This book shows how you can work for yourself, enjoy it, and find fulfillment. It provides a road map to unusual and enjoyable work and where to find it. Featuring such varied jobs as tattoo artist, cookie maker, product tester, martial arts teacher, rafting teacher/guide, bail bondsperson, funeral director, ornithologist, and cowboy/cowgirl, the book is organized by areas of interest: health care professions, food service, the great outdoors, among many others. Because The Off-The-Beaten-Path Job Book emphasizes mostly unusual jobs, the information is conveyed in a lighthearted yet informative manner.
The Off-The-Beaten-Path Job Book is also a book for the nineties. Gone are the days when one devoted thirty years to a single company. According to business-trend watchers, an American joining the workforce today will likely work in more than ten different jobs with at least five different employers over the course of a career. The author helps to remind us that work can be both fun and rewarding, and her book counts the many ways.