

1._______________________________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________________________

What Special Interest Groups or SIGs are related to my topic?

What online interest groups and forums exist related to my topic? ( Look at yahoo, google to start with – see who else is out there that shares your interest.)

Where are the businesses, organizations, contacts for my interest located? Are there local contacts? Who are they?

To pursue this interest, will I need to learn a new skill or obtain certification or some further education? If so, what?

What attracts me to this direction?

What concerns me about this direction?

What makes this direction “viable” (the right way to go) for me?

What makes it the “wrong way” to go for me?

If this direction involves making money, will it provide me with the amount of money I need to make?

How is this direction in alignment with my Top 10 Values?

How is this direction in alignment with my Life Purpose Statement?

What inspires me about this direction?

Assuming I want to know more, how will I find out more about this direction?

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