What your job title is, and what that means I'm a typesetter. This means that I use a computer to prepare text and other things to be be printed.
A description of a typical day I get to work at 11:00 pm (I work third shift), clock in, check for work from my supervisor. Then I check out materials to work on from the computer system, do my tasks for them and turn them into proofreading. The proofreaders correct any mistakes and give them back. I fix the mistakes. When all the parts of a job are done, I, or one of my co-workers, pulls all the pieces together and prepares the job to send to the client for final approval.
What you need in the way of training/education/experience to do this job Some basic computer and typing skills are handy. Apart from that, however, not a lot. One of my co-workers used to be short-order cook before taking this job. I administered a large company's web sites before taking this job.
Why you like it and (if you dare) It has very well-defined goals. Jobs have due times, so you know which things are more important than others (they are due earlier). You want to prepare your files with no errors, so having fewer errors come back from proofreading feels good.
Why you dislike it It doesn't require me to think or to interact with other people. Also working third shift isn't the greatest, though it does pay more.
What sorts of things can go wrong at your job? We can get incorrect instructions from customer service. We can get corrupted data from the client. We can get data that's very difficult to work with. It can take us more time to do things than we might think, causing things to go late. We can miss mistakes, causing wrong work to go to the client or be filed with the government.
What kind of person thrives in your job One that works well on their own but also takes direction well. Someone that doesn't need to have a lot of interaction with others to be productive.
Anything else you can think of that would give her an idea of what it might be like to choose your career? The only thing I can think of that would be useful would be the general advice to think a lot about what you like to do and to find a career that lets you do that as often as possible. Many times people feel "stuck" in a job because it doesn't bring them any joy. Find your joy and the job will work itself out.
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Date: 2003-04-24 04:26 am (UTC)I'm a typesetter. This means that I use a computer to prepare text and other things to be be printed.
A description of a typical day
I get to work at 11:00 pm (I work third shift), clock in, check for work from my supervisor. Then I check out materials to work on from the computer system, do my tasks for them and turn them into proofreading. The proofreaders correct any mistakes and give them back. I fix the mistakes. When all the parts of a job are done, I, or one of my co-workers, pulls all the pieces together and prepares the job to send to the client for final approval.
What you need in the way of training/education/experience to do this job
Some basic computer and typing skills are handy. Apart from that, however, not a lot. One of my co-workers used to be short-order cook before taking this job. I administered a large company's web sites before taking this job.
Why you like it and (if you dare)
It has very well-defined goals. Jobs have due times, so you know which things are more important than others (they are due earlier). You want to prepare your files with no errors, so having fewer errors come back from proofreading feels good.
Why you dislike it
It doesn't require me to think or to interact with other people. Also working third shift isn't the greatest, though it does pay more.
What sorts of things can go wrong at your job?
We can get incorrect instructions from customer service. We can get corrupted data from the client. We can get data that's very difficult to work with. It can take us more time to do things than we might think, causing things to go late. We can miss mistakes, causing wrong work to go to the client or be filed with the government.
What kind of person thrives in your job
One that works well on their own but also takes direction well. Someone that doesn't need to have a lot of interaction with others to be productive.
Anything else you can think of that would give her an idea of what it might be like to choose your career?
The only thing I can think of that would be useful would be the general advice to think a lot about what you like to do and to find a career that lets you do that as often as possible. Many times people feel "stuck" in a job because it doesn't bring them any joy. Find your joy and the job will work itself out.