Independent Contractors

Interview with a Credit Card Processing Salesman

What do you do for a living? I work for a company called Heartland Payment Systems and do credit card processing, payroll, sales, gift card sales. They have a couple of different items that they sell but credit cards and payrolls are sort of the bread and butter. How would you describe what you do? [...]

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Interview with a Sign Language Interpreter

What do you do for a living? I am the state judicial sign language interpreter interpreting in state and local courts. How would you describe what you do? I am an officer of the court and there to serve at the pleasure of the court to ensure that communication services are provided between the court [...]

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Interview with a Pharmaceutical Sales Rep

What do you do for a living? I sell medical devices and drugs to hospitals in this area. How would you describe what you do to someone? I pick a product and find a need in the hospital to fill. Then I go through the process of educating physicians, pharmacy, operating room personnel, case management [...]

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Interview with a Psychologist

Eleanor Feldman Barbera, PhD of www.mybetternursinghome.com was nice enough to visit with us about her profession as a professional psychologist. What do you do for a living? I am a psychologist and I specialize in geriatric psychology which is working with older adults. I work mainly in nursing homes. How would you describe what you [...]

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Interview with a Raymond James Financial Advisor

What do you do for a living? I invest money for people. How would you describe what you do? I create either a nest egg for retirement, or an income for them to live off of based on the investable assets that they have. And then I also give them advice in areas that I [...]

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Interview with a court reporter

What do you do for a living? I’m a court reporter. How would you describe what you do? We go to attorneys’ offices and we write verbatim what’s being said in depositions or in hearings and go to court sometimes as well. If you ever see the person on TV sitting there with the machine [...]

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Interview with a Bail Bondsman

What do you do for a living? I’m a bondsman, bail bond agent, to be correct. How would you describe what you do? I bond people out and I put them back in jail. What does your work entail? I deal with criminals on a daily basis. I deal with their families. I deal with [...]

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An interview with an Insurance Agent/Agency Owner

What do you do for a living? I own an insurance agency. How would you describe what you do? I sell personal insurance mainly; auto, home, and life insurance. It’s eighty percent sales, twenty percent management. What does your work entail? It’s pretty much sales. You have to get prospects then figure out if they’re [...]

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Interview with a Pfizer Pharmaceutical Rep

What do you do for a living? I’m a Pharmaceutical Sales Rep for Pfizer. How would you describe what you do? I would describe it as a sales person calling on doctors and my job is to get doctors to use the drugs that I’m selling. And I have four products, so I have to [...]

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An interview with a Commercial Painter

What do you do for a living? I’m a commerical painter. What does your work entail? I started out doing everything, doing all the painting, getting the estimates, getting the estimate turned in, getting all the paint, have it delivered to the job site, then actually do the work, finish and make sure the client [...]

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