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Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People (Career Guide For...)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 331.702
EAN: 9781580088411
Edition: 3
ISBN: 1580088414
Label: Ten Speed Press
Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 229
Publication Date: 2007-04
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Studio: Ten Speed Press
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Editorial Review:
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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Enlightening
If you are a creative person, and are stifling your creativity for your desk job, please read this. There are lots of good ideas in this book, it's inspiring and I will be trying some of the suggestions in it.
Rating:  - Paradoxically ironic
If you're so creative, then why can't you figure out an unconventional way to capitalize on it?
Sincerely,
A creative person trying to figure out an innovative way to pay bills
Rating: - Great book for ADDers
This book was written in the seventies. Whoever fell under the definition of "creative" in this book would be labelled ADD today. I wish I had found this gem when I was struggling through school figuring out what I want to do with my life. It's a great read that stands the test of time.
Some great quotes from the book:
"Again and Again, the findings from psychological and vocational studies indicate interests in art, music and literature are associated with more ... Read More
Rating: - Ideal job-hunting resource for creatives
Dr. Eikleberry's research is based on the Holland Codes, three-letter codes designed to describe your work interests. You take an extensive interest test and get a three-letter code that describes, in order from most applicable to least, the three areas out of six that you have the most interest in. The idea is that there are six basic personality types when it comes to work, but that all of us possess some mixture of those types, and it's most useful to look at those three that best describe each ... Read More
Rating: - An Enlightening Book for Creative People
Dr. Eikleberry's easy-to-read book helped me find a second career. The Career Guide of Creative and Unconventional People is chocked full of stories, pertinent information, and encouragement. Even if you've never thought of yourself as creative and unconventional, read Dr. Carol Eikleberry's book, you might be surprised.
Jean Tracy, MSS, "Granny Jean"
Author and Speaker
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