Test Drive Your Dream Job

My father worked at Concord Group Insurance Company for 36 years. But his fantasy job? Making Shaker furniture. He knew, though, it would be tough to support a very big family that way. These days, the idea of sticking it out at one company for three-and-a-half decades is the exception, not the rule. Businesses re-locate, jobs change...

One study found that half of working Americans would consider changing their career, nearly 25 percent are planning to make a career change in the next 12 months, and only three percent of working adults say they are satisfied with their current job. For those who have always wanted to try something different, this story is for you.

Word of Mouth host Virginia Prescottt spoke with Brian Kurth, founder of the company VocationVacations. He connects people with mentors in the fields they’ve dreamed of pursuing and lets them try it for a spell. She also spoke with David Ryan, who quit a career in international banking to open Beyond Dog Training in Rye, NH.

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