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The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People, Fourth Edition by [Carol Eikleberry, Carrie Pinsky]

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The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People, Fourth Edition Kindle Edition

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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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Publication date

September 8, 2015
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“Many books come across my reading table each year, but it has been a long time since one of them impressed me as much as this one has. I found Carol Eikleberry’s insights quite dazzling.”
—RICHARD N. BOLLES, AUTHOR OF WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE?

“What a great manual for young rebels and older freethinkers who are plotting their next career move.”
—BOSTON GLOBE

“If you don’t quite fit into a particular mold, maybe The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People is more your style.”
—LOS ANGELES TIMES --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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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. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00R04OXK2
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ten Speed Press; 4th ed. edition (September 8, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 8, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1962 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 250 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1607747839

Best Sellers Rank: #500,968 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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Carol Eikleberry
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Carol Eikleberry graduated from Stanford with a major in English—and then wondered how she could have been so impractical. She tried paying back her student loans while teaching composition; she tried surviving on beans, rice, and food stamps; she tried cursing herself. Nothing worked until she discovered that classic career book, What Color Is Your Parachute?
Emboldened by Parachute, Carol embarked on an adventure that led to becoming a psychologist with a vocational specialty. Later she wrote her own book to help kindred idealistic spirits: The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People. Her insights on creativity were hailed by her hero Dick Bolles (the author of Parachute) as "quite dazzling."
The Career Guide is now in its 4th edition with Random House. And Carol is trying her hand at writing fiction for children.
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Carrie Pinsky
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Carrie Pinsky is a career counselor in private practice at Pink Sky Career Counseling, where she nurtures the creative spirit and supports her clients in creating magical, meaningful lives. Carrie's work on "The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People" was the result of a chance meeting for coffee with a stranger. She is honored to have partnered with Carol Eikleberry on the fourth edition of this wise and wonderful book. When she is not working with clients, Carrie can be found hiking in the woods near her home with her faithful Doberman, practicing yoga, dancing Nia, and loving her family and friends.
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Patricia Prevatt

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 30, 2021

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For exercises and other downloadable resource materials, the authors point the reader to a website that no longer exists. Had I known those resources were not available, I would not have purchased the book.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 12, 2017

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 17, 2015

As this middle-aged reviewer has been online since his early teens, in some ways using a physical book as a career guide seems, in 2015, to be a little quaint. Despite being an avid platform-neutral reader, does a book like this need to be printed out? It is, after all, a practical career guide for creatively inclined job seekers of all ages.

Yet it seems that even the new-found convention may be unconventional! The younger people may call it “retro” and thus it can be super-plus-cool. For us older folks, there is always a Kindle edition (mind you, at the time of writing this review, this book is available for pre-order at Amazon.com for just under half-price if you buy the paperback book… the Kindle version is over twice as expensive, so whose the dummy here?)

Anyway, what about this book, in what ever format you read it in? It is in its fourth revision, so the authors must be doing something right, and it is aimed squarely at the “creative and unconventional” set. This reviewer feels centred in its crosshairs. It is a simple book, split into three parts – the career problem, possible solutions and making it happen – followed by a list of 281 different occupations for creative and unconventional people and that was an interesting eye-opener in its own right.

The advice seems fairly reasonable. Evolutionary rather than revolutionary but still, quite practical, actionable and sensible. Dreams are good - manageable dreams that is - and the book does tend to help keep you focussed on the reality whilst not spoiling some dreams that could be possible realities. Possibly it helps if you feel, as a reader, that you can form a direct connection to the book. Somehow it just makes the advice feel even more credible and focussed. To this reviewer the connection felt a little wishy-washy, yet there were quite a few things of interest nonetheless and even for an evening’s consultation, especially at its low price, it is hardly going to break the bank.

The book does eclipse many other career-focussing guides and it may help to have a more directed book for the “unconventional” amongst us. It could even be a secretly appreciated item for the more strait laced: you can tell anyone who catches you reading it that you are checking it out for the list of “odd and weird jobs”. The fact that you are reading it intently cover to cover can be your little secret. Remember, some people allegedly bought Playboy magazine for the articles and their eyes never once strayed to the pictures at the side…

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Charles T Franklin

Great Book for the Introvert, Rebel, or Creative who Doesn't Need the Conventional Career Advice

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 4, 2015

This book came at an excellent point in my life. Well, it wasn't actually excellent, but the book helped me understand how I could make it that way. It provides a guide for the "misfit introvert" or the "creative rebel" who has trouble understanding how they fit their lives into occupational charts and titles. Dr. Eikleberry does an excellent job at portraying the life of a creative person (or person following the creative life). She gives tips, advice, and insight into how to navigate the creative process while trying to find a career that is fulfilling and speaks to all of the person, rather than just one aspect.

