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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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» 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.
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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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