What do you do for a living? Do you enjoy it?

Question

I'm trying to decide on classes to take next semester, and my decision is based on what I want to do for the rest of my life. Right now I'm a medical receptionist. Not very fullfilling but paying the bills. I'm curious of what you people do for work, and what its like? There are so many people that get on here, so that would make a lot of interesting careers to hear about! Thanks

Answer 1

I'm currently a company receptionist/secretary which I hate. In the past I have been a room attendant at a 5 star hotel, a personal assistant, a bar attendant, a journalist (which is what my degree is in) and a children's leisure specialist.

None of those jobs have really rocked my world, but then again, there are always good and bad points in every occupation. Just play to your strengths when choosing your classes and don't worry about it too much. Fate will take care if it :-)

Answer 2

I am a bill collector. Not the regular call center collectors. I am the last straw. Do I enjoy it??? Sure. My personality is not exactly the kind that can allow me to be a "customer service" representative or anything that requires me to shut it when someone wants to get crazy.

Does it pay the bills...heck ya. Depends on how good you are. I make more commission than I do salery and my salery is no joke. At the same time I take side jobs like credit counseling...etc.

The down part is that there are actually people who dont pay their bills because they really got into some kind of mess and it was not intentional. Some people call crying after you recover assets or file liens.

When they are intentional debtors its alright, but when they are people who arent having a grand old time in their lives and its a little sad at first but eventually you get immune to it and it doesnt really matter.

If I dont do it, someone else will and when they do...they will get paid and I will be broke.

but its not something you can learn to do, its got to be something you just have. The right kind of tone, intuition, a way of talk. A specific type of person is needed for this job. A bastard, a cold hearted filthy animal. A kind of person that never gets rattled, or hurt or emotional. None of that. Just not something I can put into words.

Sure you have to learn the collection laws and what not since you will be in the middle of hundreds of litigation cases, but if you dont have "it" you will not be successful. Regular call center collectors get 12.00 an hour max. I wont even roll out of bed for that.

A Collection Specialist can make a salery of 45-65k a year plus commission. Now, were talking. But pay always depends on how ygood you are, how much experience you have and also...gotta make sure your not working for some ghetto "agency" out of the back of some garage. Those companies pay peanuts.

Its not a bowl of cherries. But I wasnt the school type either. A combo of a few things brought me to this.

Answer 3

Most of my career I worked in information technology that gave me exposure to a lot of other fields. It was rough on the family a lot of the time but I learned a lot and had a lot of fun.

A few years ago I decided I'd had enough of the corporate world, quit and started a small computer service business. Working as hard as I've ever worked but am having the time of my life. I get the pleasure of really helping people every day. And I can walk away from any situation I don't like. It's great fun.

I'd like to share a piece of wisdom fom my dad with you. He worked for the federal government doing nuclear research for forty years. The feds don't pay all that well so he never made the kind of money he could have made in the business world. But he loved his job!! He claimed he didn't work for a living, that he got paid to play with a bunch of big, very expensive toys. Do what makes you happy, not what others expect of you.

Answer 4

I'm an orthopaedic nurse, I've worked in a hospital for over twelve years. I do like my job. The burn out rate for nurse's is very high. Most nursing jobs require working weekends and holidays. I do 12 hour shifts, 3 days a week. So 36 hours a week, not bad. The long days on your feet can be exhausting though. I couldn't imagine myself doing anything else for a living, medical field nowadays is where the money is at! Pay is good, I can't complain!

Answer 5

I manage a bookstore. I've always been in retail, primarily because I didn't pick a very lucrative major in college (I was a psych major). I love my job because books are my passion and I like a busy environment involving customer service. If I could afford it, I'd get my MBA. I wish I would have picked business as my major, but you don't really need it to work in retail. Retail management can be tough, though- I was an area manager at my last company working 70 hours a week, and pretty much burned myself out. Right now I'm in it for the books, mostly.

Answer 6

I am still in college...about a year more to go. But I have decided on Finance as my major. Just a month ago I didn't know what exactly to do in Finance. I knew I couldn't do personal finance stuff where I actually have to make calls to sell my product. I am such an introvert...I hate being pushy. I realized my main interest is in analyzing data....financial data. So now I am doing an internship with a very big commercial banking agency (can't say that name). So far I am still being trained but later I will make loans and stuff and analyize thier financial situations to see if they can get a loan or not and if they can at what rate. That sounds like fun to me b/c i'd work with numbers and its the 1st time I have a nice job that I can talk to people about. But its not somethin I'll do all my life. I want to financial analysis for a corporation. Get my CFA and then work in the financial sector of a big publicly traded company. But trust me that latter few things could change over time....b/c life never goes as planned (at least for me it hasn't so far!) :) So take your time...you don't have to get into details of what you want to do just try to figure out an area like Business, Science, Music, Arts, etc. The as you understand more of one area you'll see what suits you the best. I went into college as a Biology major. I like science b/c it allowes me to understand my body and makes me feel in control but I knew I can't go on 4 year and then med school etc with science and become a doc. So I decided Business. I didn't know what to pick in that. So i looked at the degrees my college had. Out of all of them I picked Finance (not even Accounting). So go step by step. Go to princetonreview.com they have great info. Hope this helps! GL.!

Answer 7

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Answer 8

I am a wildlife photographer and a part time subsitute tscience teacher. Take two totallly different classes in college so if one ends up in the trash, another one will be there as a back up. Glad to help

Answer 9

Dispatcher for the County Sheriff.

I love it!

When the guys ( deputies ) aren't talking I can do whatever I like including read magazine, books, do my nails, surf the internet, answer questions on Yahoo ( like I'm doing now ) pay my bills, make out my christmas cards, wrap christmas presents, etc.

And I get 50K a year ( not including benefits ) to do it!

do I love my job??? You Bet!!

Answer 10

CNA - I really don't like my job. Its not the residents that I don't like.. its mostly the staff and it is SO easy to get burnt out on. I'm in the same situation at school, i'm trying to decide what I *really* want to do with the rest of my life. Best of luck!