Workshop:  Career Opportunities for Creative People:  The Fine Arts and Beyond

• Overview:

This workshop explores a wide variety of careers and jobs that require creativity skills and allow for self-expression. It discusses what these careers have in common, and groups them according to ‘career clusters’. Participants will receive tips and resources to facilitate exploring potential creative careers. 

• Learning Outcomes:

         Participants will:

• Identify what factors to consider in making career choices

• Identify the six career themes of Holland’s RAISEC codes and how they relate to creative careers

• Recognize many different professions available for people who like self expression

• Workshop Presenter

  • Kathleen E. High, M.Ed., CCSP, FCD-I

• Downloads:

  • Workshop Resources

    • PowerPoint file

    • Workshop Handout

    • Information Flyer

• In-House Resources:

  • Success (How do you define success?)

  • Reaching Career Goals

  • Identifying Potential Day Jobs

  • So How Do You Find and Get Your Dream Job?/Different Types of Counselors

  • Aligning Goals

  • Purposeful Living

  • Job Search Websites

  • Basic Career Research - Options Exploration - (Part 1)

  • Career Research Assignment - In Depth (Part 2)

  • Setting Effective Goals

  • Rapidly-Changing World

  • How People Make Career Choices

  • Organizational Cultural Fit

  • Locus of Control

  • Happenstance

  • Difficult Choices

  • TimeLine

  • Job Placement Resources

  • Opportunity vs. Security

  • CDDQ (Career Decision Making Difficulty Questionnaire)

  • Hertzberg & Maslow

  • Informational Interview

  • Rote Learning

  • Networking Savvy

  • Volunteer Interests

• Helpful Links:

• Careers for People Who are Creative (BLS)

  1. Video: Explore Careers that Let You Put Your Creativity to Work

  2. Career Onestop - Self Assessments - (Free and Accessible)

• Take Assessments with Workshop Author

• Occupational Outlook Handbook

• O*NET Online (Database search)

• NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)

• ​Video: Success in the New Economy (2018)

• Sequel Careers: (Changing careers without starting over)

• Video: Entitlement Creed​

• 4 Tips For Chasing Your Dream Career

• Article: "Why making a backup plan may set you up to fail"

• Article: "How To Get Through ‘The Cave’ To Your Dream Job"

• Career Coach (California Community College) - Research education/career options

• Article: "Breaking Into Any Field Without Enough Experience"

• Etsy (Social media site for order custom-made items)

  1. Help Starting a For-Profit Business (SBA)

  2. Help Starting a Non-Profit Business

• Creating Artistic Portfolios:

  • How to Make an Art Portfolio

  •  Artstation.com

  • Vimeo.com (video portfolios)

  • Soundcloud.com  (music)

• Related Videos:

• Rote Learning

  • (Karate Kid – ‘Wax On, Wax Off)

  • Part 1

  • Part 2

• Case Studies of People Using Creative Skills in Support of Institutional Mission:

• Woman founded and runs a sanctuary caring for over 110 wildcats

• (Introductory Video)

  1.  Communications Internship

• Related Articles:

  • Man transforms old tires into adorable little beds for animals

• Related Books:

• Creativity and Personality Type: Tools For Understanding And Inspiring The Many Voices of Creativity

  1. Creative You: Using Your Personality Type to Thrive

  2. Let Your Life Speak

• One Person/Multiple Careers: The Original Guide to the Slash Career

• 101 Weird Ways to Make Money: Cricket Farming, Repossessing Cars, and Other Jobs With Big Upside and Not Much Competition 

• The Resilience Factor

• Related Workshops:

• Resumes for Today’s World

• Identifying Your Transferable Skills

• Networking Savvy

• Perfecting the Interview Process

• Unemployed and Looking for Answers

• Job Search Tips for Unique Populations

• Planning for an Unpredictable Future

• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Interpretation

• Educational Choices You Won’t Regret Later

• When Skills are No Longer in Demand

• Supporting Those Whose Skills are No Longer in Demand