It’s that time again for graduating seniors to start looking for jobs and getting their behinds out into the real world. We all know college is exhausting enough, but an honest to goodness job? Welcome to the 40-hour work week, kids.

But who knows, maybe there’s something floating around in that muddled brain to save you from the drudgery of the everyday work grind. “Career Management for the Creative Person,” by Lee Silber, is geared toward the “creatives” of this world — the right-brained folks out there who are for freedom and art all the way. Forget the three-piece suits. These people are all about jeans and tees.

“Career Management” doesn’t completely ignore the other, more responsible half of the brain.

Silber focuses on what the left side of the brain can do to implement the fantastically creative ideas of the right side of the brain.

Lefties feeling left out? Well this book is one that won’t leave the southpaws in the dust. According to “Career Management,” some of the most creative and influential people in history were left-handed. Who could possibly complain about living the life of computer guru Bill Gates or musical genius Paul McCartney?

Just to be sure where someone falls on the creativity scale, there’s even a fifty-question test which will categorize a subject into boring, somewhat creative or just plain nuts.

Basically, Silber has set out to cater to those that can’t stand the word “work.” This isn’t just a how-to, 12-step guide to realizing your dreams. Silber actually inspires, telling stories of Dan Aykroyd starting The Blues Brothers with no prior musical training and only the will to learn how to sing and play the harmonica. And there’s always Gates, the Harvard computer nerd who dropped out, never to return again.

There’s more ways to get around a time clock than you could shake a pink slip at, but Silber also warns against a few tried and true don’ts.

For starters, don’t send underwear along with your resume, like one twisted job applicant. But Silber does condone creativity in most forms.

Instead of sending the same old boring resume, send one in the form of a CD booklet or a movie poster.

Not only is this book pretty helpful, it’s also brimming with the potential for fun. So don’t get too depressed, dear seniors. There may be a way to have fun and make millions of dollars. All it takes is a little bit of creativity.

3 1/2 Stars

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