The videos included on this page are the result of the conversations of seven faculty in the Good Work Initiatives planning group. They agreed that the world of work, especially in the current marketplace, is riddled with disappointments and unexpected turns. So, the videos feature two authors on the topic, Katherine Leary Alsdorf and Ellen Ruppell Shell, and eight AU alums whose dreams and careers did not become what they imagined. The linked article is written by member of the planning group and the inaugural SEARCH Reader in the Good Work Initiatives, Claire Peterson, Ph.D.