Ikigai encompasses the intersection of four fundamental elements of a life of fulfillment: what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid doing.
Social identities influence our unique lens of the world. Reflect on the social identities you hold. Consider how the way each identity may be experienced and expressed in different professions.
Skills provide insight into your interests. Of equal importance, your ability to identify and articulate your unique skills provides you with a competitive edge in your future job search.
Understand how your activities impact your energy levels throughout the day. Use this information to design a life that aligns with your energy patterns and improves your well-being.
Our values provide a clear framework for decision-making, ensuring choices align with core beliefs. Living in alignment is about matching your “real” behaviors with your “ideal" values.
-from Think2Perform
A creative prototype that allows you to envision multiple futures. This exercise will help you experiment with different paths, uncovering which resonates with your values and aspirations.
Asking "How Might I?" helps you frame and define your life design vision into concrete action steps . It is one of the core steps when moving from dream to reality.
Your Worldview is a set of fundamental beliefs that ground your perceiving, thinking, and doing. Wour Workview addresses the critical issues related to defining work and what it means to you.
AI should not be a tool used to create documents for you, but a tool that can help you get “unstuck," from articulating your purpose, exploring career paths, connecting with professionals, and more.
Coherence mapping offers an opportunity to integrate all you have discovered up to this point about who you are, your priorities, and the multitude of pathways available to you as you design your life.
Whether you’re searching for a grad program, assessing your career preferences, or even comparing multiple job offers, the Decision Matrix can help you make informed decisions among two, three, or more good and viable options. This tool is not intended to help you make the one “right” decision, but also allows for complex consideration of options, information, and objectives in the process.
Hear some stories of our alumni in our Life Design Chronicles series. Even if they have taken a path different from yours, see if you can gain new insight and perspective that can help inform your journey.
Tiny habits are quick, low-effort, daily personal behaviors that help individuals make incremental progress to long-term success.
Get started identifying, building, and leveraging your network with the comprehensive Life Design Networking 101 Guide.
This guide will help you convert networking contacts to more formalized mentors.
Stakeholder maps help you identify people who can serve as career mentors and provide a framework to expand your network.
Learn to request and conduct conversations with professionals to explore fields, build your network, gain knowledge, and discover new opportunities.
Create a spreadsheet to align your values with identified opportunities and to organize and track your progress on job and internship searches.
Handshake is the premier online platform that provides members of the Johns Hopkins University with opportunities, events, resources, and connections related to their career aspirations and interests.
ForagerOne assists undergraduate students in finding and contacting the right faculty mentors for research opportunities through a database of faculty profiles and a guided application process.
Interstride is an interactive career platform that enhances the career exploration and job search process for international students.
Review this resource on timelines and industry-specific insights if you are planning on entering a career in industry in the next 1-5 years.
Gap/growth years provide an opportunity to explore new avenues, gain valuable skills, and make a positive impact. These valuable liminal years are not a detour or delay in your plans, but space to advance your experiences and portfolios, making you a more rounded and capable candidate.
Looking for a one-stop shop for all you need to know about the graduate school application process? Look no further! Grad Camp is a series of recordings guiding from your initial search through to funding strategies.
Review JHU Employer Engagement opportunities (i.e. alumni mixers & panels, career fairs, coffee chats, career treks & explore tours, hiring initiatives), and let us know any employers you are interested in engaging with!
Upgrade your LinkedIn profile. You’ll find a checklist of key items that your profile should have, space to reflect on how you can use LinkedIn to the fullest, and some pro tips.
The purpose of your resume is to get you an interview. Learn the mechanics to build your dynamic application material.
Your cover letter tells employers who you are, what you value, and how your skills translate to specific job responsibilities.
Craft an authentic introduction that truly captures your unique wholeness and help capture the listener’s attention. It is a formula that works, even if you have only 60 seconds
Get basic guidelines to navigate interview formats, best practices, and general tips to help you effectively tell your story and standout in an interview.
This guide will help you learn how and when to discuss your immigration status, know your rights as a job candidate, and find employers open to hiring international students.
