FORK IN YOUR CAREER's Workover Interview

Oct. 6, 2004 — -- Careers are often as much about the things we decide not to do as they are about the things we do. Let's begin with FORK IN YOUR CAREER's e-mail to Workover:

"I'm unemployed and not sure how to proceed. For the last ten years or so I've worked at home as a freelance writer. My preference would be to do more writing, but writing projects are hard to get. Before turning to writing full-time, I worked in a number of museums and nonprofits. I have a lot of experience in management, program planning, project direction, fund-raising and generating earned income — all skills that would be valuable to any nonprofit organization. I've also started applying for secretarial jobs just to get some kind of income. Frankly, I'm not having a lot of success anywhere."