I did not come away with a very clear idea of how a career intuitive works. I imagine you enter a darken room, reeking of incense (you, not the room.) The intuitive -- who is wearing a sorcerer's robe and a pointy Merlin cap -- instructs you to slip your resume under a crystal ball and, while you're at it, to slip him or her a couple of Benjamins to sooth the spirits. Then as you look on, the intuitive enters a trance state, rocking and keening as the spirit of your new career enters her body.
"I see you in a cramped cubical working on impossible deadlines for an inadequate salary with absolutely no hopes for promotion," she intones in an otherworldly voice.
Amazing, ain't it? She's seen your past, present and future with 20-20 intuition.
Not every career seance turns out quite this negative. Frederick had a vision of one client -- a depressed software engineer, as if there was any other kind -- "chasing someone through dark alleyways and working in an office with a large government seal on the wall."
This client is currently enrolled at the FBI academy. And with your luck, he or she will probably soon bust down your cubical wall to arrest you for expense account fraud. But that could be good news, since losing your job will no longer be a source of uncertainty and anxiety.
Now, instead of spending your time going through the employment ads, you can simply buy yourself an Ouija board and let the spirits guide you to your next position. Scoff, if you like, but the spirits need to work, too. The way this economy is going, we'll all have to keep working long after we croak.
