Most of us know we should spend time investigating our future career options, but we find a thousand reasons to delay. MIND's Career Exploration Road Map (copyright Jennie Dorman 2018, and updated as an interactive pdf in 2021) was designed to alleviate the stress and overwhelming experience of career exploration by breaking down the process into manageable and actionable steps shown in a gameboard-style schematic. The MIND Career Exploration Road Map has been featured in Inside Higher Ed and Science Careers.

Original 2018 Career Exploration Road Map

Recommended Activities for the using the original Career Exploration Road Map

Interactive 2021 Career Exploration Road Map

The MIND Career Paths Starter Kit provides an introduction as well as sample job titles, organizations, and UCSF alumni for 14 career areas:

Getting Started on LinkedIn is a checklist for building your online profile on LinkedIn, the default social platform for professionals in the U.S. A LinkedIn profile is useful for:

• Communicating who you are and what you do
• Learning about different careers
• Expanding your network

The Informational Interviews and Building Your Professional Network webpage offers the following resources:

• Two video series on how to approach networking conversations and the networking process
• Ground rules for contacting professionals
• A guide to designing questions for an informational interview
• Samples and strategies for how to follow up after a networking event
• Resources for making professional connections