"Career" seems like an old word in this time of corporate restructuring, off-shoring and free agency. But many people still aspire to a career. What was your career path? Did it come by the kind of planning Senior Correspondent Deborah Fernandez recommends? Or was it more by happenstance? Share your story and include a photo or video from your career.
Contributions
A Usesful Skill
Victoria Tchoryk of Cary, N.C., talks about her career and how her sewing skills benefited her in life. I really did not have a career.
Unexpected Career Path
I asked Jeanne Lawton of Cary, N.C., about her career path, and this is what she told me. I went to the University of Dayton in Ohio, and I was an education major.
My Grandmother the Nurse
The following is from a brief interview I had with my grandmother, Barbara Somol, about her time as a registered nurse. I began three years of nursing school after I graduated high school [in 1958].
The Life and Times of Mike Corbett, Orientation and Mobility Specialist
The following is a brief career synopsis of Mike Corbett, as shared with Brice Smith. Hello.
Nurse Terry
This is the story of Terry Dambro as told to me, her granddaughter, Hannah Fink.
Jerry Sicard: Jobs Along the Way
For my career, I owned my own butcher shop in Kankakee, Illinois - also known as "Jerry's." My family and I lived over the shop for awhile, and when we later relocated to Marion, N.C., I continued my work as a butcher in the local Ingles.
