January 2012
10 posts
Job #8 - Event Production
We transformed this:
into THIS:
BOOM!
I worked for a production design company that sets up events for household brands like Nexxus, Sprint, and Tre Semme. My favorite one was setting up a “Glad to Give” event for Glad and Ivanka Trump’s charity. We did that in the Trump Tower back in December.
A blogger called SkinnyHollie’s said, “So cute. You can tell a lot...
Job #7 - Data Entry
When you hear the word “data”, usually one of two things come to mind.
Data from The Goonies
Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation
Nothing else about data is cool. I can say that from experience.
Data entry is the college-educated equivalent of working on an assembly line. You’re doing the same exact thing hundreds of times for an entire day. At least the hourly...
Job #6 - Showing Up
“Eighty percent of success is showing up.” - Woody Allen
“If you can do anything you want and get paid for it, what would you do?” your high school guidance counselor asked.
“I’d like to…” your voice trailed off. What would I like to do? you wondered. I‘d like to make enough money so I don’t have to work, so I could do whatever I...
“I think you are a little crazy… My husband works as an HR rep and he said...”
– Nikki Browning, Facebook
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Job #2 - Night Receptionist
To me, the title of receptionist always evoked 1960’s ladies with hair in a bun, like Lily Tomlin’s Ernestine the phone operator. Maybe it’s due to these sorts of connotations that a secretary is now called an assistant.
All assumptions aside, a receptionist is an entry-level position in any industry you’re part of. In mine- production- it’s a way to start...
