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Teens. After high school, then what? Choosing a career.
Marshall Mason is a very successful theatre director. He likes to work
with playwrights on new plays and he is exceptionally good, working with
actors. He helped to found the Off-Broadway Circle Rep Theatre. He has
directed a number of plays on Broadway and has received several Obie awards.
Currently he is teaching at Arizona State University. “I try to
discover how to bring plays to life through collaboration with the actors'
instincts.”
Advice about Choosing a Career
“Did you ever ask yourself what’s the difference
between a job and a career? A job is a task you perform for pay. You are
told what to do and how to do it. You don’t have to think a great
deal, and in fact it can be almost mechanical. There can be good and bad
jobs, but the work is generally dull and has little advancement.
“A career, on the other hand, is a road to an advanced position.
You are given a task, but you decide how to best accomplish that task.
As you become more proficient in your work, you are advanced to a more
challenging task. A career requires creativity, thought, and the ability
to work with a wide variety of people. You have to deal with change, be
able to communicate your ideas, and forge solutions to problems. And as
the world becomes smaller because of improved networks of communications
and travel, you need to have an international perspective on your career
because you may be in El Paso one day and in New York, San Francisco,
London, Tokyo, or Berlin the next. You may have to deal with different
cultures, languages, and economic systems.” Jobs
and Careers in Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at El Paso. http://www.utep.edu/~libarts/lacareer.htm
The Top 10 Steps for Choosing a Career
http://www.topten.org/content/tt.AB6.htm
Ten very good ideas:
- Begin with your values
- Identify your skills and talents
- Identify your preferences
- Experiment
- Become broadly literate
- In your first job, opt for experience first, money second
- Aim for a job in which you can be 110% committed
- Build your lifestyle around your income, not your expectations
- Invest five percent of your time, energy, and money into furthering
your career
- Be willing to change and adapt
Links with Information about Careers
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