Not everybody knows what they'd like to do for the rest of their life, right after high school.

Add to that, the train of jobs, years of education or passionate pursuits that may eventually build into a career can take untold amounts of trial and error – not to mention, soul searching.

For those who are lost even after college, comes CareerHoot.



CareerHoot serves as a reference guide to those who are transitioning from one career path to the next or desire to find out how others made it into their career of choice.

It's an e-magazine which was started by Andrew Chen, currently a Product Manager
at Linkedin.

Think of it as a free career newsletter for those willing to sign up.

So far, Chen has interviewed personalities as big as the former Deputy Associate Director of the National Economic Council at the White House and the current Mayor of Palo Alto. Also included in his interviews, is an educator, a restaurateur and also a stand-up comedian just to name a few.

Chen himself went through his own set of career transitions, from being a Senior Associate in McKinsey & Company in New York to being a start-up co-founder in Palo, Alto.

All-in-all, CareerHoot is a comforting, reliable source of information for those who would like to see how other people reached or transitioned into their current careers.

You can follow CareerHoot on Twitter or stay updated through E-mail.