If Your Business Picked Up Or You Are Doing Well In This Economy, What is Your Job? TY

[Blackhatjack]

I keep reading posts from people talking about how their business has picked up and/or how they are doing much better in this economy. However, the pertinent information which is missing is what kind of jobs do they hold?

Please share with the rest of us how you are employed? And if you are self employed, in what kind of business are you engaged?

A sincere thanks to those who respond to this post, because I will pass it on to friends who are struggling to find jobs here.

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[Naturalist111]

1. Yep business is doing quite well thank you.

I am in the Beer business.

[Blackhatjack]

4. Are you an owner(ie microbrewer) or distributor, etc??? Thanks n/t

[Naturalist111]

6. Package it. Taste tester part time.

[Xipe Totec]

2. Da Web

50% growth, year over year, for two years running, and this year looks to match or top that.

Personally, I haven't seen a raise in that long, but the pay is good and I'm smelling IPO in another year.

[Blackhatjack]

5. Are you an employee or shareholder? Computer analyst, programmer, etc?? Thanks n/t

[Xipe Totec]

14. Yes, sort-of,yes, yes

I hold stock options, so technically, I'm not a share holder...

Yet...

:P

[TransitJohn]

3. Wellsite geological services

specifically, fluid analysis and reservoir characterization performed real time while drilling.

[Blackhatjack]

7. Did you obtain this position after college and advanced training?

How open is the profession to those seeking a job now who do not have time to go back to college and get their degree? Thanks.

[TransitJohn]

8. Well the oil patch is about the last of the cowboy industries.

You can work your way in to positions. I have a geology degree, myself. Rig Zone jobs is one of the main spots to look around on the web. Look under the 'specialty services' category. Good luck, and if you have questions, just ask! :hi:

[Blackhatjack]

9. Thank you! I have neighbors who just moved to Texas. I'll pass it on. n/t

[fishbulb703]

10. I work retail at a gas station in a college town (Gainesville). Business is good(?)

[riderinthestorm]

11. Professional horse trainer and organic farmer. Biz as usual - we saw no drop-off

And no growth. But ours is a specialty area. Most people will do anything before they give up their "pets" and we are highly specialized in our niche (dressage and combined training). My husband (as the trainer) is the "draw", I'm the manager. We don't have a lot of room for growth - he's limited in how many horses he can market/train at any time (riding 10 horses/day is hard work!). We're very, very lucky in that our particular barn is thriving but as far as "new hires", no way. We're operating at max capacity, and have a full staff already. Until my husband can clone himself, we're at our limit.

I also grow, market and sell organic veggies on 5 acres. My sister's a caterer so we sell to her primarily and then we sell anything extra at our road stand, or at the local green market.

We are a C corp. 12 part time employees - grooms, facility maintenance, chores, veggie operations, and stall cleaning (my right hand man, who more than earns his way. Takes him 6 hours/day to clean 40 stalls to perfection.) My husband and I are the only full timers in our small operation.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

12. I was unemployed for nearly a year...

...but have now landed a job with more pay and responsibility that I've had before. I'm in engineering in the consumer electronics industry. Smartphones, to be exact (and no, I don't work for Apple.) However, I think this little niche is something of an exception to the rule. It's experiencing massive growth that really outpaces anything else happening in CE right now.

If you're interested in talking to someone about starting a career, I really think phones (especially the higher end mobile phones) and wireless telecom is the way to go. Most of the big carriers (AT&T, Verizon, etc) are well into long-term projects to roll out new network technology, and there's a lot of demand to get it working quickly and efficiently. I'd suggest that anyone with an engineering or project management background look at the big wireless telcos as a starting point. They're really gung-ho right now.

[Truth2Tell]

13. My business is in mobile content, apps

for mobile devices. Growing still, but consumer credit crunch has slowed it way down.

[Born_A_Truman]

15. Business is doing great ...

Started in July 2000 then the economy took a dive; had some rough years as a start-up (4 of us are partners) no salary for the first year. Managed to hang on and we'll be celebrating 10 years July 4th. We call it our Independence Day because we all left the same huge firm to do our own thing ... which is broadcast traffic.

We have just added a second part-time employee (a former client who was layed off after 30 years with an entertainment giant) and we're adding another division: talent payments.

Our clients include Priceline.com, UbiSoft Video Games, Red Bull, General Auto, Full Tilt Poker, Disney, and PODs to name a few.

My experience started at local television and radio, then ad agency/media buying firms.

It's extremely detail oriented and technical (HD specs, etc). I love it and the best part is I work from home. No commute!

[Stinky The Clown]

16. Business is picking up

I collect garbage



That was a joke.

Nyuk, nyuk

[TlalocW]

17. Possssssibly...

I basically have two businesses - I'm a contractor (database-driven website programmer) and an entertainer (magic and balloon twisting). Both have been been pretty dead up until this month when I started getting more work and got a call that a company I contracted for last year that let me go right before the budget had to be done for the shareholders is interested in having me come back on for some more projects. Next weekend, I have 2 days full of gigs that will essentially pay for the taxes I owe to the state and couldn't afford to pay.

TlalocW

[Cresent City Kid]

18. My work has picked up

I do pre-press for a printer, but printers are a dying breed. I work for a wholesaler who originally did specialty printing for other print shops. Now we do everything at rock bottom prices while small shops are going out of business. I hate to say it, but it's a lot like Wal Mart. The success I'm having is hardly industry wide.