The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People, Fourth Edition - Couverture souple

Eikleberry Ph.D., Carol; Pinsky, Carrie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1607747839 ISBN 13 : 9781607747833

Editeur : Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, 2015

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

CAROL EIKLEBERRY, PhD, is a psychologist who has worked as a career counselor for more than 20 years, both in private practice and at university counseling centers.

CARRIE PINSKY, M.Ed., is a career counselor in private practice and a freelance writer.

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THE CAREER CHALLENGE

This book is your call to adventure. Your guide to adventure, too. If you want to have a creative career, you need to become the hero of your own life story.

Heroes set off on an adventure for one of two reasons: either change is forced upon them by unexpected life circumstances, like getting fired or divorced, or being assigned to the Boss from Hell; or else they are nudged into change from within, because of their own dissatisfactions. Maybe they’re bored, or desperate to leave home, or they yearn to make a difference. However it comes, change is difficult.

Change is relentless, too. Sometimes it seems like our frenzied world of work is changing so fast that even superheroes will be swept off the face of the planet! Other times it seems like the village blacksmith model of employment is returning, as more people return to a private business venture that blends their work life with their home life. We’re losing traditional job security and benefits in exchange for greater freedom and ownership of our work—except now our little “village” is vulnerable to global competition, staggering income inequality, and cataclysmic events occurring anywhere in the world.

What’s a creative person to do?

Embark on your own career adventure!

This book will point the way to finding and following your own path. Your path may be fun at times—exhilarating, even—but it may not be easy or direct. Joseph Campbell, a famous scholar of the hero’s journey, once put it: “If you can see the path laid out in front of you, step by step—it’s not your path!”

That’s why a creative career is an adventure. You’ve been told that treasure lies ahead . . . but to where is that map really leading? On a quest to find your personal workplace paradise, you will likely encounter conflict, setbacks, and discouragement. But you’ll also find friendly allies, opportunities for personal growth, and a chance to bring more creativity into your life.

Ahhh. Creativity. Now that’s worth taking some risks for. Creating can be so fun, so joyous, so naturally motivating and engaging that it feels more like play than work. Creating something new makes us happier and brings us more fully alive. This book promises to move you in that direction, so that your work becomes more creative and personally fulfilling.

But true creativity does not result from a few quick tips for your job search. Instead, it results from a deeply experienced spiritual quest to become the person you were born to become. The adventure begins when you set out to develop your own unique potential, instead of following conventional expectations to become like someone else. It is a hero’s journey, undertaken not only to develop your own potential but also to return with a gift for the world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1607747839
• ISBN 13: 9781607747833
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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