I learned quite a bit about myself and used it to guide my own efforts. This book helped me to see that it was OK not to have a conventional career (or life), but it was not OK for me to block out my interests just to be "one of the crowd".

I look forward to reading it again.

Note: This review is based on an electronic copy provided by NetGalley.

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K. Piotrowski

A beautiful blank slate to craft a satisfying creative career

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 24, 2015

I've worked as a career counselor helping adults in career transition for 20+ years. I know first hand that creative types frequently feel misunderstood in the world of work, and this book validates their challenges while providing solid guidance for succeeding toward crafting a work life that honors their gifts. I'd expected the book to be a bit more "creative" in its delivery--formatting, cover, etc. But then I realized that the definition of creative is different for every person, and that the book creates a beautiful blank slate for each reader to conceptualize their own satisfying solution. The writing is personal, clear, and meaty, and based on my experience helping many people navigate career progress, I endorse the guidance offered as sound and smart. This is a gem of a book for creatives and those supporting them.

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Karen Hart

I would like the authors to explore more specific guides for creative ...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 2, 2016

As experts predict that by 2020 40% or more of the U.S. workforce will be independent or contingent workers, defining creative employment options becomes increasingly important. Most of us use creativity in our work, and in their book Carrie and Carol clearly lay out various creative options to explore. From building a lifestyle that supports financial security and creative implementation to structuring a singleminded creative career, the authors underscore self evaluation and doing what we need.

For steadfast creative and unconventional people, this guide is indispensable. It validates their unique value, encourages expansion of their inclinations, and provides new hope through case studies and realistic alternatives.

It may be too much to ask, but given the reach of their research and expertise, I would like the authors to explore more specific guides for creative and unconventional people within separate career paths. More, please!

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Sharon Greenlee

The Guidebook for Liz Gilbert's BIG MAGIC!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 12, 2015

As a professional counselor I work with many young people who are uncertain of their career direction. This outstanding book offers stellar and up-to-date information and will light the way for anyone still wondering where they fit in the work world. Who else should buy this book? Parents, Counselors and Teachers! I would have loved to have had this when my teens were 'searching' for their path.

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DHB

Truly life-changing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 11, 2016

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This book is truly incredible, an absolute must for anyone who feels like their career hasn't quite turned out the way they planned, or aren't feeling fulfilled at work. Rather than the usual careers advice which asks 'what interests you' or 'what subjects did you enjoy at school', this sets out personality types and matches them to qualities, job types, working environments etc. It's a real eye opener and answers so many questions that I didn't even know I had. It's also written in a really personable style so felt like I was being guided through a journey rather than bombarded with the new ideas. It isn't written to be an end in itself, rather, it provides the tools to take the concepts forward in your personal career search.

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Orelia

Very simplified book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 17, 2017

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Giulia M.

Great book, absolutely recommended!

Reviewed in Italy 🇮🇹 on May 2, 2018

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I have to admit I was skeptical, but customer reviews were great and I decided to give this book a chance. It was definitely worth it! I loved it.
Not only does it provide plenty of tips and insights on how to look for / build a different job / career, but it helps understanding one's own personality - at work and in life in general. It gave me a different perspective, and helped me clarify what I want and why I want it. It gave me plenty of ideas on what to do next, and the energy to move forward. I found it very valuable.
P.S.: the book also lists websites, books and other useful resources on the path to a more fulfilling career.

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Reika

Incredibly helpful!

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on December 20, 2019

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The book encourages you to apply your creativity and out-of-the-box thinking to choosing a career. I found it very encouraging to read about all the possibilities out there and that a career can be created around your personal interests and needs.
Thank you to the authors for writing this book!

Nigel

Simplistic but practical. Downside is Correo.

Reviewed in Spain 🇪🇸 on April 6, 2018

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Decent theory, practical but a little thin. Beware of Correo. They do NOT deliver but just leave a notice saying nobody is at home. I collected my parcel at the post office at the very same time Amazon told me the packet was being "not received" by family at my house. Lol

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