Can anyone tell me how intelligent but highly creative individuals can
find work that doesn't involve waiting tables but can pay the bills?

Hi! Thanks for a very interesting question.

In our first article, it says that right brain or creative individuals
are usually lumped in the so called Creative Economy or the core
copyright industries. The world wide revenues for such industries have
been totaled to $1.2 trillion ($479.4 billion for the US alone). The
industry segments in the article that you might target are the
following:

Advertising 
Architecture 
Art 
Crafts 
Design 
Fashion 
Filmed entertainment 
Music 
Performing arts 
Publishing 
Research and development 
Software 
Toys and games (does not include video, PC games) 
Video games 
TV and radio

?Covering The Creative Economy?
http://www.newtopiamagazine.net/content/issue12/series/creativeecon2.php 


Since these are very broad descriptions of such industries, we will
need to break them down into segments of different occupations you can
go to and earn a living. The US Department of Labor website actually
has a good rundown of the different jobs involved in some of those
industries mentioned above and within the article including expected
average salary and employment outlook. Many of the different
occupations mentioned here are real jobs that can earn you a daily
wage or ones you can use to start your own business. Here are the
links describing such occupations that you may want to go to.


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ADVERTISING:

?Advertising, Marketing, Promotions, Public Relations, and Sales Managers?
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos020.htm 

?Advertising sales agents?
http://www.bls.gov/oco/oco20053.htm 


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ARCHITECTURE:

?Architects, Except Landscape and Naval?
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos038.htm

?Landscape Architects?
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos039.htm 

?Architectural Drafters?
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos111.htm


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ART & CRAFTS:

?Artists and Related Workers?
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos092.htm 


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DESIGN: (Includes fashion design)

?Designers?
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos090.htm 


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PERFORMING ARTS: (Includes Film, TV, Music, etc.)

?Television, Video, and Motion Picture Camera Operators and Editors?
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos091.htm 

?Photographers?
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos264.htm 

?Musicians, Singers, and Related Workers?
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos095.htm 

?Actors, Producers, and Directors?
http://bls.gov/oco/ocos093.htm 

?Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation?
http://bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs031.htm 

?Dancers and Choreographers?
http://bls.gov/oco/ocos094.htm 

?Announcers?
http://bls.gov/oco/ocos087.htm 


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MEDIA &  PUBLISHING: (Including print and software publishing)

?Desktop Publishers?
http://bls.gov/oco/ocos276.htm 

?Publishing, Except Software?
http://bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs013.htm 

?Software Publishers?
http://bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs051.htm 

Video Games Designer
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2000/Summer/art01.pdf 
http://www.atotalwaste.com/getajob/9stepsgames.html 

?Writers and Editors?
http://bls.gov/oco/ocos089.htm

?News Analysts, Reporters, and Correspondents?
http://bls.gov/oco/ocos088.htm 

?Public Relations Specialists?
http://bls.gov/oco/ocos086.htm 


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EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCE OCCUPATIONS (Also included in the first article)

?Educational Services?
http://bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs034.htm 

?Teachers?Special Education?
http://bls.gov/oco/ocos070.htm 

?Social Scientists, Other?
http://bls.gov/oco/ocos054.htm 

?Market and Survey Researchers?
http://bls.gov/oco/ocos013.htm 

Search terms used:            
?Right brain? jobs occupations careers
Creative Economy
   
I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if
you would need further information.
           
Thanks for visiting us.           
           
Regards,           
Easterangel-ga           
Google Answers Researcher

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Request for Answer Clarification by nikki5-ga on 05 Aug 2004 22:09 PDT

Hi,

Although I appreciate the extent of information you have sent and will
review it, my major question was whether there were any kind of job
searches, internet sites, publications, etc. that offer information on
current job listings in creative fields i.e no restaurants,
receptionist, etc.

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 05 Aug 2004 22:52 PDT

Hi nikki5-ga!

Unfortunately you cannot change anymore your rating once you made it.
Furthermore, you did not specify that you need specific and current
job listings in any creative field. We researchers can only work on
the basis of your original question.

Anyway here are some websites providing jobs in the creative field.

Artist Resource
http://www.artistresource.org/jobs.htm

Art Employment Links
http://art.nmu.edu/department/AD_Career-Jobs.html

Art Job Online
http://www.artjob.org/cgi-local/displayPage.pl?page=index.html

Art Week
http://www.artweek.com/class.shtml

CAA Careers
http://www.collegeart.org/caa/publications/careers/

Fine Art Jobs
http://dart.fine-art.com/MessageList.asp?intBoardID=19

Print Jobs
http://www.printjobs.com/

Write Jobs
http://www.writejobs.com/

Monster Writer Jobs
http://writer.jobs.monster.com/

Writer Find
http://www.writerfind.com/freelance_jobs/

Tjobs
http://www.tjobs.com/new/writers.shtml

I hope this would be of help to you.

Thanks!

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Request for Answer Clarification by nikki5-ga on 09 Aug 2004 17:35 PDT

hi, 

I accept the info you sent me and have been very appreciative of your
time and effort.  However, I do not appreciate the wording you used
when sending me my second response.  I am a working student and $30 is
alot of money to me. I wanted to make sure that I recieved what I had
paid for.  If I had to rate you again I would say, "great info but
whatever you do don't ask for clarification unless you want a little
attitude."  But anyways...

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 09 Aug 2004 17:57 PDT

Hi again nikki5-ga!

I deeply apologize if my words did not come out right for you in my
answer to your clarification. I understand that $30 is of good value
and do understand how you feel. I only want to say there that since we
have no first hand knowledge of the additional requirements you
specify, we have no way of knowing if you want that part of the
answer.

Sorry again for the misunderstanding.

Easterangel-ga

I originally overpriced my question because it was my first time using
this service and I was worried that it wouldn't be taken seriously
unless the payment was substantial.  The first response I recieved
consisted of several links to the same web page, none of which
referred to what I was looking for.  I clarified the question to the
researcher and I got a response that I considered to be rude. 
Attached to that response, there were a few new email links but all in
all I paid $30 for work that was worth no more than $5.  I regret the
price that I offerred.

I am still waiting for another response, so I can make a clear rating after that.

Sign painter? Freelance graphics designer?