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Outside Magazine, September 2005

Dream Jobs 2005
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A short list of no-BS career resources

Intro | Timm Smith: Product Developer | Jessie Stone: Health-Clinic Director | Holly Morris: Adventure Filmmaker | Lincoln Else: Climbing Ranger | Jim Cantore: Broadcast Meteorologist | Rogan Lechthaler: Sous-Chef | Kelly Streeter: Structural Engineer | Sebastian Beckwith: Tea Purveyor | Kristen Ulmer: Ski Guru | Chris "Gunny" Gunnarson: Terrain-Park Designer | Jimmy Lizama: Cycling Angel | Rob Spencer: Brew Meister | The Ultimate Job: Roadtrip Nation | No-BS Career Resources | Life Coach Clive Prout

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» Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation (www.jocrf.org), a nonprofit scientific-research organization based in Boston, offers aptitude testing for career and educational guidance in 11 testing centers across the U.S.
» The Pathfinder Career Choice Program (301-340-6600, www.rockportinstitute.com/career_choice.php), from the Rockport Institute, offers one-on-one career testing and consulting at its Maryland headquarters, as well as by phone.
» I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work (Penguin, $14), by Julie Jansen. Jansen helps readers target their job issues and points them toward work they find more meaningful.
» What Should I Do with My Life? The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question (Random House, $15), by Po Bronson. Find solace in 50 profiles of professionals who grappled with career questions and got enlightened.
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Intro | Timm Smith: Product Developer | Jessie Stone: Health-Clinic Director | Holly Morris: Adventure Filmmaker | Lincoln Else: Climbing Ranger | Jim Cantore: Broadcast Meteorologist | Rogan Lechthaler: Sous-Chef | Kelly Streeter: Structural Engineer | Sebastian Beckwith: Tea Purveyor | Kristen Ulmer: Ski Guru | Chris "Gunny" Gunnarson: Terrain-Park Designer | Jimmy Lizama: Cycling Angel | Rob Spencer: Brew Meister | The Ultimate Job: Roadtrip Nation | No-BS Career Resources | Life Coach Clive Prout

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