Management Vs. Receptionist
Working full time and going to college full time can be a very challenging thing to do.
Students are often tired from a lack of sleep due to studying late, and exhausted from
pressures at work. It is virtually impossible for an individual to go to school and not have a
job of some kind. The reality is that most students require the income. I have been going to
college for two years, and I have worked full time since day one. I currently work as a
receptionist at an advertising firm, prior to that I managed a pay day loan store for three
years. Both of these jobs have provided challenges and learning experiences, some similar,
and some very different.
I managed a pay day lending store for three years. I started off as an assistant manager for
the first 6 months and then I was promoted when the original store manager put in his two
weeks notice. As a store manager I acquired many more responsibilities. Payday lending
had only originally required me to master a few main processes, including, qualifying the
customer for a loan, processing the loan, and then disbursing the loan. Then I became
responsible for running the whole store. Many more things besides those basic processes
that go on behind the scenes had then become my responsibility. First and foremost, I was
now responsible for supervising my assistant manager. I had to keep track of her daily
activities and make sure she was trained to operate the store properly when I was away at
