Dig this gig : find your dream job - or invent it / Laura Dodd.

Claim or create your ideal job, in any job market. This book introduces young people who provide their firsthand views of entirely new fields taking off, and features advice from mentors several of whom are well-known. When the author started talking with her twentysomething peers about working, it didn't take long for her to see that people are passionate about the jobs they do and the jobs they would like to do. Distilling the insights of real people talking about real jobs, she transforms the career horizon with this book, a modern-day "Working" for millennials. In honest, candid, over--a-beer style conversations about what work is really like, it fills the information vacuum facing recent college graduates as they face one of the most challenging job markets ever. Meet an array of young people (from genetic counselors and adventure guides to food bloggers) as they recount their experiences in the workplace. And meet mentors (from Dan Rather, and Jeffrey Sachs, and Christina Norman, CEO of The Oprah Winfrey Network, to civil rights hero, John Lewis), sharing 20/20 vision into the choices they made when they were in the same conundrum and the indispensible lessons they learned -- From p. 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-250).

Healthcare gigs: beyond the MD option -- Entertainment gigs: show business, 360 degrees -- Do-good gigs: it's cool to do good -- Green gigs: one Earth, billions of footprints -- News gigs: all the news that's fit to ... print, televise and blog -- Government gigs: in and around 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue -- Derailed gigs: on second thought ... -- Outdoor office gigs: nature's cubicle.