Gracias

July 9, 2002

Hello and welcome to the Oxford Program!

Thank you for "enrolling" and I'm sincere when I say that I am anxious to start working with you. I am very enthusiastic about what I do - mainly because I can empathize with anyone going through worklife-related frustration and because I feel that I am very good at what I do.

How the "process" works...

The Oxford Program is sort of a group-based, career counseling course held in an online "discussion forum" format. I am here to guide you and facilitate your being able to make the best possible decision. The Oxford Program involves a lot of work on your part. It is not about taking a couple of tests so that it can tell you what career you should be in. Life and people are too complex for things to work that nicely. But a career choice is one of the most important decisions we can make so doesn't it deserve your full effort? Right, I thought you'd agree .

You go through the program on your own and at your own pace (see below for how to go through the program in its "discussion forum" format). The exercises are put in a particular order and build off each other. So have patience and resist any urge to get pessimistic and give up mid-way.

One word of advice...print-out everything (including this) and keep it in a folder. You can also make yourself an electronic folder on your hard-drive to save the documents to.

1) You should login at: http://www.101Careers.com/OP

...using the login information that was e-mailed to you right after you submitted your order. In general, usernames are your first initial followed by an underscore ("_") and then your last name.

You should "bookmark" this site in your browser to make it easier each time you want to login. Make sure you have your browser set to ACCEPT cookies or you won't be able to login successfully.

2) Your first time at this site, click on the link at the top for general instructions.

3) Introduce yourself in the "Introductions" forum. While you're there, read some others' postings and reply if you like. Remember, we're all in this together!

4) Cllick on the "Introduction/Required Reading" link (the first link of the Oxford Program).