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Test Drive Your Dream Job
By Virginia Prescott on Thursday, April 10, 2008.
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...
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. Visit the VocationVacations website What's Your Dream Job? You Tell Us! (Photo by Thomas Berg) Add new comment
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