Career Realities

This Career Realities interview is with writer and journalist William Shaw. Willam previously worked as a journalist, once at Smash Hits, and later the Observer, The Times and the Independent, and now makes his living as a crime fiction writer. The post Career Realities podcast #6: writing and actually making a living, with crime writer William Shaw appeared first on Ethan Crane.

This week's Career Realities interview is with Matt Callard, who is a mentor at speech therapy group the Starfish Project. Since attending the project for his own stammering eight years ago Matt discovered a passion for speaking and advocating for the project and speech therapy. In the interview he talks about his criteria for finding both paid and unpaid work (and how pay is not the important factor), about how people are much more approachable regarding unpaid work than you think, and how trying out ten jobs unpaid for a day is much better than trying out one job paid for six months. The post Career Realities podcast #5: Matt Callard on mentoring, speech therapy and finding work you love appeared first on Ethan Crane.

This week's Career Realities interview is with Dave House, musician, founder of Edinburgh music studio Noisefloor and graphic designer. Dave studied Digital Composition & Performance at Edinburgh's College of Art, and talks, among other things, about the point when you feel able to call yourself a musician, and the gulf between your creative design ideas at college and what you are actually asked to design out in the real world... The post Career Realities podcast #4: How Can I Work As a Musician? appeared first on Ethan Crane.

This week's Career Realities interview is with Paul Richards, founder of charity Stay Up Late, a charity that promotes the rights of people with learning disabilities to live the lifestyle of their choosing. Paul spent fifteen years as a musician in the band Heavy Load, and he talks about combining being a musician with actually earning money, how the band lead to the opportunity to set up Stay Up Late and to work he really valued. Along with how he discovered he really didn't want to work in a bank... He keeps a blog called Pressure Drop about how to run a charity off your back table. The post Career Realities podcast #3: the Charity Founder/Public Sector worker/Musician appeared first on Ethan Crane.

This week's Career Realities interview is with workshop leader and photograper Jackie McCullough. After full-time, full-on careers as a PA in the music industry and other professions, she now runs workshops and makes photography projects around the subjects of fostering and families. The post Career Realities podcast #2: the Workshop leader/Photographer/PA appeared first on Ethan Crane.

The first Career Realities interview is with painter Edwina Bracken. A former full-time (and then part-time) art teacher, Edwina has recently completed an MA at Glasgow's School of Art. She talks about the difference between her expectations and the realities of a teaching career, and how she came to (just about) earn a living as a fine artist. The post Career Realities podcast #1: the Painter/Teacher appeared first on Ethan Crane.