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Career Solutions for Creative People: How to Balance Artistic Goals with Career Security

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Dr. Ormont explains how damaging the boring, underpaid "day job" can be for artists over the long run, and how IT IS POSSIBLE to find work that sustains financially and emotionally without draining creative energy. The book is motivational but also has practical information on resume-writing, personality tests, launching a career change, etc. Even if you aren't a "creative person," this book can truly help you to change your thoughts about making a living, and therefore, your life.

In Career Solutions For Creative People, artists and those with artistic goals receive a primer on how to balance their art with concerns about career security, with chapters showing how to find the time and energy for one's art while pursuing a rewarding living. From informatively examining personal capabilities to understanding self-employment options, Ronda Ormont's Career Solutions For Creative People covers all the basics with special twists for artists.

I bought this book about 7 years ago, and i found it very intriguing, powerful and helpful the firs time i used it.

"Used" us the word because the book really helped me to decide where i want to go next in my professional life, which was to become a Graphic Designer.

These days i am reading the book again, as i am again in a turning point in my professional life, and am trying to decide what the next step is.

In the second read i am amazed at how professional, helpful and insightful the book is for me. It actually feels like i have a friend walking with me through this complex decision i am making, and it feels less alone.

I am grateful for this book.