creative jobs

Restaurant Worker – My First Day of Work

Okay, so my format is somewhat different from most of the entries here. It’s me reading and illustrating the story on video. But otherwise I think it meets all the requirements of the site. It’s true. It’s about my fast food job. And the worst day of my life.
Part One:
www dot youtube dot com/watch?v=j_c9PiTmo7c
Part Two:
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Nurse – Voice of hope and encouragement, passion and disappointment

Dear colleagues (new and old),
I have been a nurse (and no I won’t reveal my level of education as I don’t believe that it designates my level of intelligence or commitment to our profession) for over 25 years. THERE IS ROOM FOR ALL OF US.
To my new sisters and brothers in the profession: WELCOME! Our [...]

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Exotic Dancer, aka Lap Dance Specialist

I started out working in a gentlemans club as the beer tub girl. Basically, I sat there, looked pretty, and popped beer caps for customers walking in the front door.
I worked for about 2 months observing the workings of a strip joint: how the girls approached the men… the hustle they would use to [...]

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How to be happy at work – One Question Away from Job Satisfaction

I finally landed my dream job, so I thought. Yet one of the 3 Ps – People, Place, and Position – inevitably seemed to be amiss. With people, there was either too little fraternization or too much ego. With place, there were intolerable working conditions such as being seated next to an impossibly loud [...]

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Graphic Designer – a POSITIVE look at graphic design

I’m a graphic designer. Part freelance, part contract, and part full time (I kind of do my own thing). I decided to write something about myself, because I stumbled across this site and noticed all that there was said about graphic design is negative things. So here we go:
A lot of the views on the other [...]

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Art Museum Job….Educating Children About Art

My job is a new job. I got this job through a public tender that I pass in this year. It was a victory because there was just a only vague description. I thought to choose another city, where it had more vague, but I didn’t want to live out there and then I decided [...]

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Bridal Gown Designer…Creating a Princess for a Day

I design bridal gowns and accessories for weddings. I work with clients of all ages, shapes and sizes. Sometimes creating someone else’s vision of loveliness can be challenging. What one thinks is beautiful, doesn’t necessarilly turn out to be the best fit. This point can be a delicate one to communicate to [...]

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Car Designer Career……enjoying tinkering.

I design cars in the UK. I’ve been doing this for 7-8 years now. I did the degree in Scotland and moved on from there. Every since I was a little kid, I liked cars and things like that. I saw the ad in the newspaper, interviewed, and got the job.
Day [...]

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Clown…..die penniless and happy

What’s my Job? Easy. I’m a Clown. I’m a
Clown. I say it twice ’cause everyone always says
“You’re a what????”.
I work in Ireland and have been doing Clowning for 6
years full time.
Before this I did some God AWFULL Jobs.
I went to McD’s after college and was promoted after
5 months to management. It wasn’t really difficult
to get [...]

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Graphic Designer….doing what I want to do.

By title, I’m a graphic designer…it’s a generic title….Creative
services is one aspect of what I do. The job title is to initiate, design and then produce
a deliverable product to a playing client….or a service…I do this in New York, with
occasional trips. The quality of work varies from simple on screen presentations to
elaborate print media to [...]

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