Hey listen up guys I was wondering what jobs are good for a college graduate (degree in history) no loans or debts or anything like that. might go to law school down the road though but I think I can get faster still. I want to be able to continue to train at a high level and I would have minimal financial support so I would most definetly need to get at least a part time job. Other than selling shoes for like 8 dollars an hour anyone know of any slightly better paying jobs preferably 15 plus dollars per hour.
It really couldn't be anything too demanding but at the same time support what is a pretty considerable diet plus pay for living expensives (some would be covered) so if I could make 25k a year working 25 hours a week that would be amazing).
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The best jobs for runners are jobs not having to do with running.
I apologize for being dead serious. Your priorities should be different. -
Professional runner.
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If you are serious about going into law, work in a law firm for a least a few months. Learn what the practice of law actually is, not just want you see on tv. It also gives you a leg up going into law school.
File room clerk or law library worker are good jobs that can sometimes be part time. Low stress, lots of exposure to attorneys, and good play. -
Just tryin to run wrote:
Hey listen up guys I was wondering what jobs are good for a college graduate (degree in history) no loans or debts or anything like that. might go to law school down the road though but I think I can get faster still. I want to be able to continue to train at a high level and I would have minimal financial support so I would most definetly need to get at least a part time job. Other than selling shoes for like 8 dollars an hour anyone know of any slightly better paying jobs preferably 15 plus dollars per hour.
It really couldn't be anything too demanding but at the same time support what is a pretty considerable diet plus pay for living expensives (some would be covered) so if I could make 25k a year working 25 hours a week that would be amazing).
Uber. 100% serious -
Any low-stress 9-5 day job. Put in your 40 hours a week, stay of your feet and advance your career outside of running. A few decades ago all of the "professional" runners had day jobs. Train in the mornings, on your lunch break and/or after work. Hell, in this day, you can probably find a job that'll let you work from home a few days a week or entirely remotely. Makes training easy.
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Lhkjgbcdju wrote:
Any low-stress 9-5 day job.
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Run in the morning and run after work. Try and find a club to run with for at least 2 afternoons every week. You need friends and friendly competition to succeed. -
25K working 25 hours a week? Good luck dude. That's basically 20 dollars an hour and most jobs that pay that are going to require you to work more than 25 hours a week or have been with the company for a long time. It's certainly not the kind of starting pay you get for most part-time jobs unless you have a certain skill set which as a history major you probably do not. (I'm thinking a freelance programer or a part-time nurse as examples that could work part-time and get 20+.)
Just tryin to run wrote:
Hey listen up guys I was wondering what jobs are good for a college graduate (degree in history) no loans or debts or anything like that. might go to law school down the road though but I think I can get faster still. I want to be able to continue to train at a high level and I would have minimal financial support so I would most definetly need to get at least a part time job. Other than selling shoes for like 8 dollars an hour anyone know of any slightly better paying jobs preferably 15 plus dollars per hour.
It really couldn't be anything too demanding but at the same time support what is a pretty considerable diet plus pay for living expensives (some would be covered) so if I could make 25k a year working 25 hours a week that would be amazing).
However, I do have a couple suggestions. First, Uber driver. With that job you make your own hours and if you work at the right times and live in the right area you can make a decent amount. A guy told me he made 20 dollars an hour when he did the midnight to 6AM shift on the weekends. Lifeguard is another good job for runners. Stay off your feet and you make decent pay. Not 20 dollars unless you are the manager or something at a big place, but you can easily make 10-12 bucks an hour so beats minimum wage.
I definitely respect what you're trying to do trying to continue to train after college and I've done the same myself. But your best bet is to try to survive on less money. Get roommates and keep expenses to a minimum. -
any 9-5 job that doesn't require sitting all day. Most work is hard but will get your mind off of running and give you something else to grow in.... I used to think I wanted to just live cheap and train. I'm so glad I started my career 6 years ago and didn't piss my time away. Now, thankfully, I have a ton for my resume rather than some side jobs to make ends meet.
find a local club too... depending on the city or area, there are a lot of them to run with. Even if you are the best person, it's helpful to have some people to get you through those early morning, and/or late evening runs when you don't want to do em. Workouts you can do alone, but it's the easy numbing miles that get me.
