This assignment now moves you away from internal processes and controllable factors to your external environment and issues you cannot control -- and how these forces can affect your future career.

Follow: The steps of the market research process and develop a detailed short-term (one month) plan for getting a step closer to choosing a career path.

Brainstorm: A list of resources (people, books, journals, Websites, etc.) that you can use in your research plan to get information on particular career paths.

Review:: This Career Research Checklist.

Read and react: 15 Myths and Misconceptions About Job-Hunting.

Read: The Ten Keys to Success at Job and Career Fairs.