What is your daytime job?

KingTripleJump · #1 (**permalink**) Mon Dec 03, 2007, 03:00pm

As I keep moving up the ladder, I'm finding it harder to find a job that offers great pay, benefits, etc and will let me off all the days/nights I need for officiating. (This is mostly pertaining to college ball, not really high school.) I have a few friends who do D1 and some of them are teachers, insurance salesmen, or they own their own business. (And 1 of them just refs full time.)

So what is it that you do that allows you to get to games that are a few hours, perhaps even states, away?

jdw3018 · #2 (**permalink**) Mon Dec 03, 2007, 03:05pm

Well, I don't do college ball (yet, hopefully), but I run my own business as a strategic consultant and management trainer. Best of every world for me - I'm doing something I love for a "real job" and I have the flexibility to be off whenever I want as long as I take care of my clients.

KingTripleJump · #3 (**permalink**) Mon Dec 03, 2007, 03:11pm

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Originally Posted by jdw3018

Well, I don't do college ball (yet, hopefully), but I run my own business as a strategic consultant and management trainer. Best of every world for me - I'm doing something I love for a "real job" and I have the flexibility to be off whenever I want as long as I take care of my clients.

What exactly is that?

How'd you get started?

jdw3018 · #4 (**permalink**) Mon Dec 03, 2007, 03:18pm

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Originally Posted by KingTripleJump

What exactly is that?

How'd you get started?

My wife would like to know the answer, too.

Basically I'm a free-lancer for smaller businesses that want to do professional development and strategic planning for their own business, but don't necessarily have the expertise internally. I work mainly with businesses with 50-500 employees.

I do a lot of training - communication, conflict resolution, leadership, teamwork, sales, customer service, etc. Also do strategic planning and organizational assessment.

There are a number of options out there for getting into the business. I am affiliated with a company that supplies my curriculum for training classes and have a friend who started this business years ago who is a partner and mentor.

just another ref · #5 (**permalink**) Mon Dec 03, 2007, 03:07pm

Not sure, but I think Padgett is President of the United States.

(if not, he oughta be)

TheOracle · #6 (**permalink**) Mon Dec 03, 2007, 03:12pm

I'm an attorney. If you run your own business, it makes it easier to be available. Lots of teachers working the highest levels. You just have to have supportive managers if you work for a company and want to have time to officiate. Think about how many marriages/families suffer. All assignors will tell you that officiating is a personal sacrifice. You need to make those decisions for yourself.

Mark Padgett · #7 (**permalink**) Mon Dec 03, 2007, 03:19pm

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Originally Posted by just another ref

Not sure, but I think Padgett is President of the United States.

(if not, he oughta be)

Sorry - couldn't take the pay cut. Plus - there's not enough notoriety.

Actually, I'm the captain of the US Olympic Sarcasm Team. It doesn't pay much but I get to insult the French a lot. Not that it's difficult.

Damian · #8 (**permalink**) Mon Dec 03, 2007, 03:26pm

I wrote custom software for Lotus Note and Domino. I work out of the house or at some clients location. Been doing it for 12 yrs, so I can pick and choose my hours. My schedulers say its a dream for them.

cmckenna · #9 (**permalink**) Mon Dec 03, 2007, 03:48pm

I am a IT Project Manager for a large healthcare insurance company. We have some degree of flexibility here in that we can come in at 7 and leave at 3:30 or we can do 8 - 4 and stuff like that. Some of the people I work with do 6:30 to 2:30.

What I usually do is work out with my assignor what physical locations I can get to for a 5:30 start if I leave work at 4:00 (most JV in our area start at 5:30) Most V contests are at 7:00 and I can be anywhere in our coverage area in plenty of time for those, even if I leave work late.

While not the greatest availability, I do manage to average about 25 - 30 board assigned games a year. CT is an IAABO state so our board only has a small part of the state to cover (Litchfield cty). And we have a lot of prep schools that play Saturdays.

DonInKansas · #10 (**permalink**) Mon Dec 03, 2007, 04:09pm

I don't have a day job.

I work the overnight shift as a 911 Dispatcher for the county.

Not the most glamorous job, but working 11p-7a usually doesn't give me much problems with working games.

IREFU2 · #11 (**permalink**) Mon Dec 03, 2007, 04:40pm

I am an IT Manager. I work in an attorneys office, so I can pretty much come and go as I please. I dont abuse it, but I make sure my work is done. I am not on the College Level yet, but hoping to be there by next year.

zebra44 · #12 (**permalink**) Tue Dec 04, 2007, 06:07pm

I am a welder in an open pit iron ore mine. High glamor.

WhistlesAndStripes · #13 (**permalink**) Tue Dec 04, 2007, 06:21pm

I'm a CPA, currently working as a CFO for a non-profit organization. Very flexible afternoons when I need them to be. Other than that, typical 8-5, or 7-3, or 9-2....whatever works.

Coltdoggs · #14 (**permalink**) Tue Dec 04, 2007, 06:33pm

Sales Consultant for a marketing company...

Work for a company but really it's for myself...ownership is very flexible to anything I need...except increasing my commission rate!

MN BB Ref · #15 (**permalink**) Tue Dec 04, 2007, 06:37pm

College professor at a community college. I have a great deal of input into my classroom schedules so I arrange them around officiating. So far its worked out GREAT! The hardest thing is having kids at home and being a single parent. When my oldest child (17) is unable to watch the younger ones then I have to make other arrangements.