Springwise, which is a site you should bookmark after following this link (do it!), has a post about a great new career idea: take a vacation wherein which the meat of the vacation is doing a test drive of your dream job.
A few years ago, Vocation Vacations’ founder Brian Kurth left his job and tried something new. Realizing he wasn’t the only person stuck in a corporate lifestyle he didn’t enjoy, he came up with the idea of making it possible for others to test the waters without having to quit their jobs.
Dream Job Holiday – [SpringWise]
[...] Over the course of spring and summer breaks, my teenage kids find multiple ways to antagonize me. One of my daughter’s favorite complaints is, “…I’m bored. There is nothing to do.” Of course, my response is always, “…there’s plenty of things to do,” with a continuation of the myriad listing of ideas, tasks and other events in which she can partake. Ideally, she would have me take her mall shopping, cruising the beach strip, and ultimately become her sole entertainment planner and provider during her “vacation” period. [...]