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Interactive Course Workbook

Your Career Launch Starts With One Step

Use this workbook alongside all five lessons to organize your job search, practice using Anchor, build a routine, restart when stuck, and ask for support that works for you.

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Five lessons, one working planYour answers stay together, save automatically in this browser, and can be printed or saved as a PDF.

You do not need to solve your entire future. You need a clear place to begin and a next step you can actually take.

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Career Launch System

Workbook Map

Complete one section after each lesson. Short answers are enough. Nobody is grading your writing. Use these pages to make each lesson specific to your job search.

1My Starting PointSet up professional email and choose one direction to explore.

2My Anchor WorkflowCreate or tailor a résumé, check accuracy, and track one opportunity.

3My Weekly RoutineKeep several possibilities moving with sessions you can repeat.

4My STUCK ResetIdentify friction, reduce the task, and choose a way to restart.

5Talking With ParentsPrepare for a conversation about support, updates, and ownership.

Remember

You can pause after any completed step. A smaller action still counts.

What would make this course useful to me?

Where am I in the job search right now?

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Lesson 1 | My Starting Point

You Do Not Have to Figure Everything Out at Once

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Start cleanProfessional email setup

My inbox is clean enough for employer messages, or I created a separate job-search email.My email address and display name clearly identify me.My signature includes my full name and preferred phone number.I sent a test email and confirmed that replies arrive.I chose when I will check this inbox and its spam folder.

My professional email

When I will check it

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Choose a directionMy one-step decision

One type of work I am willing to explore

InterestWhat draws me to it?

AbilityWhat can I already do?

RealityWhat fits my situation?

My next action

Lesson 1 complete

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Lesson 2 | My Anchor Workflow

Build From Real Experience

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Use the toolExperience inventory

Give Anchor facts it can work with

Experience can come from paid work, school, projects, volunteering, hobbies, caregiving, or responsibilities at home. Record only what actually happened.

One experience I can describe

Skills I used during it

What changed, improved, or got completed?

Keep, change, check

Keep

What is accurate and already sounds right?

Change

What should sound more like you?

Check

Which fact or claim needs verification?

Truth check

If you could not honestly explain a claim during an interview, change it or remove it.

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Lesson 2 | My First Application

One Opportunity, One Clear Next Action

01Choose a role

02Tailor honestly

03Review the draft

04Track what is next

Job title and company

Job posting link or location

One Anchor question that helped connect my real experience

One cover-letter detail I personalized

One skill to show, add, or practice

Application tracker

Role	Company	Stage	Next action

Lesson 2 completion action

I created or tailored one résumé, checked every claim, and saved the next action in Anchor.

Lesson 2 complete

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Lesson 3 | My Weekly Routine

Keep Several Possibilities Moving

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Build momentumOpportunity mix

Related job titles I can include in my search

Actions I will measure this week

Employer decisions I will not use to judge the week

My next two sessions

Session 1

Day and time

Type

Stopping point

Session 2

Day and time

Type

Stopping point

Low-energy versions

5 minutes

One tiny maintenance action

10 minutes

One small improvement

20 minutes

One application stage

My routine

Each session has one purpose, a stopping point, and a written next action.

Lesson 3 complete

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Lesson 4 | My Friction Finder

What Happened Before I Stopped?

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Understand the obstacleMy stuck signal

How I notice that I am getting stuck

The friction I am dealing with

What happened immediately before I stopped?

The specific problem

What could make it easier?

Better question

Instead of “What is wrong with me?” ask, “What made this specific step difficult?”

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Lesson 4 | My STUCK Reset

Make the Next Step Available Again

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Choose a restartMy reset card

SStop adding pressure

TTell the truth

UUse a smaller task

CChoose support

KKeep one promise

A specific support request I can use

My five-minute maintenance task

The sentence that tells me where to restart

Lesson 4 completion action

Use this reset on one current obstacle before moving to Lesson 5.

Lesson 4 complete

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Lesson 5 | Preparing to Talk With My Parents

Prepare for a Clear Conversation

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Support without takeoverKnow what you want to communicate

Support that helps

Be specific about what another person can do.

What creates pressure

Name the behavior and its effect on you.

Decisions I want to own

Identify the choices and final decisions that remain yours.

A reasonable update rhythm

Choose when you will share progress so it is not discussed all day.

What might my parent be worried about?

How could support become lighter as I gain confidence?

A possible way to begin the conversation

“I want your support with my job search. I also want to make the final decisions. Here is what helps me, what adds pressure, and when I can give you an update.”

How I want to say it in my own words

Your working understanding

This does not need to be a contract or a document to sign. It needs to be a clear conversation about ownership, helpful support, and predictable updates.

Young Adult Quick-Start Training complete