• Home
  • Welcome!
  • Who's Who in What's Next
• Transitions
  • Thinking about life after AmeriCorps or VISTA
  • Recognizing Transitions
  • Stages of Transitions
  • Managing Transitions
• Your Service and You
  • AmeriCorps or VISTA and you
  • Building networks
• Relate your Service Experience to Others
  • Relating your experience to others
• Make Wise Decisions
  • Making wise decisions, part 1
  • Personality assessments and reflection
  • Making wise decisions, part 2
  • Making wise decisions, part 3
  • Postponing a decision
  • Education options
  • Job and career options
  • Continue to serve
  • Other options
• Take Action
  • Create an action plan
  • Writing your resume
  • Apply to college
  • Leaving right: Final administrative issues
• A Lifetime of Service
  • A lifetime of service
  • Conclusion
  • There's more?

Transitions

Thinking about life after AmeriCorps or VISTA

Reflect, plan and act on your future

Before you know it, your service term will draw to a close.

You may already be thinking about your future-what you'll do, where you'll go, and so on.

This tutorial will help you lay out short-term and long-term plans so you can work through your transition from the AmeriCorps or VISTA experience to your next steps.

	Shorter-Term Plans Among the immediate decisions that you face are: Will you leave the community you are serving? If so, where? Will you go alone or with others? When will you go? What will you do while you make longer-term decisions? How will you manage your finances and focus your energy? Who will help you?
	Longer-Term Plans You'll also be concerned about long-range planning: What are your career goals? Will you seek additional training? If so, where will you get it, and what's the cost? Will you move closer to where you would like to live?