The Scene

MOVIN' ON

No passion
for your job?
Its time
to make
a change.

5/29
1998

104

DEBBIE FEIT
Special to The Jewish News

E

ad we stuck to the origi-
nal plan, Vincent Van
Gogh wouldn't have
painted his sunflowers,
Benjamin Franklin wouldn't have
discovered electricity and I wouldn't
have written this article.
While I can't speak for my famous
fellow career changers — Van Gogh
studied for the ministry, Franklin
was trained as a printer — I can tell
you why I'm making the move from

advertising copywriting to journal-
ism. After nine years of having my
creativity stifled by clients and boss-
es, I was burned out. Who wouldn't
feel the same way in an industry
where the client's wife has more
input in the decision-making process
than I do?
According to Dr. David P.
Helfand, author of Career Change:
Everything You Need To Know To Meet
New Challenges And Take Control Of
Your Career, the average American
will work for 10 different employers
and change careers three times before

retiring. Like myself, many adults in
their 20s and 30s choose to change
what they do — or how they do it
-- for a number of reasons: new
interests, parenthood, unexpected
opportunities. And most are happier
for doing so.

Enjoy Your Job
Mark Bernstein, 26, earned
degrees in law and business. But it
was his background in event produc-
tion that led him to his current posi-
tion as travel coordinator for Presi-
dent Bill Clinton.