The document provides career planning advice, encouraging readers to reflect on their skills, values, interests and goals in order to develop a career plan and sentence. It recommends exploring career options by researching industries and potential employers, talking to contacts, gaining experience through internships or volunteer work, and addressing any skills gaps. The document emphasizes taking small initial steps, being strategic, focusing efforts offline and on networking, and regularly reflecting on explorations to refine one's career plan.

1. Your Career Plan
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2. A Bit About Me
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3. What brought you here today?
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4. Before you start looking, prepare!
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5. Know yourself and your preferences
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Your
Skills
EnvironmentYour
Personality
Career
self
Your
Interests
Your
Values
Other
Just one part of your LIFE!

6. What impact do you want to make?
What does a ‘green’ career mean to you?
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7. What skills do you have that you
WANT to use?
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8. Who is doing that work?
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9. What is your one sentence?
Put it all together!
- What impact do you want to make?
- Using what skills?
- In what settings? (as examples)
- To help in structuring your career
investigations. Can be adjusted for the
external audience
- You may have more than one at first
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10. Explore!
• Set the stage for ‘luck’; planned happenstance
• Even 5 minutes a day can help you focus,
learn, prepare, connect; share with others-
reciprocal; how can you be helpful?
• Discover: who can you talk to for Information,
Advice and Referrals?
• Brainstorm: what obstacles do you foresee,
and how can you overcome those?
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11. What is needed in the industry you
want to enter?
Where are your gaps?
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12. Explore!
• Be strategic- set time aside, including time to
reflect. Make choices
• Start now
• Keep track of your explorations and follow up
• Focus off-line more than on-line, but….
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13. Explore using Linkedin!
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www.linkedin.com/alumni

14. Explore using Linkedin!
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15. Explore!
What small steps can you take to
learn more?
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16. Explore!
Commit to one small step today
• Connect to me on LinkedIn and tailor your message
• Test www.linkedin.com/alumni
• Jot down a ‘one sentence’ that could describe your career
goals
• Talk to at least one employer in the exhibit hall and follow
up after the event
• Before you leave this room, introduce yourself to someone
you don’t know. Ask them a question about their work and
interests. Ask them what brings them here today.
• Take a quiet 5 minutes and jot down the employers already
in your mind who inspire you…..ask people you talk to for
ideas for others that fit your interests
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17. My small steps
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