So What Do YOU Do????

[Mandolin_68 0]

I am interested in hearing about what you all personally do for a living.....enough about the SO's.....everything's ALWAYS about them...LOL.....this one's for us

Obviously no one is obligated to answer and if you work an "If I told you I'd have to kill you" job than please don't share....I've already had ENOUGH problems with the government

So as not to be hypocritical I will share first......

I was in the U.S. Navy for 6 years working as a Russian Linguist but because the Cold War has been over since I was in diapers the job was pretty dull and I started getting seriously bored around year 5. They needed general intelligence people to volunteer for work in Iraq, so since I had a security clearance I raised my hand. That's where I met the SO and blah blah blah you all know that story......

After being booted from the military I moved to Amman, Jordan and persued a career as a Journalist. I was hired to write for Living Well Magazine in Amman last summer and wrote their feature article for last August's issue. It was a human interest piece based on the Lebanese refugees who were fleeing to Jordan to escape the violence between Israel/Hezbollah last summer. Shortly after I completed the piece I discovered I was pregnant and returned to the U.S.

Now I works as a writer for a small town newspaper near my home - not as exciting as some of my previous assignments but I still love it. It is flexible and since I will be having the baby in about six weeks it is perfect.

Ok.....enough about me....I want to know about you all....TELL TELL

[doodlebug 3]

Wow I'm excited that you're a writer 'cause I really LOVE reading your posts!! You have a great personality and tell it like it is! lol

I started off in Public Accounting and quit that the nanosecond that I got my CPA license since the hours and travel were just plain brutal. From there I went to a small healthcare facility working as a senior accountant. Then I went on to be the Director of Accounting for a major hospital system in my area and since then I've jumped within the company to internal audit for a few years and then back to accounting but for our segment that only deals in nursing home facilities. I had a one year hiatus where I quit and went to work for internal audit for a major university here but as many know I just quit that and will soon be back to the healthcare company in the nursing home finance job that I had, but with a nicer deal. (it pays to leave and come back I guess! )

On a side note, sometimes I wonder what position I would be if I didn't have children. For two years of my career I worked part time and thereafter there have always been limitations on what I can do because let's face it, a single mom of two children cannot work the 70 hours a week it takes to make it to the top. I don't regret having my children at all since they are my life and I love them with all my heart and soul but there is a wee little part of me in the back of my mind that sometimes thinks about how it has shaped where I'm at professionally today.

Edited February 3, 2007 by doodlebug

[MissStacey 1]

I am a Hairstylist/Make-up Artist. Most of the Salons I have worked at have been an Aveda Salon.

[Together4ever 1]

I'm a financial recovery specialist with a large health insurance company and would-be writer/lyricist.

[brnidokiegurl 0]

State government, law enforcement agency

[tnh9479 1]

I got my bachelor's degree in chemistry. I went into a Ph.D. program in chemistry and was doing well, but realized it wasn't what I wanted to do. So...I left the program and became a high school chemistry teacher. Eight years later, I am now a high school PHYSICS teacher and absolutely love it! (I never thought I would end up teaching physics. I LOVE chemistry, but sometimes get frustrated teaching something that it fairly intuitive to me. I was scared a little when my school first asked me to teach physics three years ago, but I love all the cool labs we get to do and how we get to talk about how everything works. -- BTW...we had fun making guitars this past week!)

[raymaga 25]

I'm an Optical Technician.

[m&n 0]

I'm a teacher.

[MrsAmera 41]

T4E What insurance company do you work for?? I do financial recovery too for United Healthcare (medicare recovery). I also work part-time with the Islamic Society of NA as a program assistant for a cultrual exchange program. I do have an interview in the next 2 weeks in Washington DC to hopefully get a full-time job work with ISNA as the assistant to the president and vice-president at the new office in DC. I REALLY, REALLY hope that it works out!

[Together4ever 1]

T4E What insurance company do you work for?? I do financial recovery too for United Healthcare (medicare recovery). I also work part-time with the Islamic Society of NA as a program assistant for a cultrual exchange program. I do have an interview in the next 2 weeks in Washington DC to hopefully get a full-time job work with ISNA as the assistant to the president and vice-president at the new office in DC. I REALLY, REALLY hope that it works out!

I work for Humana substantiating claims and chasing down over-billings. I wish you luck snagging the new position. It sure sounds like a good one!

[dollface41601 0]

I am a senior sales associate for TCF bank, but still in school...about a half a year and ill have my degree in early childhood ed...

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I have a Masters in Islamic studies and a Ph.D. in cultural and legal norms and trends in the Muslim world. Currently, I'm contracted to a B2B law firm that helps firms doing business in the MENA and parts of Asia with their legal and social interactions. I teach employees being stationed overseas how coexist in Muslim countries. I also work with organizations examining gender inequities in Islamic law as implemented, and the changes desired by constituancies in various countries; and, I give seminars for interfaith couples.

I am a senior sales associate for TCF bank, but still in school...about a half a year and ill have my degree in early childhood ed...

I've been with TCF for about 10 years. Great bank!

[m&n 0]

What does TCF stand for?

I have a Masters in Islamic studies and a Ph.D. in cultural and legal norms and trends in the Muslim world. Currently, I'm contracted to a B2B law firm that helps firms doing business in the MENA and parts of Asia with their legal and social interactions. I teach employees being stationed overseas how coexist in Muslim countries. I also work with organizations examining gender inequities in Islamic law as implemented, and the changes desired by constituancies in various countries; and, I give seminars for interfaith couples.

I am a senior sales associate for TCF bank, but still in school...about a half a year and ill have my degree in early childhood ed...

I've been with TCF for about 10 years. Great bank!

[~Jackie~ 30]

I have had the same career for 12 years. I sell flooring to retail customers, commercial buildings and new construction houses. I not only help select the flooring, but also do the actual measure of the property for sizes and amounts. Because I online all the time, I am now training to use my laptop for commercial estimating. (my work thought I was really doing 'work' at my desk, i am really on vj ).

I love my job. I read somewhere, if you do what you love, you will never work a day in your life. I like it like that.

Jackie

any flooring questions, fire away! I am a wealth of floor covering information.

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I find what you do fascinating, jackie, but then, I missed my calling for interior design. I'm glued to HGTV on the weekends!