What does everyone here do for a living?

Since we have a networking board now (Thanks Muskie!) I thought that it might be good for us to post a little bit about our careers for the benefit of other posters who may be in the same field/industry and want to network, as well as the students who may want to reach out to a fellow posters to get information about a particular job field. I know that I didn't have a clue what I wanted to do when I was an undergraduate student!

I'll start:

I work in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry doing Sales and Shopper Insights work for a global beverage company. I have about 3 years of experience in that field. Previously I spent about 3 years in the banking industry doing both Sales and Credit Analysis. I have an undergrad degree from Xavier in Finance (minor in IT) and will finish my MBA at Xavier (marketing concentration) in May.

I love to network with anyone out there who works in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry, or any students who are considering working in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry. Just send me a PM.

I sell crack cocaine to inner city youth. I give it out for free at playgrounds and I wait for the kids that come back. The kids that come back are the ones you want. It is a great Multi-Level marketing opportunity and if anyone wants a franchise hit me up with some reps and I will set you up with a base account for the school children in your own community. Great perks and benefits and the time off is the whip. It's changed my life. The money you can make in this field is only limited to your own ambition.

I buy crack cocaine from a shady gentleman who calls himself "Snipe."

Trophy husband.

I'm a software engineer for an online retail company in Seattle. If there are any smart software developers or business/MBA-type folks who want a job in Seattle, let me know. It's extremely rare that we're not hiring.

Great idea - I'll play along. Since October 2010, I am no longer an employee, but I've never been busier in my life.

1. I am co-owner and President of Big Ten SportsWatch (www.bigtensportswatch.com), which is just one part of the entire brand of SportsWatch conference sites. The founder of SportsWatch owns the domain rights to the six major conferences plus the Mountain West since he's based in Vegas. (If only the A-10 had football...)

Our Big Ten site will go live by the end of the month, but Pac-12 is supposed to go live today and one of the articles features Sean Miller and Arizona basketball. I didn't write it myself, otherwise there'd be a connection to X in there, of course. (www.pac12sportswatch.com should be up by 3 PM.) The SportsWatch sites will cover college athletics exclusively, including men's and women's teams in all sports. In addition to owning the site and managing the content, I will also be contributing articles on occasion and writing a weekly column. (I've already figured out a way to reference Xavier twice.)

We are hosting a radio show every Saturday night on Fox affiliate 720 AM KDWN in Las Vegas called Jock Talk. We will have a "listen live" link on our Big 10 site. The founder is a former sports radio talk show host with ESPN in the West and will be one of the co-hosts of Jock Talk.

Opportunity: I posted an Internship opportunity in another thread that has already landed me two student journalists, and potentially two others.

2. I am the Director of Ident-a-Kid of Cincinnati and founder of the Cincinnati KinderGuard nonprofit company. We provide digital visitor tracking systems to schools and child rescue ID cards to parents. This year, we added digital cell phone IDs so parents can carry them on their mobile phones. Our partners include The Cincinnati Reds Community Fund, the Child Rescue Network, and we are searching for one key business partner in order to financially support the efforts of the charity. We sent a proposal to Cincinnati Bell last week as there is a natural alignment there. Every parent should be carrying a child ID card and/or digital eKid version. The response to a missing child crisis is delayed considerably without a current photo and critical data.

Opportunity: If the Cincinnati Bell proposal falls through, we will be seeking a fund-raising director for the charity. It will be a part-time, commission based job.

3. I am an independent agent for AssureTec Technologies:
Assure-Alert: Top-of-the-line ID authentication device to be used by anyone at risk for credit card fraud, anyone who needs foolproof age verification, employers who are reviewing candidates for hire, or anyone who could be at risk for accepting a false ID (such as a car dealer, check-cashing site, etc.) I am trying to work with Cincinnati Public Schools as part of my affiliation with Cincinnati KinderGuard to equip each school with one of these scanning devices. Really, all schools should have one to prevent anyone from entering the building who is misrepresenting his or her actual identity.

Opportunity: A sub-contractor role has been approved by the corporation. Again, this would be part-time and commission based.

4. I am an independent agent for a restaurant marketing firm called Repeat Returns:
Repeat Returns: Fully-integrated marketing system for restaurants, with a customer rewards program at the core. Quick and easy to set up a rewards program for your business, single or multiple locations, and we guarantee results in writing.

Opportunity: I don't know that I can take on a sub-contractor here, but I would be glad to offer compensation for connections that turn into clients.

