Katharine Brooks
Career counselor, coach and writer
Katharine Brooks is a career counselor and coach who has led university career centers. She is a co-author of What Color Is Your Parachute?
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About Katharine Brooks
Dr. Katharine Brooks is a career counselor, coach and writer. She has directed career centers at Dickinson College, The University of Texas at Austin and Wake Forest University, and has also led the Career Center at Vanderbilt University. She wrote You Majored in What? Mapping Your Path from Chaos to Career, which sets out her "Wise Wanderings" career coaching system. She later became a co-author of What Color Is Your Parachute?, and she has written a blog on career transitions for Psychology Today. Brooks has taught career-related courses since 1991, including classes on the liberal arts major in the workplace. She created "Career Coaching Intensives" training for career services professionals with the National Association of Colleges and Employers. She has received that organization's Kauffman Award.