Undecided: how to ditch the endless quest for perfect and find the career--and life-- that's right for you

✍ Scribed by Kelley, Barbara Bailey;Kelley, Shannon

• Publisher: Seal Press
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In a world of unprecedented opportunity--and pressure--women are struggling more than ever to make career decisions and move forward without second-guessing themselves. Young women graduate from college and believe they have to find the perfect path and then can't decide which way to go. Undecided is an invaluable guide to this cultural phenomenon of "analysis paralysis." Looking at both what the media and academic studies have reported on women, careers, and particularly the undecided phenomenon--as well as personal accounts from numerous women--mother and daughter Barbara and Shannon Kelley disc.;You are here -- Oh, the places you'll go -- The road not traveled -- Chasing the mirage -- Synapse traffic jam -- Settling for the detours -- Conversations with the road warriors -- The rearview mirror -- You've come a long way, baby -- maybe -- What a long, strange trip it is -- Life in the carpool lane -- Traveling the revolutionary road -- Happiness, rerouted -- Wherever you go, there you are.

✦ Table of Contents

You are here --
Oh, the places you'll go --
The road not traveled --
Chasing the mirage --
Synapse traffic jam --
Settling for the detours --
Conversations with the road warriors --
The rearview mirror --
You've come a long way, baby --
maybe --
What a long, strange trip it is --
Life in the carpool lane --
Traveling the revolutionary road --
Happiness, rerouted --
Wherever you go, there you are.

✦ Subjects

Femmes--Orientation professionnelle;Vocational guidance;Women--Vocational guidance;Ressources Internet;Women -- Vocational guidance;Femmes -- Orientation professionnelle