Dream Jobs: Crossword Constructor
They say it's the clues that make a puzzle difficult, not the words.
| Chance Seales and Megan Smith
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Dream Jobs: Florist
When Paige Long became a florist, she had never even received flowers. Now she builds arrangements by hand every day.
| Chance Seales and Megan Smith
Dream Jobs: Restaurant E-Impresario
Mary Kong-Devito helps restaurants create their online persona in a social media-dominant world.
Dream Jobs: Hair And Makeup Artist
For Allie Kunkler, being a professional makeup artist is about more than making clients look beautiful. It's also about connection and creativity.
| Sarah Giroux and Colleen O'Neill
Dream Jobs: Personal Stylist
Rosana Vollmerhausen says her job is equal parts learning a client's style and pushing them out of their comfort zone.
| Chance Seales and Megan Smith
Teens Are Waiting Longer To Get A Job — And That Affects All Of Us
They may not be flashy, but summer jobs introduce teens to the world of work.
| Phil Pruitt and Chance Seales
Dream Jobs: Chocolate Maker
Harper Macaw is working to be a small model for positive change in the cacao supply chain.
Dream Jobs: Urban Farmer
Rooftop farms aren't only for growing food. They also start a conversation about the environment.
Dream Jobs: Real Estate Photographer
David was a lawyer for the D.C. police department, and he loved it. But he decided to take a chance on something he loves even more.
Dream Jobs: Sommelier
One of the nation's top sommeliers tells us how to drink wine like a pro and how she landed her dream job.
Dream Jobs: Trapeze Artist
These women have the type of job you may have dreamed of as a kid, then forgotten all about. They didn't. Their aspirations led them to the circus.
| Newsy
Dream Jobs: Rooftop Farmer
You probably won't find a shorter farm-to-table to table journey anywhere. Natalie Carver shows us around her dream job as a rooftop farmer.
| Chance Seales and Megan Smith
Dream Jobs: Doggy Daycare
Picture this: You get to play with dogs all day long. Yes, that's a real job. Some dogs even bring their own lunches.
| Chance Seales and Megan Smith
Dream Jobs: Reclaimed Wood Craftsman
Keeping sustainability in mind, Charles Thomas takes old furniture pieces and transforms them into new, unique designs.
| Chance Seales and Megan Smith
Dream Jobs: Instagram Food Influencer
Five years ago, Schuble was posting pictures of his food just every few weeks. Now he usually eats out twice a day.
| Chance Seales and Megan Smith
Dream Jobs: Panda Keeper
Only four institutions in the world are home to giant pandas, so Shellie Pick is one of the lucky ones.
Dream Jobs: Coffee Entrepreneur
Southeastern's product is coffee, but its mission is to make that coffee environmentally sustainable, too.
Dream Jobs: Independent Bookstore Owner
Laurie has lived in Capitol Hill for 25 years. She felt like her neighborhood of readers was missing a good bookstore.
Dream Jobs: Tom Sietsema, Food Critic At The Washington Post
Sietsema started as a copy boy at the Post soon after graduating from college. Now, he's the Post's anonymous — and powerful — food critic.
| Chance Seales and Megan Smith
Dream Jobs: Family Bakery
The Velasquez family is a self-proclaimed bread family. So they opened A Baked Joint to make the good bread they couldn't find anywhere else.
| Chance Seales and Megan Smith
Dream Jobs: Judy Kurtz, 'In The Know' Columnist At The Hill
Kurtz covers a divided Capitol Hill, but she says people are willing to talk on both sides of the aisle.
| Chance Seales and Megan Smith
It's Getting Harder To Find Jobs In Most US Metros
In more than two-thirds of the U.S.'s largest metro areas, residents have fewer job opportunities within a typical commute than they did in 2000.
High Schoolers More Worried Than Ever About Finding Jobs
According to a new Gallup poll, more and more high schoolers say they aren't confident that they'll find a good job after graduating.
