Encore Careers: How To Be Empowered By Career Change
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You might not like change, but like it or not, everything changes all the time. There’s the kind of change you choose, like retiring from your current work life to pursue the encore career of your dreams. There’s also the kind that’s thrust upon you that you would never choose for yourself, like being downsized from work that you love.
What’s important, in either case, is how you make the journey from where you were to where you choose to be. You can dig in your heels and resist change, or open to the opportunities that change offers. You…
i have been facinated with both film and nature since i have been a young child, i am entering my 4th semester in college and i was wondering what i would have to do so that i could do that. Also what jobs are out there, are people mostly freelance or hired by like discovery channel or whatnot. you a possible major be in film or in nature or like a double major. also is this a legit profession.
My boyfriend is a freelance photographer but he is having problems getting people to understand that his photography his his livelihood. He has a portfolio and some experience, so what can he do?
I have had my poetry published in anthologies and won contests. I just recently started writing short stories and articles. I would like to get started as a freelance writer part time. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can get started?
I have been freelance writing and working odd jobs for most of my life, I am now 29 and am just finishing my degree in PR. It seems like everyone starting in the PR field is YOUNG. Do I stand a chance of getting hired at my age, without experience outside of my internships?
I attend a community technical college, where I am writing an article for the school newspaper. The topic is choosing a career path. The age group of students ranges from 18-60, so the article has to catch the interest of people right out of high school, and people re-entering the work world. I have a few websites to offer for career tests.
I am 62 and thinking about semi-retiring. I would like information concerning mortgage loan originators. How much do they make on average? Do you have to work for a bank or other lender or can you work freelance? How do you obtain the necessary training?
Ok, I’ve been reading up on lots of advice and such about how to decide upon careers. One common theme is to get a job in what your passion is. Couldn’t this be a bad idea? Say someone loves writing creatively, and then gets a job writing…like, a freelance writing job, or an editor or works in copy-writing, whatever, couldn’t this backfire and drain them of all their creative energy and they won’t want to write their own stuff anymore? What are your thoughts on this?
I am a photographer and retoucher with very good experience in photoshop. But I dont want to work freelance and there are very few jobs in these specific fields. What jobs are out there where i can use my current skills (perhaps with some additional training) which would be suitable?
It’s a job I’m interested in starting freelance, any suggestions as to where to start?
