This is why I am reluctant to tell people what I d...  ..."blogger." Reposting cat pictures is a legitimate career -believe me, believe me! But if I try to deflect...

Most of us end up doing something for a living that we didn't plan for as kids. But there are jobs out there that are rare, odd, and probably difficult to get into unless you just happen to fall into them. Can you imagin...

If you want to see a real life superhero, call a paramedic. No, don't do that, unless you are in a life-threatening medical emergency. Instead, let's hear from some paramedics about the nuts-and-bolts of their stressful...

The Atlantic has published a fascinating set of interviews with 100 American workers who talk about their jobs. They include business owners, artists, politicians, military, service workers you see every day, and occupat...

[https://youtu.be/lXp1y7f4kzY] (YouTube link)What do you want to be when you grow up? There’s a lot more occupations to select from than there once were, even if there are fewer jobs available overall. Maybe the la...

Payscale surveyed over two million workers about their job satisfaction and whether their work was meaningful, as in, did the work make the world a better place. They plotted the results on a interactive graph, which is...

[https://youtu.be/OFULKmfSWN4] (YouTube link)A career as a model, musician, or actor can only last so l...  ...you show your age. The shelf-life of an athletic career is even shorter, because every year takes away fr...  ...ld. Many of these celebrities take on a different career...

An early-1950s women's magazine called The Girl Fr...  ...ttle down as a wife or choose to devote time to a career . The more times respondents answered in the negat...

I call myself a librarian, but some people in my profession prefer to refer to themselves as information management specialists. Either way, you still need to get the toilet plunger and unclog that beast. Make sure that...

(Photo: The Guardian)Donna Ferguson of The Guardian has a list of 6 awful jobs, the funniest of which is the occupation of this gentleman. Philip Wells works for a dog food company. His job is to taste the final product...