What do you do for a living (work,home business,other?)

[CraigThor]

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I am a Bricklayer and my wife is a Massage Therapist/ Secretary.

[aurielle]

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I am a Legal Secretary in criminal law and DH is a truck driver. My current job kinda fell in my lap so I took it. I had no experience in the field at the time. Been doing it for over 4 years now. Before that I was an office clerk for about a year, and before that I was an institutional cook for 5 years.

[jodi]

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My dh is a library assistant on the public library bookmobile.

The bookmobile! You just brought back some nice memories for me. I used to love the Bookmobile. Now we have a library in my teeny tiny town, so no more Bookmobile for us.

[Snoopy2645]

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I am currently doing demos so I can be a sahm mainly. My dh is an elctrician & just got a new job after 10yrs at his old company & graduated in dec of last year with a degree in it.

[tabbycat31]

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I am currently working in a job I hate and I want out ASAP. I'm a debt collector (however I was out of work for 5 months, and I need these paychecks)

[brianpalmer]

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I used to work for a CC company. Now I work as freelance financial advisor

[Ima saver]

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I was a debt collector for about 6 months, a long time ago, and I absolutely hated it!

[tabbycat31]

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I hate it too.... but I've been out of work since May, and this was my first paycheck. The company offers good benefits, but I don't know if I will last long enough for the benefits to kick in (90 days).

That being said, if I can make it through New Years, I could go bakc to my seasonal (H&R Block) job full time because there's a new office that opened up, and maybe I could get office manager there. I really have to see.

I'd love to go into CCCS..... I think that's the perfect job for me. I took control of my own finances, and I'd love to help others do the same (this is coming from a former shopaholic)

[Ima saver]

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I think credit counciling would be great. As a collector, I felt like I had to hound the people all the time. I did always try and be nice to them.

[tabbycat31]

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I interviewed at a CCCS place, but I didnt get the job :-( I'd love to find some CCCS firms, or eventually start one, because I feel it's a calling for me. A credit check might have hurt me since I still have some stuff from college on there (I was like most 18 year olds with a credit card and just went nuts, then defaulted on it).

Luckily I don't have to do the outbound calls (we send out letters and tell the customers to call) however our other 3 offices have to. It's a very emotionally draining job. I'm sitting at a desk all day, hardly tiring, however I'm exhaused after about an hour.

I just got my own desk and am starting to do my own collections.... what I have to do is start writing down my unique cases because it would make an interesting blog.

[Ima saver]

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I had to repo a car one time. I was real nice to the guy and he drove it to my office.

[LuxLiving]

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I also did collections in the past - I liked my job but I had a SUPER nice boss and he gave me lots of autonomy in how I did my work. I collected boo-cuuu $$'s for him. I might have loved my job EVEN MORE if they had given me a percentage of all I collected! Had I been older & wiser at the time I would of suggested it. Repo-ed too! That part wasn't any fun but doable. Like Ima I was just nice and understanding with folks and worked hard at creating a plan that worked for them and still let them have money to eat! Something else that worked well for me was a tickler file - if they promised to pay by the 1st I wrote them a letter reiterating what we'd agreed to and kept a copy tickled on the 2nd to send them a letter or make a call, etc if the payment didn't show up. Of course all this was back in the dark ages before computers, email and text/instant messaging!

Sorry - Collectors reunion! Now back to your regularly scheduled programming...

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[MarianneJ]

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I am in school full-time until May 2007, when I will *fingers crossed* get my degree in dental hygiene. My husband works nights in a warehouse until I get through school, then he will be going back to school to be a HS History teacher. The present is slow and tedious going, but the future is bright!

I never worked collections, but it has to be better than the week I spent as a call center rep - cold calling people to come to our timeshare spiels!

[twinsmommy]

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I am a project manager. I work full time outsideof the house and full time mommy at home. I really like it when we are busy, hate it when we have down time.

I am also starting my own business (internet site) in the next month or so. If my first website is successful, I will immediately start another one. I already have the concept mapped out.

I have decided that I will keep my full time job unless I am able to net over 100k with my websites. If I get to that point I will feel comfortable without company paid benefits.

I do a lot of things in the meantime to help pay down my debt. I sell on E-Bay occasionally, have a monetized blog, take surveys, work at home for a virtual call center (starting soon). I am always busy!

[KandiB47]

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I am a registered nurse at a large hospital and my husband is a police officer.