But it is intended to provide some basic information about examining your options and exploring other career fields. This file also contains information on books and other resources which can help you in your job search. At some point, virtually all graduate students have doubts about whether they really are following an appropriate career path.
Some doubts are normal.
But if you start to seriously and repeatedly question what you're doing, there may be something more to it than typical grad student anxiety. If you're not sure that you want to stay in academia, first try to figure out what aspect of academia is causing you to have doubts. Try to avoid the trap of thinking that you're only qualified to do what you've been doing, and that it's too late to change. There are several screening tests which can help you determine what careers are best suited to your personality type, interests, and skills. This test, based in part on Jungian theory, defines personality types according to four sets of dichotomous pairings.