Arco 100 Best Careers for Writers and Artists

Arco 100 Best Careers for Writers and Artists
Author: Shelly Field
Publisher: Arco
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1997-10-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780028619262

Organized by category, each entry provides a job description and responsibilities, potential earnings, advancement opportunities, education and training, experience and qualifications

The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People, Third Edition

The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People, Third Edition
Author: Carol Eikleberry
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2010-11-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0307768503

You don't have to stifle your creative impulses to pay the bills. For anyone who's ever been told, "Don't quit your day job," career counselor Carol Eikleberry is here to say, "Pursue your dreams!" Now in its third edition, her inspiring guide provides knowledgeable career guidance, real-life success stories, and eye-opening self-evaluation tools to help artistic individuals figure out how to remain different, unconventional, and hard-to-categorize while finding work they love. The revised third edition of the popular guide for offbeat individuals seeking work that suits their unique skills, talents, and passions. Updated throughout, including new inspiration and tips for keeping a creative job notebook. Descriptions of more than 270 creative jobs, from the mainstream (architect, Web designer) to the unexpected (crossword-puzzle maker, police sketch artist). Previous editions have sold more than 60,000 copies.Reviews“What a great manual for young rebels and older freethinkers who are plotting their next career move.”—Boston Globe From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People, Fourth Edition

The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People, Fourth Edition
Author: Carol Eikleberry, Ph.D.
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2015-09-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1607747839

A practical career guide for creatively inclined job seekers of all ages, with tips and counsel on how to use your independent and innovative talents and passions to make money, express yourself, and find a job you love. This new edition of the popular guide for individuals seeking work that suits their unique skills has been completely revised and updated to reflect the freedom offered by the new work order, delve more deeply into freelancing as a career, explore social media as it relates to creative job searches, provide new success stories, and bring all salary information up to date. It also includes descriptions of more than 270 creative jobs, from the mainstream (architect, web designer) to the unexpected (crossword-puzzle maker, police sketch artist). With knowledgeable career guidance, real-life success stories, and eye-opening self-evaluation tools, the fourth edition of The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People helps unique individuals find work that supports and compliments their personalities and passions.

Zen and the Art of Making a Living

Zen and the Art of Making a Living
Author: Laurence G. Boldt
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 708
Release: 1999-05-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1101202688

The most innovative, unconventional, and profoundly practical career guide available--newly revised and updated With today's economic uncertainties, millions of Americans realize they must seize control over their own career paths. They want work that not only pays the bills but also allows them to pursue their real passions. In this revised edition, Laurence Boldt updates and revises his revolutionary guide to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century workplace. The first part of this book helps readers to identify the work that they really want to do, while the second provides practical, active steps to finding or creating that work. Zen and the Art of Making a Living goes beyond inspiration, providing a proven formula for bringing creativity, dignity, and meaning to every aspect of the work experience.