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Unit 6 Career Building Section A Pre-reading Questions: 1. What is your dream job? 2. Do you think you are qualified for the dream job? Why? 3. How important is work to you? How do you maintain a good balance between work and family life? After years of studying, you’re finally ready to look for a job. But soon you’ll find that landing your dream job could be more difficult than any tests you’ve taken. The good news is that you’re not alone. The Best Place to Launch a Career 1 Los Angeles native Kehinde Wiley knew from a young age that he wanted to be an artist. But that didn’t seem the most secure path for someone growing up on welfare with a single mom and six siblings. So even as he worked on his MFA at Yale — the launch pad for many generations of artists — he was aware that no trust fund would buoy him after graduation. So Wiley always kept Plan B in mind: If he couldn’t make a living as a painter, he would be a chef. 2 Fortunately for Wiley, he could stick to his painting palette. Now recognized as one of today’s hottest young artists by gallerists and collectors as well as magazines like Vibe, Wiley, 29, actually makes a living — and a substantial one — doing what he loves. His works, which involve mostly young hip-hoppers posing against old European or floral backdrops, go for about $80,000 apiece these days. That leaves him more than enough to pay the rent and wages for a few assistants. 3 “I’m blessed to be in a place where I can actualize what’s going through my head,” says Wiley, barefoot and wearing a paint-riddled tank top and shorts in his Brooklyn studio. He casually mentions that Spike Lee recently stopped by to check out his offerings and speaks of trips to Poland, China, Nigeria, and Turkey to “internationalize” his work. 4 The Two Paths 5 Wiley is the exception — a star among the huddled masses living on Cup-a-Soup and hoping for a break from a gallery or collector. The truth is, dream jobs don’t come easy, and the cha