What's next after journalism

[newspaperman]

Well, my mind is made up. Me and journalism are done. Now my question is what's next? Any ideas of any industries who value former sports journalists - besides sports media relations?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

crack sales.

 

[lone star scribe]

When I left the business the first time, a civic club acquaintance offered me a job in his insurance agency. Except that I was relocating, I considered it seriously.

 

[Stitch]

When I left the business the first time, a civic club acquaintance offered me a job in his insurance agency. Except that I was relocating, I considered it seriously.

I'd rather stay in journalism than sell insurance.

 

[Lollygaggers]

Took me almost two years, but I just landed a job in marketing at a university. Has nothing to do with sports. I was turned down for a technical writing job, a social media specialist job and a tourism marketing job in the past two years, but I don't know that my background only being in journalism was a factor in not getting those positions. In the job I'm starting next week, they really liked my journalism experience as well as my social media experience, editing experience, web experience and design experience. So there are jobs out there that will take sports writers, but I think you have to have as broad a skill set as possible other than just being a good reporter/writer.

 

[newspaperman]

Crack sales - where do I apply? I've thought about teaching English, but my patience has depleted due to my time in journalism. I don't know what's next, but it sure isn't working 6 days, 55 hours a week for $25k. It's a new day.

 

[LongTimeListener]

When I left the business the first time, a civic club acquaintance offered me a job in his insurance agency. Except that I was relocating, I considered it seriously.

I'd rather stay in journalism than sell insurance.

Which is an indication of why a great journalist makes $50,000 and a below-average insurance salesman makes $100,000.

 

[Stitch]

When I left the business the first time, a civic club acquaintance offered me a job in his insurance agency. Except that I was relocating, I considered it seriously.

I'd rather stay in journalism than sell insurance.

Which is an indication of why a great journalist makes $50,000 and a below-average insurance salesman makes $100,000.

The people I know in insurance aren't pulling down $100K. One woman left her job in classified sales at my previous paper and doesn't seem to be doing much better.

 

[LongTimeListener]

When I left the business the first time, a civic club acquaintance offered me a job in his insurance agency. Except that I was relocating, I considered it seriously.

I'd rather stay in journalism than sell insurance.

Which is an indication of why a great journalist makes $50,000 and a below-average insurance salesman makes $100,000.

The people I know in insurance aren't pulling down $100K. One woman left her job in classified sales at my previous paper and doesn't seem to be doing much better.

And I used small-market-adjusted numbers, rounded, to make my point. Nobody likes selling insurance, just as on the Technical Writing thread we are all saying nobody enjoys tech writing all that much. But the life choices it gives you are more than enough to make up for lower workplace satisfaction.

 

[Double J]

Generally speaking, you can also work reasonable hours and leave your work at the office where it belongs.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Generally speaking, you can also work reasonable hours and leave your work at the office where it belongs.

That's the best part of it. I don't think about my job after I leave and that's a huge thing. Also, never having to work holidays and almost never having to work weekends is pretty cool too.

 

[mustangj17]

When I left the business the first time, a civic club acquaintance offered me a job in his insurance agency. Except that I was relocating, I considered it seriously.

I'd rather stay in journalism than sell insurance.

Which is an indication of why a great journalist makes $50,000 and a below-average insurance salesman makes $100,000.

I work for our insurance agency and only our superstar agents make $100,000 or more per year. However, our new hires are all making over $30k so it's not a raw deal. Also, no weekends or holidays.

 

[mustangj17]

When I left the business the first time, a civic club acquaintance offered me a job in his insurance agency. Except that I was relocating, I considered it seriously.

I'd rather stay in journalism than sell insurance.

Which is an indication of why a great journalist makes $50,000 and a below-average insurance salesman makes $100,000.

The people I know in insurance aren't pulling down $100K. One woman left her job in classified sales at my previous paper and doesn't seem to be doing much better.

And I used small-market-adjusted numbers, rounded, to make my point. Nobody likes selling insurance, just as on the Technical Writing thread we are all saying nobody enjoys tech writing all that much. But the life choices it gives you are more than enough to make up for lower workplace satisfaction.

I also work with a bunch of people who love their jobs (who happen to sell insurance) quit generalizing. Not all insurance salesman are out there trying to sell you life insurance. We actually sell policies for cool ****. Like Peopleofwalmart.com and the Hollywood Sign.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I know lots of people who answer phones and sell insurance and they can make $50K a year easily. There's a huge difference between those jobs and the ones where they only pay you commission. Those are the places that call you the second your resume hits CareerBuilder. I went on one of those cattle calls.

Me: What's the base salary?
Them: We would never limit you by paying you a base salary.
Me: Do you offer benefits?
Them: You can buy health benefits through us at $400 a month.

Me: You can all **** off and die.

 

[leo1]

i went to law school. now i'm entering my fourth year of practicing law and life is pretty good. i definitely miss the rush of covering a game on deadline and having a job that was kind of cool to talk about but i view it as just another chapter of my life. hey, i'm 37 and if i think about it, i miss my college years, but life marches on.

 

[RickStain]

Coffee machine repairman?

 

[LongTimeListener]

Coffee machine repairman?

Boom goes the dynamite.

 

[Rumpleforeskin]

Coffee machine repairman?

Boom goes the dynamite.

I felt the shock wave all the way down here.

 

[MightyMouse]

Motivational speaker.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Coffee machine repairman?

Sounds like he's laughing all the way to the bank and he's his own boss.

Why some seem intent on mocking the guy is beyond me.