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That's making $20.00 an hour. Good luck.
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I ran a lot when I was in the army!
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You've got a couple options here.
1. Substitute teaching: in this you will make 55 to 160$ a day (pay is based on percentage of the school day you work usually) depending on where you live. Seatlle area gets up to around 160 a day, bumfuc k North Carolina could be as low as 55.
2. National Park Service or State Parks. Get a job as an interpreter, history degrees are great for this. Most state parks pay min or not above min in this entry level position, but its usually low stress and if you do some research, you can find a place that will give you housing. You could swing this into a career and move up to a higher level parks position if you decide you can handle that while running or if you think you've achieved all you will or what not. -
1. Move to an ideal training location anywhere in USA - wherever you want to live and train - your choice (eg Colorado Springs or boulder Colorado, flagstaff, bend Oregon, etc)
2. Live with roommates for cheap. Contact robertHalf/Accountemps or any temp staffing agency in the area - and work with a recruiter there at wherever location you move to in USA (I started this and within couple of weeks they placed me in a position for $13/hr - pretty bad pay but super easy work, resume builder for 2 weeks in new area of USA )
3. After 2 weeks, landed a joke summer internship with a multinational company for $22/hour. They couldn't hire me full time there but they gave great references and got me to:
4. a full time job in Denver after my internship ended. (Roughly 50k/yr). Wasn't bad. They had a gym for us to train. Was able to train up to 90mpw during this time. Traveled to make my marathon debut. Worked that for a year and a half and then
5. Landed a full time job for more in Boulder, Co.
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Apple retail, you're on your feet but the pay is good and hours are pretty flexible so you may continue with the grind.
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Just tryin to run wrote:
It really couldn't be anything too demanding but at the same time support what is a pretty considerable diet plus pay for living expensives (some would be covered) so if I could make 25k a year working 25 hours a week that would be amazing).
That would be amazing. Not many "casual" jobs pay that well. In the amateur era, teaching was often the job of choice for runners wanting to continue after college. You have regular hours, weekends free to race or do long runs, and you're out of work before the sun goes down. If you don't want the added demands of lesson planning, grading, parent conferences, lesson prep, and so on, look at substitute teaching. You mention getting $15 an hour. That's about what the going pay works out to these days though that varies by location. -
As a school bus driver you could make more that $25,000 a year on less than 30 hours a week. Because of the ACA they won't even let you work more than that. If you want to be off your feet the job fits that bill too (you don't even have to get out of your seat). You could be done by 9:00 in the morning and 4:00 in the afternoon, just in time for training sessions.
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Sell drugs. No, legally.
Pharm rep. Look pretty and take people out to lunch. Pay is great. -
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kimani wrote:
Garbage truck driver
History major? Learn to say: would you like Fry's with DAT ?
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Get a real job, and decide if you want to go to law school although it sound like your folks feel that way, but not you. They all want us to be lawyer's, doc's etc. Even some of the richest trust fund kids you know will wind up running a bare bones website that does amazingly well ;)
There was the wonderful time before you were born when some of the greatest racers in our history worked 40 hour weeks, ate like crap, drove all night to races, slept on floors and still ran faster than many of our best today. They put in 100+ mile weeks but doing doubles before the sun came up as it was going down....
Get out, get a job, start moving your salary up the ladder by changing companies every couple years and train 6-7 days/week. How many hours do you really need to train each week 20-25? Get a job close to where you live so you don't spend too much time commuting, bring a bag lunch to keep your $ in check and get it done.
Think of all the stupid sh*t you did in college in addition to your running and how much time it took and you still got it all in.....don't stress it...the real world isn't that bad and you'll meet more women at work, happy hours etc..