I'll bet I'm the only on here, possibly the only Xavier Alum, who is a junk man.
That's what I do, I haul of junk out of houses. Furniture, appliances, attic crap, stinking crap, garage crap, backyard crap. If it's crap, I'll haul it! Lots of what I do is through the real estate market, helping people getting their houses ready to show, or getting the extra cleared out when they are ready to close. Also just get calls from people doing some spring cleaning, whatever.
I see them all, messy college roommates, eviction leftovers, people who seemingly disappeared and left all their stuff behind, also the hoarders, clean out lots of dead peoples stuff.
The other half of our business is unloading all that stuff. My wife has a seasonal antique store up here, also sells on Ebay, and we take items to auction, and I do the occasional yard sale, though I'm getting too old for that.

I'm a communications grad from X, '90. Worked in the newsroom at 55WKRC for 5 years, then another 8 on the assignment desk for the 11 oclock news at channel 12. Got burnt out, put on my work clothes and changed careers.

As little as possible while I slink my way to retirement in 2....3.....4......5....errr.....years.

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Trophy husband.

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I am working towards that.

I currently sell IT equipment to the Federal Government.

xu95

I keep Xavier students and Alumni comfortably numb.

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Originally Posted by XU-PA

I'll bet I'm the only on here, possibly the only Xavier Alum, who is a junk man.

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My uncle is a X alum who owns his own trash removal service (One Man's Trash).

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Originally Posted by THRILLHOUSE

My uncle is a X alum who owns his own trash removal service (One Man's Trash).

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I used to run across his company when I was in CIncinnati, we were both working on the east side alot. Tip of my Xavier cap to your uncle, next time you see him tell him We Haul says hello!

Retired Electrical Engineer.

Wait, so either XU-PA or Thrillhouse's uncle is Lamont Sanford's dad?

http://www.xavierhoops.com/forums/im...ine=1295382907

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Originally Posted by American X

Wait, so either XU-PA or Thrillhouse's uncle is Lamont Sanford's dad?

http://www.xavierhoops.com/forums/im...ine=1295382907

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I wish! He's my hero.
Also the funkiest TV theme song, ever!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5DnqW3F57E

I am in sales, and I work for a global company that manufactures single use plastic products for the foodservice industry. I am in national accounts, and call on customers such as Yum Brands, Circle K, and Frisch's.

I have been in the industry for 10 years, and am very happy working for a privately owned company that treats their people well.

I am a Physical Therapist at a local hospital in Cincinnati.

I am currently a 1-year full time intern serving as a Ticket Services Representative for the Indianapolis Indians AAA baseball team. After this, I hope to break into the NFL, MLB, MiLB, or MLS/Soccer for a career.

I sell stuff on the internet. Right now, I am mostly focused on developing European websites and distribution centers. I am headed to Japan in a few weeks to work on distributing Japanese goods that are having a tough time cracking the US and northern European markets. They have some really cool stuff about 2 to 3 years before we have it. I used to do very complicated technical work, but now, I am looking for the next Swiffer Sweeper or Tamagotchi or something on that level.

BMW's are my game.

If anyone ever has any questions just PM me. :)

I'm a shepherd.

I'm pretty good at drinking beer.

I'm an overpaid, money grubbing, cadillac benefit getting, future-millionaire sucking on the governments Teet, causing every single governmental deficit in America.

Just a Firefighter/EMT/State Fire Inspector for the city of Cincinnati.

What? Me? Bitter? Not really.

I HATE dayton.

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i hate dayton.

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fyp

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I'm in Law School at Loyola University Chicago. I'm also currently clerking at the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.

And since I have no shame here goes the following:

For any attorneys that live in Chicago: I have a great interest in litigation. I'm obtaining my 711 License in May and will (hopefully) litigate some narcotics bench trials at the State's Attorney's Office during the summer. I really would like to remain in the criminal law field but I'm also open to new opportunities wherever available. I also have experience writing briefs (appellate brief writing course) and have researched and written motions and responses to (defense) motions in felony trials.

If any of you are X alums and attorneys here in Chi-town, I'd love to be able to meet and participate in the never-ending circle jerk I've come to know as networking.

I'm also devastatingly handsome. Like really god-damn good looking. So keep that in mind.

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Originally Posted by PM Thor

I'm an overpaid, money grubbing, cadillac benefit getting, future-millionaire sucking on the governments Teet, causing every single governmental deficit in America.

What? Me? Bitter?

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QFT.

NOW you have a reason to neg rep me.

