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banquets: hospitality
If you are considering a position in a banquet department, recognize, that they are long hours, physical lifting, but is a great environment to work in. You meet alot of people, and most places have a great employee environment.
If you are considering a position in a banquet department, recognize, that they are long hours, physical lifting, but is a great environment to work in. You meet alot of people, and most places have a great employee environment.
Medical Records/Database Management: Low-key job
Be prepared for a bit of monotony, but if you are good at office work, database management, and computer use (and you like the healthcare field, but aren't a nurse/doctor), you will do well.
Be prepared for a bit of monotony, but if you are good at office work, database management, and computer use (and you like the healthcare field, but aren't a nurse/doctor), you will do well.
Teaching Artist/Director/Choreographer: Arts Education
Learn as much as you can. I started off in the creative world as an actor but was always learning new skills--choreography, directing, teaching, writing, etc. The more you can do, the more opportunities you will have to do work you love. Also knowing as much as possible enriches you as a person which makes you a more valuable artist and teacher.
Learn as much as you can. I started off in the creative world as an actor but was always learning new skills--choreography, directing, teaching, writing, etc. The more you can do, the more opportunities you will have to do work you love. Also knowing as much as possible enriches you as a person which makes you a more valuable artist and teacher.
Bartender: Cocktails & Dreams, This Is Not
Despite the inconveniences of the field, the payoffs are numerous. An overall fun job that pays alright, a new pasture to meet people, and a nice solid, if unsteady, flow of income. However, unless you plan to own, tending bar as a long term career will burn you out. I've seen it more than I'd like to admit. As far as a short-mid term thing, expect far less glamour, far more actual work, and a work day that comes and goes with your coworkers and clientele. Lastly, this is a very cash ...
Despite the inconveniences of the field, the payoffs are numerous. An overall fun job that pays alright, a new pasture to meet people, and a nice solid, if unsteady, flow of income. However, unless you plan to own, tending bar as a long term career will burn you out. I've seen it more than I'd like to admit. As far as a short-mid term thing, expect far less glamour, far more actual work, and a work day that comes and goes with your coworkers and clientele. Lastly, this is a very cash ...
Musical Artist: Singing for My Supper
If you have immense pleasure when you sing, then pursue a career in music. Biggest piece of advice I can pass on to another musical artist: Take all the dance, acting, language you can. Find the best teacher, accept criticism, then find your own voice.
If you have immense pleasure when you sing, then pursue a career in music. Biggest piece of advice I can pass on to another musical artist: Take all the dance, acting, language you can. Find the best teacher, accept criticism, then find your own voice.
Actor/Actress: The Wicked Stage
If you can do anything else besides this and still be happy, do that instead. All of the cliches about acting careers being next to impossible are TRUE. This doesn't mean I don't love it, it just means it's often hard, demoralizing, challenging.
If you can do anything else besides this and still be happy, do that instead. All of the cliches about acting careers being next to impossible are TRUE. This doesn't mean I don't love it, it just means it's often hard, demoralizing, challenging.
Musical Artist: Opera Singer
Singing for a living is purely a personal choice. My bigggest advice to young singers who are considering a career on the operatic stage is this: If there is anything else in your life you can see yourself doing, then do that! A career on the stage is a difficult one full of competition. Only about 5% of those with degrees from college in music actually have careers in the field. BUT, if singing is your number one passion, then by all means...GO FOR IT!
Singing for a living is purely a personal choice. My bigggest advice to young singers who are considering a career on the operatic stage is this: If there is anything else in your life you can see yourself doing, then do that! A career on the stage is a difficult one full of competition. Only about 5% of those with degrees from college in music actually have careers in the field. BUT, if singing is your number one passion, then by all means...GO FOR IT!
Exterminator: Killing Vermin Rules
Do you hate cockroaches, rats, bedbugs, infestations of any kind? Well, become an exterminator and feel the joys of decimating whole colonies of living beings.
Do you hate cockroaches, rats, bedbugs, infestations of any kind? Well, become an exterminator and feel the joys of decimating whole colonies of living beings.
Waiter: Are You Wearing Any Flair?
If you are patient, and enjoy being on your feet...for a long time, this could work for you.
If you are patient, and enjoy being on your feet...for a long time, this could work for you.
Producer/Musician: Blunderbuss Archetypical Perfection
Make cool and interesting music. I'm going to address self-produced, self-distributed freelance stuff: If you're making pop songs or something else which is rather ordinary, then this "do it yourself" approach might not be the way to go. The weirder, the better: that's what people want from home made bands; and besides, there's already a real market for mainstream kinds of music.
Make cool and interesting music. I'm going to address self-produced, self-distributed freelance stuff: If you're making pop songs or something else which is rather ordinary, then this "do it yourself" approach might not be the way to go. The weirder, the better: that's what people want from home made bands; and besides, there's already a real market for mainstream kinds of music.
Musical Artist: Opera Singer
Make sure you want it desperately and there is NOTHING else on this earth that you’d rather do, because it’s a hard but rewarding road.
Make sure you want it desperately and there is NOTHING else on this earth that you’d rather do, because it’s a hard but rewarding road.
High School Teacher: Teaching as Mentoring and Earning Trust
First, how to get there: Challenge yourself to learn and to understand what you learn in detail; learning is like a snowball. Second, by entering the profession, one assumes an immense responsibility, to reliably convey reliable knowledge. Third, know your students, their goals and aspirations, and be truthful with them about what they should expect given how much they work and given how much they could learn. Fourth, a great part of teaching is teaching how to learn, that is, how to become i...
