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Counselor Form.<br />

You need to decide a) whether you want none of the three, or<br />

b) one of the three (and if so, which one).<br />

Remember, you don’t have to choose any of the three coaches,<br />

if you didn’t really care for any of them. If that is the case, go<br />

choose three new names out of the Yellow Pages or wherever,<br />

dust off the notebook, and go out again. It may take a few more<br />

hours to find what you want. But the wallet, the purse, the jobhunt,<br />

and the life, you save will be your own.<br />

As you look over your notes, you will soon realize there is no<br />

definitive way for you to determine a career coach’s intentions.<br />

It’s something you’ll have to smell out, as you go along. But<br />

here are some clues.<br />

Bad Vibes, On Up to Really Bad Vibes<br />

If they give you the feeling that everything will be done for you,<br />

<strong>by</strong> them (including interpretation of tests, and decision making<br />

about what this means you should do, or where you should do it)<br />

—rather than asserting that you are going to have to do almost<br />

all the work, with their basically being your coach,

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