Week Twelve Announced – Framer

This week I will be working with a framing company who makes, installs and repairs windows and doors. I am not too sure what exactly I will be doing there as of yet but I am sure it will involve some wood and building stuff so that is pretty exciting.

When I was growing up I rarely helped my dad out around the house with construction type projects, so it will be nice to work in an environment such as this and develop some handy man skills.

The last couple of weeks I have been working with the editors of the Career section in the Globe and Mail and it looks like I will be contributing a weekly column to the paper throughout the summer. It is not absolutely certain as of yet, so I am kind of holding off on announcing it but I will know by the end of this week with a tentative start date of my first column running next Wednesday June 13th. I will keep you posted!

I am looking to be in Quebec city the week of June 17th and then into Montreal, so if you have any contacts, ideas for potential jobs or simply just want to meet up, give me a shout!

-Sean

http://none Jennifer Trait

The only thing I’m skeptical about, is how taking on odd jobs and transient work is related to finding the dream job you love. This is a great and unique strategy for finding an ultimate passion, but for some, the internship of milking cows, and trekking snow shoes might not be for everyone. However, you’re making an exceptional point in finding a career passion that you love through exposing yourelf to as many crafts and fields as possible, but how would working in a dairy farm help my finance major at a capital investment firm? Your statement and experience is unique with the broad number of experiences and people you are connecting with in your campaign, but I’m a little skeptical how the everyday person can incorporate your ideas into our job seeking strategies.
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Thanks for the comment Jennifer! You make a great point, how can we know a job is right for us after only one week? I am not sure that we can. It is not my intention to find the perfect fit in one of my One Week Jobs, it is more about gaining an understanding of the type of characteristics that need to be present in a work place situation in order for me to be happy.

Regardless of the job I am doing week to week, I am continuing to place myself in unfamiliar, challenging situations, learning about myself, and what I want or don’t want in a work place situation as a result.

How would working on a dairy farm help out your finance major? If he was convinced that he would only be happy in a financial position, then it wouldn’t. Although I think we all can benefit by being challenged and taken out of our comfort zone. Working on a dairy farm could provide that opportunity and he would be able to use that experience once back in his financial position. Obviously not the specific skills, but the fact that he was able to be successful despite being out of his comfort zone with the job demanding him to learn new skills. Who knows, while working at the dairy farm, he might discover that he actually would be happier if he was in a work environment that was outside.