The activities and resources provided in the Making a Living, Making a Difference book provide college students and young adults with frameworks to approach a job search, learn basic personal finance principles, and grow in their personal and professional life.

With Making a Living, Making a Difference, you'll be able to:

• Engage in a process of career discernment
• Explore careers in peacemaking
• Initiate a job search
• Develop financial confidence
• Thrive personally and professionally

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Supplementary resources

Use the below resources to further explore some of the activities, exercises, and information provided in the book. 

Part one: Career Discernment

If you have questions or concerns about career assessments, major exploration, or career exploration, you can schedule a career counseling appointment with the Marquette University Career Center.

Strengths

• Strong Interest Inventory (free; schedule a career counseling appointment)
• CliftonStrengths ($)
• VIA Character Strengths Survey
• High5Test Strengths
• Strengths Matrix Assessment (Marquette user access only)

Skills

• Transferrable Skills Exercise (Marquette user access only)
• "Self-Inventory" and "The Flower Exercise" in What Color is Your Parachute by Richard Bolles

Personality

• Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (free; schedule a career counseling appointment)
• Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator ($)
• 16Personalities NERIS Type Explorer
• Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator ($)
• Eclectic Energies Enneagram Test
• 123Test Holland Code

Careers

• My Next Move
• Career Explorer by sokanu

Part two: Peacemaking Careers

• Peacemaking Jobs and Careers

Part three: Job Search and Career Progression

Presenting Yourself to Employers

• Marquette University Career Center handouts and guides

Job Listings

• Social Change Careers (national and international)
• Postgraduate Service Programs (national and international)
• Jobs that Help (Greater Milwaukee Area)
• Handshake (for Marquette students)

Workplace Behaviors

• Habits That Hold You Back

Fundraising Skill

• Bloomerang
• Future Fundraising Now
• The Better Fundraising Co.
• npENGAGE

Business Acumen

• Leap of Reason
• Harvard Business Review
• Personal MBA reading list

Part four: Financial Confidence

Student Loans

• Student loan hero resources and calculators

Part five: Thrive Personally and Professionally

Annual Review

• How to conduct your annual review and annual review template

Career Counseling

If you would like to meet with a career counselor, please visit the Marquette University Career Center.