1. What exactly do you do?
- What field is your job in?
Internet Sales, Business, Retail, - What is your job title?
Business Co Owner/General Employee - Please provide a brief description of the firm or organization that you currently work for (size and general description of what type of organization it is)
ran by myself and my mom threw online companies such as ebay etsy etc
- How long have you been employed in this position?
3 months - How many hours do you work a week on average?
40+ - Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
40+ - Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
list items
process payments
ship items
find items value
find buyers
sales
general retail
online duties
- What was your gross income last year? Please include any bonuses or incentives received.
40000 - What is your expected gross income for this year? Please include any bonuses or incentives you expect to receive.
39000 - Please list any benefits you have (Please include number of weeks vacation, sick leave and type of health insurance, retirement plan 401k)
1 week vacation - Do you feel you are under/well/over compensated at your current position?
well
2. Work environment!
- Does your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this something you like/dislike about your job? Explain
sometimes no communication except computer
- Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
Yes - Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
Yes - Describe your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what you like/dislike about working in it
home office work area
- Please rank in order of importance from 1-8 (1- most important 8- least important) Assign each number once.
- 1 Income
- 2 Work Environment - co-workers
- 8 Work Environment - supervisors
- 7 Benefits
- 3 Hours
- 4 Level of responsibility
- 5 The actual "work" you do at your job
- 6 Job Title
3. How should someone new to the workforce get a J-O-B like yours?
- If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
start online companies and begin selling items of value you have aquired threw yard sales trade estate sales or storage auctions
- What skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a position like yours? Please be specific and explain why (e.g., social skills, organization skills, technical skills)
organized online abilities computer skills research product skill and techneque developed over time good attitude and patience
- Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
yes - What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
work hard and after effort and time you will see a huge reward
4. How did you get your J-O-B
- How did you find your current job? (e.g. newspaper, internet, referral, etc.)
mom started business - What was the application process for your job? (e.g. submitted resume, paper application, electronic application, all, etc.)
family business - Did you have to interview for your current job? If yes, what did the interview process entail? (e.g., number of interviews, who you interviewed with, group interview, individual interview, etc.)
sort of - If you can remember, what questions were you asked at your interview?
geneeral - Is this the job / field you planned to work in?
No - If your job is in a different field from your original plan how did you get here? Explain (Plan can be from high school/college/post college/personal plan)
finshing college career for child therapy and got hired bc of associates degree
5. Background: Are you qualified?
- Was there training for your current position? If yes, what did it entail?
general business classes - Do you feel your employer properly prepared you for your job? Explain
yes listing tasks walking through job duties etc - Do you feel your educational background prepared you for your job? Explain
yes studing business helps you well round an online career - If applicable, do you feel your internship experience helped you prepare you for your job?
6. The Future and Beyond (FINAL SECTION)
- If someone were to observe you at work, what would he or she say is "fun" about your job?
items that you find that are worth more then you think or odd items you stumble across - What is (are) the most fulfilling aspect(s) and least fulfilling aspect(s) of your current employment? (e.g. fiscal, spiritual, type of work, hours, commute, compensation, etc.)
selling a item for more then expected - Is your current employment part of your career plan? Why or why not?
after college i will begin a career in child therapy/ social work i have been continueing my education for this for 3 years after getting bored with business office work - What are your current career goals? (Can be broad or specific)
become a social worker or child therapisy - Is there anything else you would like to share about your career?
n/a
7. A Day in the Life Of...
- 7 am - 8 am
start online business records update begin updating records of products sold that need shipping payments recieved/cleared general filing this continues into mid morning make lists of products that need listed or price changes as well as lists of general customer emails invoices or contact - 8 am - 9 am
some variation on how this works is threw emailing customers also in some cases phone calls or meetings are arranged to sell bigger products or products to local customers - 9 am - 10 am
finish updates begin product listing for new products using the list from earlier you create your listing on various sites that we sell on - 10 am - 11 am
continues thrugh morning and then generally stop for lunch some other things that i may do while listing products is do research on a product for how much it is worth how much it can sell for or how rare it is - 11 am - 12 am
stop for lunch around noon and around one begin the second part of my day - 12 am - 1 pm
- 1 pm - 2 pm
if i get a payment i get the item ready to ship and place it in the shipping bin mark the item off my list and repeat until i have all the products that were sold and paid for ready to ship - 2 pm - 3 pm
i normally will go to the post office and run other general errands go to the bank by any place that may have a sale i'm interested in such as storage shed sales yard sales estate sales pawn shops etc - 3 pm - 4 pm
continues thrugh morning and then generally stop for lunch some other things that i may do while listing products is do research on a product for how much it is worth how much it can sell for or how rare it is - 4 pm - 5 pm
finish day and any last minute things printing or filing then i wrap things up and come back and do it the next day on occasion i may attend sales after five or on weekends or throughout my work day - 5 pm - 6 pm
research on products is done in the evening or after i finish the days last days filing if you get something and don't know what it is worth exactly or how valuable it is you have to find trademarks, years, certificates of authenticity, apprasied etc. - 6 pm - 7 pm
sometimes i do this later at night or in free spare time finding old things or cool products and selling them runs in the family so i guess we never really quit working - 7 pm - 8 pm
- 8 pm - 9 pm
- 9 pm - 10 pm
- 10 pm - 11 pm
- 11 pm - 12 pm