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businessperson, not a friend.
• Keep it simple. A thank-you note can be just two or three sentences.
• Write and send your note within twenty-four hours after your appointment. A thank-you note that arrives a week later seems like an afterthought, not gratitude.
Here’s an example:
Dear Mr./Ms./Dr. ________ :
Thank you for talking with me yesterday about your work. The information you gave me was quite helpful. I very much appreciate that you were willing to take the time to meet with me.
If I decide to become a _____, I will probably have more questions for you.
Sincerely,
Your Name
If the person you met with said something particularly helpful, gave you a good suggestion, or recommended another contact who’s already agreed to meet with you, you may want to mention those things in your note. You can ask for suggestions about jobs that might earn a 10 on your Job Meter. For example, if you crave a job with an international focus, ask your interviewee whether he or she knows of organizations or jobs that have that element.
You can email a thank-you note too. Email is immediate and easy to read. Be sure to follow these guidelines:
• Use standard English (don’t write in all caps or all lowercase).
• Use proper punctuation and grammar (no run-on or stream-of-consciousness type sentences).
• When you’re finished, run the spell-check tool in your email program.
• Ask an adult to proofread the note; spell-check is helpful but not foolproof!
After Your Information Interviews
When you’ve completed your information interviews, you should have a much clearer idea of your potential dream jobs. Write down the three that you like the most and keep learning about them.
All of your hard work will not only help you find your dream job, but may also help you in more immediate ways. You can use everything you’ve written on your parachute—what you’ve learned about yourself and what you’ve learned from information interviews—to approach many situations with a newsense of focus and direction. Starting to learn what your dream job is will help you find more satisfying summer jobs, internships, or part-time work, and it may just help you choose a college major.
WHAT IF MY DREAM JOB IS WORKING FOR MYSELF?
If you talk with ten or more people who are doing the kind of work you want to do, and you think, “I’d rather start my own business,” you aren’t alone. There are moreentrepreneurs in the Millennial Generation than in any previous generation. You may like to tinker, have an idea for how to make something better, or want provide a service that you see a need for. People who set up their own businesses for profit are called “entrepreneurs.” People who establish a nonprofit to provide services to a special population or about a special issue are called “social entrepreneurs.”
Whichever title appeals to you, you can find related articles, blogs, associations, summer camps, competitions, and success stories on the Internet and in books. While you are living at home is a great time to create your own business, because your parents are taking care of your personal overhead. If you can find an inexpensive way to create and market a product or service (like the eleven- and nine-year-old brothers who created a math game sold for iPhones), you can be one step closer to your dream job—and your dream life.
Wow! You’ve done a lot of good work discovering what you love to do, who your favorite types of people are, and where you’d like to work and live. Maybe some questions still need answering, but that’s fine. Those answers will come with time. We hope you’ve discovered some things about yourself that you didn’t even know and confirmed some things you did know.
The discoveries you’ve made about yourself in part 1 lay the foundation for the practical steps you can take to land your dream job, presented in part 3 . But first, in part 2 we want to take a look at getting the most out of high school
• Keep it simple. A thank-you note can be just two or three sentences.
• Write and send your note within twenty-four hours after your appointment. A thank-you note that arrives a week later seems like an afterthought, not gratitude.
Here’s an example:
Dear Mr./Ms./Dr. ________ :
Thank you for talking with me yesterday about your work. The information you gave me was quite helpful. I very much appreciate that you were willing to take the time to meet with me.
If I decide to become a _____, I will probably have more questions for you.
Sincerely,
Your Name
If the person you met with said something particularly helpful, gave you a good suggestion, or recommended another contact who’s already agreed to meet with you, you may want to mention those things in your note. You can ask for suggestions about jobs that might earn a 10 on your Job Meter. For example, if you crave a job with an international focus, ask your interviewee whether he or she knows of organizations or jobs that have that element.
You can email a thank-you note too. Email is immediate and easy to read. Be sure to follow these guidelines:
• Use standard English (don’t write in all caps or all lowercase).
• Use proper punctuation and grammar (no run-on or stream-of-consciousness type sentences).
• When you’re finished, run the spell-check tool in your email program.
• Ask an adult to proofread the note; spell-check is helpful but not foolproof!
After Your Information Interviews
When you’ve completed your information interviews, you should have a much clearer idea of your potential dream jobs. Write down the three that you like the most and keep learning about them.
All of your hard work will not only help you find your dream job, but may also help you in more immediate ways. You can use everything you’ve written on your parachute—what you’ve learned about yourself and what you’ve learned from information interviews—to approach many situations with a newsense of focus and direction. Starting to learn what your dream job is will help you find more satisfying summer jobs, internships, or part-time work, and it may just help you choose a college major.
WHAT IF MY DREAM JOB IS WORKING FOR MYSELF?
If you talk with ten or more people who are doing the kind of work you want to do, and you think, “I’d rather start my own business,” you aren’t alone. There are moreentrepreneurs in the Millennial Generation than in any previous generation. You may like to tinker, have an idea for how to make something better, or want provide a service that you see a need for. People who set up their own businesses for profit are called “entrepreneurs.” People who establish a nonprofit to provide services to a special population or about a special issue are called “social entrepreneurs.”
Whichever title appeals to you, you can find related articles, blogs, associations, summer camps, competitions, and success stories on the Internet and in books. While you are living at home is a great time to create your own business, because your parents are taking care of your personal overhead. If you can find an inexpensive way to create and market a product or service (like the eleven- and nine-year-old brothers who created a math game sold for iPhones), you can be one step closer to your dream job—and your dream life.
Wow! You’ve done a lot of good work discovering what you love to do, who your favorite types of people are, and where you’d like to work and live. Maybe some questions still need answering, but that’s fine. Those answers will come with time. We hope you’ve discovered some things about yourself that you didn’t even know and confirmed some things you did know.
The discoveries you’ve made about yourself in part 1 lay the foundation for the practical steps you can take to land your dream job, presented in part 3 . But first, in part 2 we want to take a look at getting the most out of high school
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