Back in the saddle (thanks to everyone who helped) as a Marketer or Brand Strategist in Indy.

I retired 2 years ago.....early retirement. I used to work in a private medical laboratory, first in Marketing and later in Materials Management. I graduated from X in 1972 (same year as MOR ?) majoring in pre-med. I am a Canadian living in Ontario.

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I'm in Law School at Loyola University Chicago. I'm also currently clerking at the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.

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Do they really play "The Girl From Impanema" in the eleveator?

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Back in the saddle (thanks to everyone who helped) as a Marketer OR Brand Strategist in Indy.

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You don't know which you are?

I direct a non profit food distribution program where people spend $20 and give two hours of volunteer service, they receive 14 items of food that would retail in a store for about $40-45.

I am currently driving it into the ground as part of my master plan of being a complete jerk.

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Originally Posted by smileyy

I'm a software engineer for an online retail company in Seattle. If there are any smart software developers or business/MBA-type folks who want a job in Seattle, let me know. It's extremely rare that we're not hiring.

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Really cool. That's my favorite company in the world and I bet a lot of others too. No doubt about it, the company has made my life better.

I sell labels to the spirits, beer, and wine markets. Without me, you wouldn't know what kind of booze you were drinking. Tequila, rum, and bourbon are my main niches. It also affords me lots of free samples which come in faster than I can drink. Not a bad gig but the travel has been too much the last 16 months or so.

Our company also does labels for just about every industry (food, beverage, personal care, consumer products, etc.)

I try to keep pickled in business one label at a time.

Seriously, when you gonna hook a brother up with some tequila?

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Do they really play "The Girl From Impanema" in the eleveator?

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GREAT reference. Well done.

Probation Officer for a certain______ County Common Pleas Court east of Cincinnati.

I am also underpaid,overworked and I keep a gun near my nightstand because I deal with some crazy a-holes. Yes.... seriously.

The Pac-12 SportsWatch site launched last week. Our Big Ten site goes live next week. If you want to take a look, here's the link: http://www.pac12sportswatch.com/index.html

Scroll down to read our NCAA Tournament Expert Picks. I bet you can figure out which "expert" I am.

PM me if you or someone you know is interested in writing about Big 10 sports.

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I'll bet I'm the only on here, possibly the only Xavier Alum, who is a junk man.
That's what I do, I haul of junk out of houses. Furniture, appliances, attic crap, stinking crap, garage crap, backyard crap. If it's crap, I'll haul it! Lots of what I do is through the real estate market, helping people getting their houses ready to show, or getting the extra cleared out when they are ready to close. Also just get calls from people doing some spring cleaning, whatever.
I see them all, messy college roommates, eviction leftovers, people who seemingly disappeared and left all their stuff behind, also the hoarders, clean out lots of dead peoples stuff.
The other half of our business is unloading all that stuff. My wife has a seasonal antique store up here, also sells on Ebay, and we take items to auction, and I do the occasional yard sale, though I'm getting too old for that.

I'm a communications grad from X, '90. Worked in the newsroom at 55WKRC for 5 years, then another 8 on the assignment desk for the 11 oclock news at channel 12. Got burnt out, put on my work clothes and changed careers.

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This seems like a really interesting career. I bet you have some great stories that have come from searching through all the junk people keep at their house.

I have undergraduate degrees from NKU in journalism and history, however, I recently left the newspaper business to work in the emergency communications field as a dispatcher/call taker. The center I work at is the third busiest in the tri-state area and we dispatch for 10 fire departments, one sheriff's department, and one police department. I hope to work my way up the chain and advance in this field, however, who knows what time will bring. I jumped into this industry not knowing much about it and the past three years have been extremely interesting.

I have considered going back to schools to get a master's degree in nursing or a bachelor's degree in nursing, but owning a home, paying bills, etc has made that dream sit on hold for a bit.

I also do freelance work for The Community Recorder/Community Press newspapers on the side.

And since 2005 I have organized a local charity music festival that has raised $32,000 for local Cincinnati charities. If anyone has questions or needs advice in any of these fields just shoot me a PM.

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Originally Posted by Michigan Muskie

The Pac-12 SportsWatch site launched last week. Our Big Ten site goes live next week. If you want to take a look, here's the link: http://www.pac12sportswatch.com/index.html

Scroll down to read our NCAA Tournament Expert Picks. I bet you can figure out which "expert" I am.

PM me if you or someone you know is interested in writing about Big 10 sports.

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You're Bernie Mac?