I am a 58 year old married male, living in a small rural town in southern Nevada. I work at the local hospital as an admissions representative in the Emergency Room. My work is very interesting, and it is not the first time I have worked in a hospital environment. Back in the early to mid 1980s I worked in the business office of a major southern California health center. Originally from New York, it has taken me the better part of 30 years to become acclimated to the western mentality. After living in southern California for 16 years, I found myself wanting something new and different than the rat race that L.A. had become, so I packed up and moved to a small Nevada town along the Colorado River named Laughlin.
Upon arriving in Laughlin, I obtained a job working security at one of the local casinos. Having spent the better part of 15 years working in the security field, (mostly in management and supervision), I was satisfied as it was an hourly rather than salaried job. I thought maybe now I would truly be compensated for all the time I put in on my job, rather than receive comp time which never seemed to really compensate one for all the hours put in on a job. Anyway, I worked security at the casino for about a year, then after learning to deal cards I became a 21 dealer and dealt cards for the next nearly 4 years both in Laughlin and Las Vegas.
In 1995 some friends of mine moved to Las Vegas, and asked me to come up there to live and work. I tried it for about two years, but soon grew tired of the ever growing city, and wasn't making as much money as I had been dealing in Laughlin, so I decided to return to Laughlin in June of 1997. Upon returning to Laughlin I decided to no longer deal cards, as the fun and money just didn't prove to be enough to keep me satisfied, so I went back into working security at one of the casinos. I remained in Laughlin until 2000, when after meeting my wife online, I returned to Las Vegas, and we married and lived there until April of 2002, when we moved to this rural area of Pahrump, which I fondly refer to as Podunck.
To me it reminds me of a small town trying to be big without allowing the business development necessary to do so. The political system here is still the "good ole boy" system where it isn't what you know, it's who you know, or how much you're willing to pay to get what you want from the incumbent political machine. I can't tell you how many positions with the County I have applied for and been more than qualified for that I have never even received as much as an interview for, because I don't know the right people. Anyway, we do now have a Wal Mart in town, and by August a Home Depot, so I suppose we are making some progress. We did have a chance to have an Applebees restaurant and a Lowes home improvement center here, but as usual all the politics and hoops that businesses have to go through to get approved in this town, neither came to fruition.
I am currently working part time for a company called ASI, as a recruiter in their human resources department. I work from home, and simply download a list of potential applicants from their website, and call and interview them to see if they match our criteria. ASI is a company that offers discount health care plans, which can save people 40 to 60 percent on their health care costs. They have over 300,000 doctors and dentists who participate in their plans, as well as optometrists. With over 3 million members throughout the U.S. the company has been in business since 1989, and is partnered with Govius Cellular Phone Service, which offers affordable pre-paid cellular programs which include a free cell phone, and minutes for .08 cents. Most of ASI's employees work from home, and all the business is conducted through websites, e-mails and conference calls.
What makes this a nice part time job, is that I can work around my full time job hours, and make extra money to help with monthly expenses. Part time one can earn between $200-$400 a week. In addition to the human resources, I can also earn commissions on their programs, just by informing people about their services. I pass out business cards (PAL cards) which I can download and print at home on my computer, and post flyers at public places like grocery stores, libraries, colleges, etc. I don't have to do any selling, just inform people of the services, and by calling a toll free number they can speak with a representative who presents all the programs to them. If they sign up for any of the services offered I receive a commission.
I also have a passion for writing, which is the main reason I have begun to write blogs. Although I would some day like to work on and complete a manuscript for a novel, I find writing blogs about various subjects that have an effect on me and my family, such as gas, and food prices, pharmaceutical prices, and the environment. Perhaps I can earn a little extra money by writing about these things, or products that we use and like. This new medium seems to be catching on, and I believe it may be the way to go for many aspiring writers like myself.
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