Message to #Occupy: Get A Job!
Consider these jobs as an opportunity into the white collar working world. Honorable entry level jobs are not hard to find. If you’re changing fields, or need a side job to help boost your small business, then consider taking a temporary position in one of the occupations mentioned below. These jobs pay well, provide the important benefits you’re looking for, and require no experience. Wearing casual office attire every day does wonders for your self esteem, and working in step with motivated individuals will help you quickly forget the current recession. If the job requires a certain level of experience, they will train you for free. These common positions are available in every city across America. The best part is you don’t even need to hit the streets blind to find a job in these fields; there are listings every morning on sites like Craigslist and Indeed. Good Luck!
- Personal Assistant
Learn what it takes to be successful first hand through assisting a businessperson daily. A personal assistant is responsible for scheduling and meetings, correspondence, daily management, and note taking. The job can differ greatly depending on who you’re working for. This presents an opportunity for you to choose the type of business you want to assist. For instance, if you’re interested in writing for a magazine in the future, you can personally assist the senior copywriter of an advertising agency and learn the trade through experience. A lot of people think a personal assistant fetches coffee and picks up pens at Office Max, but this limited view of the job is misleading. Personal assistants have a strong hand in the important day to day decisions of rich and powerful people. Surround yourself with the successful and you instantly become a success.
- Department Store
Department stores are a great place for young people to get back in the swing of the working world. Plus, these jobs can sometimes turn into careers. Young girls starting out at a make-up counter have become internationally known cosmetic artists. Cashiers have become buyers for first-class stores like Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdales. Entry level wages at your local department store start higher than you think. The environment of commerce and season driven style is sure to boost your drive, especially around the holidays. Think about it; tools, electronics, domestic, men’s and women’s fashion, sporting goods, shoes, and eyeglasses. There’s sure to be a department for you.
- College University
College institutions don’t just offer campus positions to students. Anyone is welcome to apply for terrific jobs at the most prestigious schools in the country. You would be surprised at the availability of jobs at your local universities or community colleges. For those of you with an entrepreneur’s spirit, there is a world of information waiting for you after work. Learn something on the side while making a respectable wage in an inspiring environment. The types of jobs at a school or university are diverse, and it’s fun sometimes to go back to school. This time they’ll pay you.
- Night Auditor
Amicable and always in top form, the night auditor is an important pillar holding respectable hotels up in high esteem. Hotel desks are the gateway all weary and excited travelers must pass through before hitting the sack, or hitting the bar. Most auditors handle the responsibilities of the front desk agent and some duties of the accounting department, as well as work alongside other nighttime employees. Functions include check-in and check-out, reservations, responding to guest complaints, coordinating housekeeping requests, and handling any emergencies that may arise. Night auditors are also responsible for balancing the guest ledgers for the accounting department, so you can pick up some important accounting skills, too. It sounds like a lot, and it is, but night auditors get paid very well, especially in large hotel chains like Hilton. If you’re on the dodge, some places will even put you up monthly for a slashed rate.
- File Clerk
Clerical workers make up one of the largest occupational groups in the United States for good reasons. Join the stays quo; you’ll be glad you did on payday. Any person can be gainfully employed as a clerk full-time with benefits, anywhere in the country. This class of workers grow significantly over the years. Common responsibilities of clerical workers include administrative responsibilities, record keeping, filing, and staffing service counters. Law offices downtown are usually in need of good clerks, as well as medical offices and courthouses. If you’re lucky, your city even has a unionized clerical local you can become a part of. There’s strength in numbers, so get with the program.
- Optometry Assistant
Similar to a dental assistant, without the necessity of trade schooling. Work in a cool and quiet atmosphere selling an important medical product, without the stress of a doctor’s office. An optometry assistant performs administrative and clinical support to the optometrist and the technician. After all the free training you’ll get with this one, couple up at a trade school that offers certifications for optometry assistants. You can boost your pay scale significantly with little investment. Technology in eyeglass lenses is getting more advanced, and sunglasses are big business right now. Optometry shops are opening every day and need charming people to show them through the shop. This charming person could be you.
- English Tutor
Don’t forget one of the most important skills you’re equipped with; English! Language agencies around America are always looking for good individuals to teach English. Motivate yourself by sharing in the motivation of others. Families from every culture on Earth move to America for the opportunities that we might take for granted. Their first important step here is learning our native English. Help people enter the workplace with the confidence of the English language in their pocket. Language agencies are always looking for good people to sign onto their team. These agencies train you to communicate with foreigners and actually find a job for you. Saying no to this one is hard; you’ve been training for it your whole life.
- Medical Billing
The complicated system of medical insurance has given rise to a large class of employed people that communicate between the medical office and the insurance company. If you’re interested in the medical field, you have the opportunity to choose what type of medical office you want to work in, and learn all about it day to day. At this job you take command of the billing cycle in the office. Some claims can take several months to settle, others in just a few days. This is mostly an administrative position, with the advantages of a higher pay scale and more prestige. You will experience the responsibility of reporting on medical records to the largest insurance companies in the world and communicating incidentals to doctors in the group. This entry level job will train you in the complicated process of medical billing that the market is willing to pay well for.
Getting back into the workplace seems like a moral and ethical problem to a lot of angry young people right now. But the highest ideal in life is making money, and these suggestions are a good way to get you on the fast track to doing just that.