Alrighty so after five weeks into One Week Job, I have finally created the Intro Video. Pass the link a long to friends, contacts, potential employers, embed it directly in your blogs, websites, etc. and help spread the word!

Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPU-Tqe0tSo

Looking forward to meeting you!

-Sean

After a really long day of driving we arrived in Edmonton. I still hadn’t confirmed where I was going to be spending the night about three hours before I arrived, but was able to organize it just in time. Loving the new cell phone!

I must credit the guys at Hitch50 for making me realize just how brilliant the ‘jump shot’ really is.

Have an interview on CityTV Monday morning, then it’s off to work at Best Buds Flower Company. Know of any car rental companies in Edmonton who want to get some publicity, let me know!

-Sean

I found a ride to Edmonton! I am leaving this morning and we are going to drive straight through, I am totally not prepared but this is when the ride was going so what can you do. Are we ever really prepared anyways?

I will tell you about what my job in Edmonton for next week is in an upcoming post, should be fun though, especially if I get a chance to hit up the waterpark in the mall! Actually, maybe I could set up a One Week Job there?

If you are in the Edmonton area, you can catch me Monday morning on CityTV and Friday morning on Global TV, otherwise if you want to hang out, give me a shout!

-Sean

Had a crazy last day working with 24 Hours Vancouver. I started the morning with a nationwide interview on CBC Radio One, then got called by CTV News who wanted to do a story so I went a long with another 24 Hours reporter and a photography to cover a Wine Festival. They put a mic on me and away I went with my pen and notepad to explore the Festival while the camera crew followed me around. The segment about One Week Job, will air sometime next week during the CTV News Hour at 6pm. I will let you know!

I was introduced to Bill Hardy of Hardy’s wine and he showed me the ropes of the Festival and basically how things work. Really great guy! Pretty cool how he can just pick up a bottle and say, “This one is named after my grandfather, and this one over here after my grandmother.” I asked if he would be willing to name one after me, but he wouldn’t go for it.

I had a great week working with 24 Hours, if you want to read about it and you are in the Vancouver area, pick up a copy of the paper today (Friday) and I will tell you.

-Sean

Yesterday, I was sent out on assignment with another reporter from the paper to find out what happened in a homicide that occured the night before. I felt like I was a police investigator as details were unknown and so we had to go to the crime scene, interview neighbours, friends, police, and visit the highschool where the victim attended.

It was a really sad story and I just didn’t feel right being amongst every major media station in Vancouver trying to get some “good quotes” and names to make for a complete story. As a reporter your job is to get the story, seek out what happened and get the facts, yet I felt as if I was prying into their lives and getting involved in something that was none of my business. I found that it was just too real for me. I imagine if you are in reporting for a significant amount of time, you have seen it all and such stories can become somewhat routine.

Actually, it is kind of an interesting thought about careers in general. If we do find ourself at a point in a career when things cease to have emotion, passion, and no longer challenge us, is this perhaps an indication that it is time to change what we are doing?

I am not sure, what do you think? Leave your comments.

-Sean

Had a really interesting day which I will tell you about later, but first just wanted to share this with you.

Yeah I did.

-Sean

Second day on the job at 24hrs, not too exciting. Just writing a column a day for what looks like will be a weekly series that will appear in each Monday paper for the next four weeks.

I must say it is pretty cool being able to just call people up when you need a quote and start off by saying, “Hi, my name is Sean. I am a columnist with 24hrs… ” Tends to give you some immediate credibility and I even caught myself leaning confidently back in my chair at times feeling somewhat important.

This feeling didn’t last long though, and you will see why after watching this next clip.

So two weeks ago I was a Snowshoe Guide assistant, and this week I am a columnist. Just another Monday morning and another first day on the job. It’s quite funny, it seems as if I just get settled into a position, comfortable with the people in the company, and know what is expected of me, then Friday comes, the slate is wiped clean and it is time to start all over again in a new position and new location the following week. If it was uncertainty, unfamiliar situations and out of the comfort zone experiences I was looking for, well I have found them.

I met with the Editor-in-chief first thing in the morning and we went over ideas that I had for potential aritcles. He seemed to like them, and I set off on writing my first column in a series of pieces that I will be writing regarding One Week Job type themes.

Today I visited a couple of campuses around Vancouver and interviewed a bunch of students and some faculty. It was quite interesting speaking with students about topics such as what they want to do with their life, why our generation is having difficulty deciding on careers, and what we are looking for out of a career situation. I will be sure to post my articles to the site as I finish them… Continue reading this post >>

During Week Four Breakfast Television came in to do a segment and they did an interview with me. Here it is:

Starting tomorrow I will be working as a columnist for the Vancouver 24hrs, a daily newspaper published in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.

I will be writing about One Week Job type themes that I have previously touched upon. Such as: the idea of ‘sheepwalking‘ through life, making a commitment for passion, trade-off between money and happiness, my generation, interviewing upcoming graduates as to why they think our generation is seemingly having difficulty deciding on a career path, how they see their future relationship between their careers and social lives… etc.

If you have any other ideas or comments on these topics, I would love to hear them. Leave a comment, email me or now you can give me a call!

Yesterday, I got my first cell phone ever! Feel free to call me anytime with your ideas, thoughts, suggestions, offers, or even just to say hello:) Here is my number: 416-735-9335

-Sean