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Top 10 job offers for mavericks

By / June 4, 2009

Jake Turcotte

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Every week, Monitor staffers comb the job listings in search of interesting places to work. The most intriguing jobs we found this week are in Laramie, Wyo.; New York City; Paducah, Ky.; West Springfield, Mass.; Tempe, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; San Francisco; Atlanta; and University Place, Wash.
1. Broom-making historic re-enactor
Employer: Wyoming Territorial Prison and State Historic Site
Wages/salary: Not listed
Details: Portray living history by making brooms on replica 19th century machines at a newly restored broom factory. Training is provided. (For more information click here.)
Location: Laramie, Wyo. (pop. 27,136; median family income $62,085) is home to the state’s only four-year, higher-educational institution: the University of Wyoming.

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2. Donut finisher
Employer: Holey Donuts!
Wages/salary: $8 an hour
Details: Trainee wanted to assist in baking, frosting, and creating gourmet low-fat donuts; cleaning and packaging duties needed as well. (For more information, click here.)
Location: New York City (pop. 8,274,527; median family income $52,913) is the most expensive city in the US and 22nd in the world for expatriates to live in, according to the 2008 Cost of Living Survey by Mercer, an international consulting firm.

3. Newborn-baby photographer / sales representative
Employer: Our365
Wages/salary: Not listed
Details: Capture babies’ first portraits for a company specializing in hospital newborn photography. Assist mother and family in making selections. Begin work by 8 or 9 a.m. and stay until all of the babies have been photographed for the day. (For more information, click here.)
Location: Paducah, Ky. (pop. 24,967; median family income $36,387) enjoys a thriving arts culture at Kentucky’s far western edge near the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.

4. Paintless dent repair technician
Employer: Balise Collision Repair
Wages/salary: Not listed
Details: Use specialized tools and techniques developed to remove auto body dents by pushing the metal back into its original shape, without sanding, body filler, or repainting. (For more information click here.)
Location: West Springfield, Mass. (pop. 28,048; median family income $61,291) is the home of the “Big E,” the sixth-largest agricultural fair in the United States.

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