The last few weeks I have been searching for a second part-time job. I’m enrolled for 16 units this spring semester starting next Monday, and I work about 10 hours a week at a gym - where I basically hang out, do homework, read etc…. more like study hall. I could care less about money right now, because I know I’ll make more than enough down the road. Ever since my experiences from Sales (valuable, yet not exactly enjoyable…) I have made a pact with myself……

“If I am going to work for someone else, the experience must be invaluable and I cannot be a slave to the job.”

I am done with spending 20-40 hours a week on a typical minimum wage job, I have already done that and enjoyed it. I’m now going to commit to jobs that will help me gain the experience I need to reach the next level, bring me closer to my goals. If any Highschool kid fresh off his/her 16th birthday, and asks me what kind of job he/she should look for, I would tell him/her to only consider a job for the experience you can gain, and something you can enjoy, not necessary for the money.

So keeping that pact in mind, I have ventured into a new job that has created excitement and challenging and new for myself. Marketing and Public Relations work for a local restaurant. I have no experience whatsoever in marketing, let alone restaurant experience, but I know that my drive and the new exciting experiences and opportunities awaiting will push me to success. Even better, I make more than minimum wage, have a little more freedom than practically all minimum wage jobs, and awesome potential for valuable experience and opportunities.

So I will log and reflect my experiences, good or bad, success or failure, in this blog. Anybody with any marketing or restaurant experience, I would greatly appreciate any insight, advice, suggestions! It should be a another jam-packed semester…. but I wont be busy, Ill be productive.

Wednesday, 16. January 2008 at 12:35 am posted under Lifestyle. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can also Leave A Response or Trackback from your own site. Thanks for reading.