Worksheet 1 · Career Criteria Card
My career question
Career or field: ______________________________________________
What attracts me: ____________________________________________
Rank my five most important criteria
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Assumptions to test
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My main research question: __________________________________
Worksheet 2 · Career Evidence Brief
What the work actually involves
- Recurring tasks
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____________________________________________________ - Work setting and schedule
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____________________________________________________ - Required skills or credentials
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____________________________________________________ - Tradeoffs or difficult parts
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Source log
- Source, link, update date, and one useful fact: ____________________________
- Source, link, update date, and one useful fact: ____________________________
- Source, link, update date, and one useful fact: ____________________________
What remains unanswered: ____________________________________
Worksheet 3 · Pathway Comparison
Compare two routes
Route A
Name: _________________________
Admission: ____________________
Length: _______________________
Approximate cost: _____________
Credential: ___________________
Practical experience: __________
Advantage: ____________________
Constraint: ___________________
Route B
Name: _________________________
Admission: ____________________
Length: _______________________
Approximate cost: _____________
Credential: ___________________
Practical experience: __________
Advantage: ____________________
Constraint: ___________________
Information I still need: ____________________________________
Worksheet 4 · Experience Test
Test one part of the field
Question I want to answer: __________________________________
Activity: ___________________________________________________
Safe scope and deadline: ___________________________________
Evidence I will collect: ____________________________________
Five professional questions
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Worksheet 5 · 30-Day Exploration Plan
Decide the next step
Finding that increased my interest: ___________________________
Tradeoff that concerns me: __________________________________
Assumption that changed: ___________________________________
- By __________, I will _________________________________________________
- By __________, I will _________________________________________________
- By __________, I will _________________________________________________
Portfolio review date: ______________________________________
Completion checklist
- Career Criteria Card completed
- Three current sources recorded
- Two pathways compared
- Experience Test and five questions prepared
- Three dated actions selected