Survival Jobs: 118 Ways to Make Money While Pursuing Your Dreams

By Deborah Jacobson

Book Overview

In the first-ever guide to finding a satisfying job that will keep food on the table while you focus on your perhaps less lucrative dreams, Deborah Jacobson presents a detailed survey of employment possibilities that keep stressful money worries away and allow plenty of time for pursuing one's true calling in life.Survival Jobs proves that you don't have to wait tables while looking for your big break. With frank and funny advice from an author who has traveled the survival-job road, Jacobson introduces opportunities both on and off the beaten track that suit a wide variety of schedules, skills, and personalities. Survival Jobs includes: - Jobs for the CEO in You (apartment manager, massage therapist, and other be-your-own-boss suggestions)-That's Entertainment (from working as a personal assistant to performing at theme parks)- Nine to Five...Not (clock in at the crack of dawn or the midnight hour as a limousine driver, a video-store clerk, or an airport employee)- You Gotta Have Heart (jobs that satisfy the spirit and pay the bills: pet care, social work, children's entertainment)For each job, she describes: - Duties and responsibilities, the pros and cons-Likely salary, necessary skills, and educational background-Ideas for getting started- Sources for contacts, including names and phone numbers in major cities

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0964852683
• ISBN13: 9780964852686
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Windtree Pub
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

This Really Helped When I Needed to Brainstorm

I read this quite a while ago and it really helped me figure out what else I could do after I lost my job. If any one is thinking about a "Survival Job" (especially in this economy) I would highly recommend Ms. Jacobson's book.

Good info. Very useful

I've referred back to this book several times during my life when I was between jobs. It's very useful. It has a lot of original ideas that I wouldn't have considered otherwise. Well worth the money.

I Recommend This Book To Every LA Creative Type I Meet!

I cannot say enough good stuff about this book. Wow! It basically details amazingly innovative ideas for how to make money without having to take a 9 to 5 job in LA. This book reshaped the way I pursued income and is the best non-acting book for actors I can recommend. I currently have six freelance jobs (and have had as many as ten different ones at a time this year) and I love the flexibility, financial stability, and freedom to be creative that this lifestyle provides. Not for everyone, but if you're tired of the "golden handcuffs" that a full time job can be in this town, this book will open doors for you, big time!

Great ideas!

Who knew people do these things? There was something in every chapter that I'd consider doing. I didn't know that you could get paid for a lot of them, I'm inspired!

Excellent book for new ideas

Read this book last night, and realized that there were a lot of options that I had not even thought about...