What I do.
If ya didn't already know... I work at the Hoover Sales and Service center here in Milwaukee (actually a suburb--West Allis). It will be 4 years in August! Time flies. Normally I work about 25 hours per week (during the school year)... same for the summer. My job entails shipping and receiving parts orders, filling dealer orders, selling cleaners, doing minor repairs (belts, etc), answering the phone, dealing with crabby customers--you know, running the store...
But, due to a recent resignation from a service technician who had been at our store for 10+ years, I will now be doing repairs on top of my normal duties. That will require learning how to do a lot of things that I've never had to do before, but will add a new dimension to the job. I'll also be working 40 hours a week through the remainder of the summer. So, I'm looking forward to it.
I'm in the same boat as Seamus as far as re-circulating my money back into the company. I love the discount on parts and products, and probably spend way more than I should on such things. I also have a bad habit of nabbing things from the dumpster... things I don't need. I have TOO MUCH stuff!
I'm also a student at Cardinal Stritch University, about 5 minutes from home. My major is Integrated Marketing Communications... Basically I've had courses in Public Relations, Marketing, Advertising, Accounting, and Desktop Publishing... so I have a broad range of skills that will *hopefully* look good to a potential employer and allow me to not do just one thing. If that makes sense. I've been in school for 4 years, and will graduate after this upcoming semester in December. It's up in the air what I'll do when I graduate. I should probably start scanning my options.
~Fred