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A full time Veterinary Technician at a small home town clinic. Everything from restraint, anesthesia, laundry, reception and managerial tasks. I love it!
Also I have become a hobbyist dog trainer specializing in the 'naughty' ones that no one wants or can handle. Really just reactive dogs that have no jobs! Ran a dog rescue for 4 years but got burnt out. Lots are legitimate but most were people that just never took a dog as a life time commitment (dogs life) just a convenient splurge, only to realize they take work just like little people. In most cases, its not even the dog's fault! Ironic I rescued Pit Bulls, but most of my clients had every breed but! Funny how prejudice works! I now train dogs at a facility and take clients for Behavior Modification classes, and Behavior Analysis Programs. So I wind up getting a few clients from the Vets office, and the rest from the training facility. I focus my clients on getting their dogs busy, and keeping them out of trouble. Scent games, article detection, service dog tasks, weight pull, and any sport the dog has a nack for! If they aren't willing to be committed financially, liability wise or time wise, I turn them away. I won't set a dog up to fail, and I won't tell lies to get a client. Theres no magic wand to 'fix' biting dogs, or peeing dogs, or cat/chicken killing dogs. Its time, patience and lots of desensitizing. In the long run, most clients would rather 'manage' a bad dog, than retrain it! If I can have three grump, female rescued 'pit bull type dogs' that will get along, and still have all my chickens, anyone can!!!

Sigh, can you tell I had one of those clients today!?
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I seem to enjoy 'caring' and 'training' things so if it isn't dogs, or my giant veggie garden, now its chickens! I'm learning more everyday and may even get into a breeding plan....fell in love with my Blue Cochins! Maybe even have a self sufficient farm someday. We don't have kids yet so anything to keep me busy!
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Around here we have a surplus of factory workers and not enough jobs. Several large employers have gone overseas in the last 5 years or so and WOW what a drop in the pay for factory work. Here most employers are just above the minimum for skilled work. The job I have now is an exception. I like it very much (being able to pay the mortgage AND the car payment).
 
Team Leader/Crew Leader at a Tier 1 Automotive electronics supplier.. newly promoted.. largest chunk of production floor with the most people. Wish me luck..
 
I'm a full time student going for Visual Communications and Design, with hopes of going to graduate school for Marketing or Publishing.

Currently, I am a Nanny 3 days a week to a 10 month old girl
I have worked at a dog kennel, a Lutheran Retirement Village, and a local supermarket

Through the school year, I work for my mom who owns her own company. She does legal research (easiest way to describe it). Basically, lawyers farm out their work to her.
 
Title is Model Office Analyst, but I pretty much work in a big insurance/annuity company in the Systems and Programming group. The programmers make new systems or fixes to the existing systems based on the business needs, and I get to test the changes and try to break it
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When I do break it, I have to give detailed feedback to the programmers so they are able to make the necessary changes quickly, so I can retest it.

It doesn't require much technical or IT knowledge, but a lot of testing ability and written communication skills to ensure the requirements are clear and concise.

It's fun, because all I do all day is try to break things. It pays well too. I love my job.
 

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