The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People

by Carol Eikleberry

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"A practical career guide for creatively inclined job seekers of all ages, with tips and counsel on how to use their independent and innovative talents and passions to make money, express themselves, and find a job they 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 show more 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"-- "A practical career guide for creatively inclined job seekers of all ages. This new edition has been revised 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, bring all salary information up to date, and add new job descriptions to the directory of more than 280 creative occupations"-- show less

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fanakapan 96 reviews

Excellent. If you feel you don't fit into or have any desire for the nine to five, office-based, materialistic world in which we're supposed to earn a living, try this book.

Jun 15, 2008

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A guide to earning a living by using your creative skills, includes self-evaluation exercises and real life case histories
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