Switching Careers : Career Changers Tell How and Why They Did It : Learn How You Can Too

Profiles nearly 70 men and women, in their late 20s to very early 50s, who have met the challenge, tweaking their careers with a modest turn or transfoming them with a complete aboutface. Leaving Behind 'a Foolish Consistency' -- Reasons For Career Switching -- Fewer Financial Consequences -- Debunking A Few Myths -- What About Downsizing? -- Where Are The Jobs? -- Multiple Career Changers -- What's Ahead -- Planning Your Mission And Strategy -- What's Your Mission? -- Take Some Tests -- Try It On For Size -- Back To School? -- Financial Planning -- How The Military Helps Career Changers -- A Handy Planning Checklist -- Some People Who Made The Change -- Career Counselor Was Once A Potter -- Name The Career And He's Done It -- Trial Lawyer Becomes An Executive Search Consultant -- Former Corporate Marketer Handcrafts Jewelry -- Former Maryknoll Priest Finds A New Identity As A Carpenter -- Classical And Jazz Bass Player Likes Litigation -- Recycling Existing Skills -- Career Changers Are Packaging Experts -- An Opportunity To Be Creative -- Are You Simultalented? -- Some People Who Made The Change -- From Cop To Lawyer To Doctor --^ Librarian Goes To Law School Blends News And Web Site Skills Into A Single Career -- Retailer Uses His Know-how To Counsel Entrepreneurs -- Small Press Publisher Is Small Town Lawyer -- Improving The Quality Of Your Life -- Working At Home Or Anywhere -- Seeking Simplification -- Do Clothes Really Make The Man? -- Full-time, Part-time, Or Temporary -- Where Should I Live? -- Converting A Hobby Into A Full-time Job -- Some People Who Made The Change -- Shifted Her Social-work Skills Into Advertising Sales -- Analog And Digital Musical Recordings Are His Gig -- Trades In Commuting For A Local Job Magazine -- Writer Takes A Break And Returns To Work -- Lifestyle Critical As A Clinical Social Worker -- Buying A Country Inn Is An Antidote To A City Lifestyle -- Meeting The Future Now: Information Technology -- More On The Job Market -- The Web Workplace -- Who Does What And How Do You Obtain The Necessary Skills? -- Some People Who Made The Change -- Nontechies In A Techie World --^ A Series Of Careers Lead To The Computer Classroom -- A Trucking Accident Leads To A Career As A Computer Analyst -- Took The Leap To Freelance Web Site Designer -- A Professional Photographer Becomes An E-commerce Web Programmer -- From Speech Pathologist To Computer Educator -- Nonprofit Consultant Goes Online -- Blending Many Skills In The Clergy -- The Job Market -- The Calling -- Preparing For Divinity School -- Divinity School -- The Pay -- Some People Who Made The Change -- From Naval Officer To Lawyer To Ordained Priest -- There's No Business Like Show Business -- From Librarian To Community Activist To Rabbi -- There's A Higher Calling Than Commercial Banking -- Divinity School Publicist Goes To Divinity School -- It's Never Too Late To Be A Lawyer -- The Job Market -- Entry-level Salaries -- Getting Into Law School -- Related Careers -- Some People Who Made The Change -- Actor Has A New Role As A Lawyer Naval Aviator -- Switches To Corporate Law Neonatal-nursing --^ Specialist Does Malpractice Law -- A Bank Vice President Goes To Law School -- A Newspaper Editor Switches To Corporate Law -- Entering Medicine: Not For The Faint Of Heart -- Medicine -- The Job Market -- Getting Into Medical School -- The Importance Of Mcats -- The Cost -- Nursing -- Getting Into Nursing -- Some People Who Have Made The Change -- A Long Road To Become A Physician -- A Physician Via Management And Law -- An Abstract Painter Is Now A Physician -- From Hygienist To Dentist -- From A Series Of Odd Jobs Into Nursing -- A Pharmacologist, Entrepreneur And Stockbroker Becomes A Nurse -- Teaching: The Classroom Is Calling -- The First Steps Toward The Classroom -- Earnings In The Classroom -- A Shortcut To Teaching -- Three Alternative Certificate Programs -- Independent Schools: Another Route Into The Classroom -- Some People Who Made The Change -- From Nuclear-submarine Officer To High School Physics Teacher -- From The Army To The Classroom To The School Office --^ Education Via A Travel Business And The Peace Corps -- Many Sacrifices To Become A Teacher -- A Corporate Ceo Finds His Answer In Teaching -- A Radio News Director In The Classroom -- Becoming Your Own Boss -- The Numbers Speak For Themselves -- Why They Take The Plunge -- Let's Get Started -- Time To Do Some Homework -- The Do-it-yourself Approach -- What About Franchising? -- Taking Over A Family Business -- Some People Who Made The Change -- Out Of Chemical Sales Into A Graphics Design Firm -- They Leave Ibm For Self-employment -- Desert Storm Was His Route To Becoming An Entrepreneur -- From Teaching In Kenya To Heading A Family Business -- A Nurse And A Cop Own A Jewelry Store -- Boyhood Hunting Gives Birth To A Business -- Cpa Turns Hobby Into A $70 Million Niche Operation -- Pursuing Your Art And Your Craft -- Another Perspective On Artisans -- How About A Career As A Chef? -- What About A Career In Journalism Or Communications? -- Some People Who Made The Change --^ From The Army To Journalism -- An Art Director Designs Architectural Woodwork -- Madison Avenue Copywriter Writes Children's Books -- A Neuropsychologist Makes Pottery -- A Dress Designer Turns To Old-time Films -- Cooking Beats Commercial Banking -- An Interpreter For The Deaf, Baker, And Restaurant Manager -- From Geologist To Realtor To Wildlife Artist -- Using Your Skills In Nonprofits -- A Demanding Career Path -- An Impressive Job Market With A Lower Pay Scale -- An Easy Transition From The For-profit Sector -- Learn The Basics -- Nonprofit Management Courses -- Some People Who Made The Change -- Building For Profit And Building For Passion -- Being A Lawyer Was Never Enough -- Hockey Professional, Pianist And Fund-raiser -- From The Newsroom To A Niche Nonprofit Agency -- Banking Gave Him A Leg Up In Nonprofits. Robert K. Otterbourg. Includes Index. Profiling nearly seventy men and women who have successfully changed careers in mid-stream, this unique guide to finding satisfaction in work uses copious examples to demonstrate how to plan and execute a new career. Original. Provides profiles of nearly seventy people who have successfully changed careers in mid-stream, and includes information on finding satisfaction in work and how to plan and execute a new career.