The truly successful are always reaching and changing, always moving toward new experiences. If you choose a stable company, you will have a secure future. Your first and most important job search tool is a resume. The resume is important but skills, experience, attitude and persistence are more important. Young people are helped toward entrepreneurial thinking when parents applaud their efforts to strike out on their own.
Work is nine to five.
True, artists are rarely hired into fastback entry level positions - generally because they don't apply for them. Work hard and you'll be rewarded. People are seldom rewarded just because they work hard - they're rewarded because their work fills others' needs. The individual who is rewarded is responsive to the whole dynamic of the working situation. The right credential will get the job.