Question by nigel: College graduate needs to know how to find a fitting job?
I graduated a year ago with a degree in biology (b.s.). I have been trying to find a job ever since. I live in cleveland, oh and the problem I keep running into is that every job is a sales job. I AM NOT A SALESPERSON!!! I am very smart and a job that does not utilize this will be short lived. I need something that allows me to make decisions and does not involve selling. Going back to school is not an option as I need money and WILL NOT move home to live with my parents. So unless it is something that allows me to go to school part time while working full time, it is not an option. I am very open minded, all I really need is decent pay, bennefits, and the ability to think for myself so I dont get bored and quit.
I am currently working part time in retail, with little room for advancement as the only real position to move into is store management which is a very competitive sales position. My sales numbers are not good at all.

I also work part time teaching at risk 6th graders, but i am not a licensed teacher. I do enjoy the job, but the long hours of a teacher and low pay are most likely not for me.
biology is just a degree, a job with biology is not important or really even anything worth considering. Sales jobs are the only real jobs I find available.

Best answer:

Answer by A. Qurius Muse
You don’t need a job, you need an income. A job is a TYPE of income, but is not the only SOURCE of income.

When you think that you can only get an income through a job, you limit yourself to searching for jobs, while blinding yourself to the true nature of income.

Ask yourself:

What can I do that people would be willing to pay me $____ to do?

Fill in the blank with a whole number denomination between and 0, and try to think of something that people would actually pay you that dollar value to do.

When you add it up, you will realize that you can make more money per hour as an Entrepreneur, than what you would be paid per hour as an employee working for minimum wage.

The key is to be paid per transaction instead of per hour.

Imagine you found a summer job that paid you an hour. Working 8 hours, your gross income (before taxes) would be only dollars.

Now, asking the question:

What can I do that people would be willing to pay me to do?

You would make in a single transaction for doing something that may take you only 15 minutes. If you have three clients and can service them all in one hour, your gross income would be per hour.

If you had enough clients to fill an 8 hour day (3 clients @ an hour), that would be 24 clients each paying you for a total gross of 0 for an 8 hour day (compared to dollars @ an hour).

That is 10 times the revenue you would make above minimum wage for the same amount of time.

Actually, you would make 0 for 6 hours of labor if you were paid for every 15 minutes.

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