The career shelf at your local bookstore is packed with guides to finding jobs in perfectly dull professions, but what if you're looking for a real change of pace? NICE JOB! will equip you with all the information you need to swap your career for a lifestyle. This innovative book is packed with detailed profiles on over 80 truly unusual jobs -- from the practical (rare furniture craftsman) to the daring (National Geographic photographer) to the truly bizarre (cadaver makeup technician). Complete with all the facts on each job's benefits, risks, paycheck, and how to get your foot in the door.
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Ten Speed Press: So what are you going to do with your life? The options seem limited: entry-level administrative work, minimum-wage retail, fast food, law school.
Is there no alternative? Actually, there are over 80 alternatives as identified by the team from Lookout Media in their new book Nice Job! Going where no career book has gone before, Nice Job! tackles the world of work with the philosophy that work should be fun, and where there is a happy, passionate person, there is a nice job.
Beekeeper, human guinea pig, bush pilot, private investigator, erotic screenwriter, taxidermist, dog musher, sommelier, Harlem Globetrotter opponent, and White House advance person, Nice Job! doesn't just list these and more fantastic jobs, it tells you all about them and how to get them. Each job profile includes: a job description, compensation, prerequisites, qualities the employer is seeking, and the perks and risks.
Filled with photographs of workers in action, Nice Job! offers a sneak peak at a world where work is fun and invites you to forget the daily grind and live out your fantasies 9 to 5, Monday through Friday.
About the Author
Jamie Rosen has hatched some of his share of harebrained schemes. He bankrolled a friend to compete?ɬ?and win?ɬ? on television's Jeopardy. He wrote a semi-bogus restaurant guide to get free meals. He flew back and forth between New York and Boston on the Pan Am Shuttle nine times in one day in order to get frequent flier miles, which he used to visit Mongolia, where he unsuccessfully attempted to write the country's first travel guide. He dropped out of business school to start Comet Systems, where he proudly makes the world's best cursor customizing software. Amidst this cacophony of labor, Jamie somehow managed to graduate from Harvard. The LOOKOUT MEDIA team includes JAKE BROOKS, NICHOLAS CORMAN, CHUCK KAPELKE, SARA SMITH, and MICHELLE SULLIVAN. These wacky job experts all wrote for LET'S GO travel guides while at Harvard.
The LOOKOUT MEDIA team includes JAKE BROOKS, NICHOLAS CORMAN, CHUCK KAPELKE, JAMIE ROSEN, SARA SMITH, and MICHELLE SULLIVAN. These wacky job experts all wrote for LET'S GO travel guides while at Harvard.
The LOOKOUT MEDIA team includes JAKE BROOKS, NICHOLAS CORMAN, CHUCK KAPELKE, JAMIE ROSEN, SARA SMITH, and MICHELLE SULLIVAN. These wacky job experts all wrote for LET'S GO travel guides while at Harvard.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Very clever,
By d_smith@hopkinton.k12.nh.us (New Hampshire) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nice Job!: The Guide to Cool, Odd, Risky, and Gruesome Ways to Make a Living (Lookout Media Series) (Paperback)
Nice Job is a pleasure to read. We gave it as a graduation gift to a few of our friends. The book is not just filled with "yucks" concerning these odd jobs; it goes further and specifically tells what skills are necessary to do the jobs. I found this aspect fascinating (along with the salaries). The book is a quick read. We got a kick out of many of the stories. Highly recommended.
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Kapelke strikes again,
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This review is from: Nice Job!: The Guide to Cool, Odd, Risky, and Gruesome Ways to Make a Living (Lookout Media Series) (Paperback)
kapelke deftly debunks the mysteries of several occupations we have always wondered about, but have been too afraid to ask. Once again, his esoteric and pointed sense of humor cover any "shortcomings". For all you aspiring Zamboni drivers, Kapelke and his intrepid gang's masterpiece will be your ticket to success!
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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well-written, hilarious and extremely informative,
By nyconvtour@aol.com (New York City) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nice Job!: The Guide to Cool, Odd, Risky, and Gruesome Ways to Make a Living (Lookout Media Series) (Paperback)
The book would make a great college graduation gift. It was comprehensive, funny, and offered some wonderful job possibilities. I would love to be on the prize patrol for Publisher's Clearing house. Great job! Rosen and collaborators!
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Job description: Basic grooming includes bathing the animal (usually twice), and performing a massage and lump check for unusual growths, a nail trim, and an ear cleaning. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
airshow pilots, prize patrol, commercial salmon fishing, wildland firefighter, arm sports, ice job, traffic reporter, rodeo clown, barrel man Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Practical Information, New York, United States, Club Med, Los Angeles, White House, National Geographic, San Francisco, Road Rules, Executive Outcomes, Hamburger University, New Jersey, Publishers Clearing House, Santa Claus, Deb Margolis, Plimoth Plantation, Tod Deery, Dave Raymond, Michael Goulian, Phillie Phanatic, American Meteorological Society, Bris Milah, Controlled Demolition, Dennis Getto, Forest Service New!
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Job description: Basic grooming includes bathing the animal (usually twice), and performing a massage and lump check for unusual growths, a nail trim, and an ear cleaning. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
airshow pilots, prize patrol, commercial salmon fishing, wildland firefighter, arm sports, ice job, traffic reporter, rodeo clown, barrel man Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Practical Information, New York, United States, Club Med, Los Angeles, White House, National Geographic, San Francisco, Road Rules, Executive Outcomes, Hamburger University, New Jersey, Publishers Clearing House, Santa Claus, Deb Margolis, Plimoth Plantation, Tod Deery, Dave Raymond, Michael Goulian, Phillie Phanatic, American Meteorological Society, Bris Milah, Controlled Demolition, Dennis Getto, Forest Service New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel by Arthur Golden on page 90, and page 91
- Courtship of Miles Standish by Henry W. Longfellow on page 61
- Guinea Pig Sb-My Pet (My Pet (Weigel Paperback)) by Honor Head on page 31
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