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Looking for a job can be exhausting. It can start to affect how you see yourself.
Rewriting Your Career Storie is a supportive group designed to help you make sense of your career journey while building practical tools for your job search. Together, we'll explore the stories we carry about work, recognize strengths that often go unnoticed, and develop skills to help you move forward with confidence.
Understanding your career story
Identifying transferable skills
Résumé building and refinement
Authentic networking
Interview preparation
Navigating career changes, employment gaps, and workplace identity
Managing the emotional impact of job searching
Building a sustainable job search routine
Workplace accommodations and self-advocacy
Looking for a new job
Exploring a career change
Returning to work after time away
Feeling burned out or stuck
Trying to explain employment gaps or a nontraditional career path
Looking for work that better aligns with your values
Led by: Jessica Pack, Therapy Intern & former HR professional
Choose the format that works best for you:
Every other Thursday
12:30 PM–2:00 PM
August 13–December 3
Every other Tuesday
1:00 PM–2:30 PM
August 18–December 8
Please email Jessica (jessica.pack@storiebrook.com) with your phone number, name, preferred contact method, and preferred group (virtual or in person) and she will be in contact with you for next steps.
Focus: identity, narrative, and lived experience
Activity: Career Timeline Map
Major jobs
Transitions
Breaks/gaps
Turning points
Focus: practical job search skill and empowerment
Activity: Skill Translation Circle
Activity: Resume Reconstruction
Focus: connection and relational support
Activity: Connection Mapping
Past coworkers
Old supervisors
Friends in different fields
Weak ties
Exploring safety & hesitation
Activity: Outreach Messages
Focus: values and direction without pressure to find passion
Activity: Values-to-Work Alignment Grid
Focus: belonging, workplace safety, and disclosure decisions
Activity: Visibility Map
Where they are fully out/authentic
Where they partially mask
Where they fully conceal
Focus: identity, authenticity, and safety
Activity: Interview Role Reflection
Interview Creative Writing Prompts
Focus: affect regulation and meaning
Activity: Meaning vs Event Exercise
Focus: pacing, burnout, and nervous system support
Activity: Create a Structural Job Search Plan
Focus: neurodivergence, workplace access, rights awareness, and reducing shame around support needs
Activity: Need vs Narrative Access Mapping Exercise