# I need a winter job **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 22, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-winter-job/291362 "2005-02-22T16:48:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-winter-job/291362/1 "2005-02-22T16:48:20Z")
I have a good job helping with taxes from about April/May to October, but it is seasonal, and it looks like I will be layed off each winter. So, I need a job that I can do each winter, with no expectation that I will remain there once my really well-paying tax job starts up again in spring. Any ideas? I am an office professional with tons of accounting clerk experience, by the way. I wouldn’t be adverse to a job outside of my normal clerking-type jobs, though. Oh yeah, I’ve already thought of temping. Actually, that’s about _all_ I can come up with, hence this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-winter-job/291362/2 "2005-02-22T18:00:14Z")
Come down to Florida if you have no aversion to the service industry. All the tourists and snowbirds need caring for. And you would have access to a great many other Canadians. Not your field, of course, but hey, maybe you can find something down here where the winter weather rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-winter-job/291362/3 "2005-02-22T18:05:02Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > So, I need a job that I can do each winter, with no expectation that I will remain there once my really well-paying tax job starts up again in spring. Any ideas? I am an office professional with tons of accounting clerk experience, by the way. I wouldn’t be adverse to a job outside of my normal clerking-type jobs, though. Hmmm…could you fancy bartending? Odd hours, lots of standing, dealing with drunks, but bars are often looking for replacements/shifts fillers and are frequently willing to work around schedules, 'specially if you could be available to work occasional fill shifts around the year. The money’s not bad on the good shifts, and the work isn’t hard on the slack ones. [Here’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=301395&highlight=bartending) a recent thread on the topic. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-winter-job/291362/4 "2005-02-22T18:15:57Z")
Seasonal retail. October is about when stores start hiring for Christmas retail. Maybe someone could use an extra hand in the bookkeeping department? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-winter-job/291362/5 "2005-02-22T19:01:45Z")
Interesting ideas. I hadn’t even thought about something like bartending or seasonal retail. My husband probably wouldn’t care for me leaving him in Calgary and heading to Florida every winter, though. 😃