Describes how the Career Management Series was conceived and developed at the Center for Particle Astrophysics at the University of California at Berkeley, demystifying the job search, differentiating between process and skills, and looking at both the academic and nonacademic track. Describes how this model was then successfully adapted to the…

Describes valuable aspects for the author of a career management workshop which emphasized a broad career horizon that included nonacademic career opportunities. Discusses her own and other people's pursuit of work and career to emphasize that it is both possible and urgent for people in English departments to change how they think about future…

Examines what kinds of jobs English major graduates of Lehigh University were actually doing in the real world, how they felt about having majored in English, and what benefits they saw from their degree. Finds that the alums were by and large delighted that they majored in English and would strongly recommend it to others. (SG)