Work with Marty Nemko

Work with Marty Nemko, 1/22/17: Underrated and Under-the-Radar Careers

By Marty Nemko

Published January 21, 2017 at 8:09 PM PST

On the Jan. 22, 2017 edition of Work with Marty Nemko, I describe a good number of underrated and under-the-radar careers.

I also answer your call-in questions about your worklife. I call them Workovers although no pummeling is involved...usually.

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Work with Marty Nemko

Marty Nemko

Marty Nemko was called "job coach extraordinaire" by U.S. News and "The Bay Area's best career coach" by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. He has written 20 essays in TIME's Ideas section, and 1240 for PsychologyToday.com. Previously, his career column appeared for six years in the San Francisco Chronicle and then wrote The Big Idea continuing series on WashingtonPost.com and the Working it Out column on TheAtlantic.com. In his 30th year as a career and education advisor, Marty Nemko has served 5,400 clients and enjoys a 96% client-satisfaction rate. He is a part-time instructor of medical students at the UCSF School of Medicine.

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