First, how to get there: Challenge yourself to learn and to understand what you learn in detail; learning is like a snowball. Second, by entering the profession, one assumes an immense responsibility, to reliably convey reliable knowledge. Third, know your students, their goals and aspirations, and be truthful with them about what they should expect given how much they work and given how much they could learn. Fourth, a great part of teaching is teaching how to learn, that is, how to become i...
Social Worker: LCSW
This degree gives you the opportunity to really help your clients. You should have a lot of patience and love working with people. You cannot be judgmental.
This degree gives you the opportunity to really help your clients. You should have a lot of patience and love working with people. You cannot be judgmental.
Electrical Engineer: My life as an Electrical Engineer
Probably the two most important things to being an engineer (and not just an electrical engineer, but any engineer) is knowing how to be a leader and how to manage your time effectively. As an electrical engineer, I spend probably 50% of my time coordinating electricians and working with mechanical/chemical/civil engineers. If you don't have good management skills then deadlines will be missed, work will go undone and small problems will turn into disasters. Not only that, but if you don't ha...
Probably the two most important things to being an engineer (and not just an electrical engineer, but any engineer) is knowing how to be a leader and how to manage your time effectively. As an electrical engineer, I spend probably 50% of my time coordinating electricians and working with mechanical/chemical/civil engineers. If you don't have good management skills then deadlines will be missed, work will go undone and small problems will turn into disasters. Not only that, but if you don't ha...
Musical Artist: Jack of all trades, and Master's Degree too!
People will tell you all sorts of truths and lies about success in this career. It is possible to make a very good living, and it is possible to live in poverty. You have to decide how important it is to follow your career path. Instead of a narrow focus, the older I got the more diversified my interests and skill set became, and that is why I'm now working at the Juilliard School.
People will tell you all sorts of truths and lies about success in this career. It is possible to make a very good living, and it is possible to live in poverty. You have to decide how important it is to follow your career path. Instead of a narrow focus, the older I got the more diversified my interests and skill set became, and that is why I'm now working at the Juilliard School.
Actor/Actress: "Lights, camera, action."
"To be or not to be, that is the question." Acting is an exciting career and also a very difficult one. With any job you must think through it and ask one thing, "Will you love it 10 years from now, 20, 30, and so forth?" The best piece of advice that I have been given about acting came from my mentor. Acting is one of the oldest professions alive.
"To be or not to be, that is the question." Acting is an exciting career and also a very difficult one. With any job you must think through it and ask one thing, "Will you love it 10 years from now, 20, 30, and so forth?" The best piece of advice that I have been given about acting came from my mentor. Acting is one of the oldest professions alive.
Teacher: Hang on Through the First Two Years!
The one piece of wisdom that I can give and have given to many prospective teachers is that the better an actor you are the better teacher you will be. I say this because, as a young teacher, just out of school and excited to be there in my first job, I received this advice from a very experienced colleague. My first classroom experience was with 8th graders. I was given a very challenging group of kids, not the brightest in educational ability. In fact they were, and this is a quote from an...
The one piece of wisdom that I can give and have given to many prospective teachers is that the better an actor you are the better teacher you will be. I say this because, as a young teacher, just out of school and excited to be there in my first job, I received this advice from a very experienced colleague. My first classroom experience was with 8th graders. I was given a very challenging group of kids, not the brightest in educational ability. In fact they were, and this is a quote from an...
Education (Adminstrative, Teaching, etc.): Grants Administrator
The advice I give is good for almost any career. Start with a college degree (in almost any field) and learn to be well organized. Common sense and good judgement are the most valuable attributes, and computer skills (not just internet browsing and instant messaging, but real skills like spreadsheets and databases) are essential.
The advice I give is good for almost any career. Start with a college degree (in almost any field) and learn to be well organized. Common sense and good judgement are the most valuable attributes, and computer skills (not just internet browsing and instant messaging, but real skills like spreadsheets and databases) are essential.
Education (Adminstrative, Teaching, etc.): Nanny
I would tell them that they have to be more than just "interested" in children to consider a job as a nanny. You have to be willing to really listen, to be patient and understanding, and to be ready for anything. It's a job that changes from family to family, from child to child.
I would tell them that they have to be more than just "interested" in children to consider a job as a nanny. You have to be willing to really listen, to be patient and understanding, and to be ready for anything. It's a job that changes from family to family, from child to child.
Sales Representative: You Can be Happy in Sales
I have been an independent sales rep for 36 years. Contrary to the stereotype, a sales person needn't be pushy or aggressive. A sales person must enjoy speaking with other people, must not be afraid to meet new people, and must be an exceptionally good listener. He or she must be logical and sympathetic. And especially if one is an independent rep, he/she must be organized and self-motivated. An independent rep does not have a boss telling him (or her) what to do every day.
I have been an independent sales rep for 36 years. Contrary to the stereotype, a sales person needn't be pushy or aggressive. A sales person must enjoy speaking with other people, must not be afraid to meet new people, and must be an exceptionally good listener. He or she must be logical and sympathetic. And especially if one is an independent rep, he/she must be organized and self-motivated. An independent rep does not have a boss telling him (or her) what to do every day.
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