Career Solutions For Creative People: How To Balance Artistic Goals With Career Security

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

Career Solutions for Creative People tackles the most common problem creative people face: How do you find the time and energy to pursue your art while making a stable and rewarding living?Dr. Ronda Ormont has written a comprehensive guide to finding a career that can both feed your wallet and fuel your personal creative endeavors. Included are real-life profiles, sample forms and worksheets, and essential steps to:* Learn what fields of work compliment your personality* Allocate time and energy for your own artistic pursuits* Overcome fears of change* Write resumes and interview for potential jobs* Explore self-employment options* Restructure your current career position to suit your creative needsReview...frees the creative person from all-or-nothing thinking...offers clear road map for finding an exciting, balanced, and fulfilling life. -- Debra Laks, Director, Career Transition Resources, and Career Development Specialist, Network-Program CommitteeDr. Ormonts book is a comprehensive and empowering guide for any performing artist facing change. -- Suzie Jary, M.S.W., C.S.W., Director of Client Services, Career Transition For DancersFrom the PublisherMany creative people have long accepted that they must either suffer financially to pursue their dreams or entirely give up their aspirations to make ends meet. Both avenues have traditionally been frustrating, as the "starving artist" would panic every time rent is due or the mainstream professional would pine for the artistic endeavors that he or she abandoned in order to make a living. For creative people traveling on either path, there is cause for celebration. In the only book of its kind, Career Solutions for Creative People unveils the keys for artists of all disciplines to find the time and freedom to pursue their talents while also making a stable and rewarding living.For author Dr. Ronda Ormont, the posthumous Career Solutions for Creative People is the permanent record and natural extension of her work as a career counselor who specialized in guiding actors, singers, dancers, musicians, set and costume designers, directors, writers, and other artists. Ormont distilled this essential volume from her more than twenty years as a work counselor and interviews with more than five thousand people from every walk of the creative life. Citing real-life examples, Ormont illustrates how others have struggled with unequal investments in their creative and practical lives and how those imbalances were resolved.From the AuthorIn order to resolve these imbalances, Career Solutions for Creative People directs readers to recognize their self-imposed obstacles."It is often our innermost picture of ourselves that is our biggest enemy," Ormont wrote. "Once we can redraw that mental self-portrait, the supposed reasons' we can't change' come toppling down with miraculous ease."About the AuthorDr. Ronda Ormont worked as a career counselor for more than twenty years. In 1986, she cofounded the Actors' Work Program (now a division of the Actors' Fund of America), a career guidance agency for entertainment industry professionals such as actors, singers, dancers, musicians, set and costume designers, directors, and writers. She was a frequent lecturer across the country, and published numerous articles in professional and trade journals.