Job Responsibilities
Administrative support: proofreading, scheduling, mailings,
coordination
Some research, substantive GR projects, meeting planning
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Job Requirements
My current job is not directly related to my career path. It
required a bachelor of acts and some administrative experience.
My career path is in law. I am currently an evening law student
and was looking for a job that was not too demanding and that
worked with my schedule.
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Uppers
This type of job is great for someone who is working through school and wants to
put most of their energy into school. It's a good balance between being
unstressed but not bored or totally unchallenged: It requires competance, strong
administative skills and some knowledge of the legislative process but it doesn't
require any leadership responsibilities or much travel.
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Lifestyle
Very little travel, part-time hours (20-25 generally), business casual dress,
fairly diverse, generally welcoming and conservatively social environment (as in
no work-sponsored partying and drinking events but lots of lunches, annual picnic
type things)
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Compensation
Better than I would have expected for non-profit, admin work. My
particular employer offers full benefits even though this is a
part-time job (I don't know it that's typical)
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Advice to Jobseekers
If you are pursuing an administrative/coordination type career,
this is a good career-starting job.
I would caution someone looking into a substantive
legislative/policy/lobbying career from taking this type of job-
especially if they get frustrated or feel put off by tedious,
secretarial tasks. It might be an okay jumping off point for a
that type career, but the operative part of the title is
largely "administative" not "Govt. Relations."
Great job if working through grad school! Not high stress but
looks respectible on a resume, i.e., at the very least you
maintianed your work experience during grad school.
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