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Do you love shopping? Do you love being paid? Well in this week’s podcast, we may have found the ultimate job for you, the personal shopper! A personal shopper helps clients who don't have the time, interest or ability to shop for themselves by doing it for them. Intrigued? Find out more in this week’s podcast!

For the most part, the movies have portrayed hackers as a socially awkward person, living in a basement wearing a hoodie stealing money from bank computers. While there may be some truth to that stereotype (heck we don’t know) we definitely know that there are ethical hackers, or white hat hackers who hack into computers for good. Intrigued? Find out more in this week’s podcast!

In this podcast we feature not one, but FIVE different crazy careers, which include: Professional Pusher, Antique Picker, Water Slide Tester, Electric Shock Giver, and Iceberg Mover. Seriously, these are all real jobs, and to find out more, you’re going to have to listen. 

It’s another Crazy Careers to Consider, and up this week is: Social Media Marketer. Despite what you may think, the art of social media marketing is a challenging one. From choosing the right channel to communicate with your customers and potential purchasers, to developing content that resonates with your audience it could be the most interesting position within a marketing team. Interested? Find out more in this week’s podcast. 

Ever watch the news and see the guys who measure snowpack in the Sierra's during the winter? That's a limnologist a professional who studies inland waters and its ecological impacts to the environment and drinking water. Who knew! Find out more about this interesting career and why it may be for you!

In this week’s podcast we feature a career that involves wildlife, recycling, scuba diving and golf balls? Yup in this podcast we feature the unusual career of Golf Ball Divers who retrieve balls from those par three holes with a lake in front of the green. Needless to say, these careers are swinging! 

According to Price Waterhouse Cooper, an astounding 97% of all businesses believe that Project Managers are critical to a business’ performance and organizational success. Sound like an interesting career? You bet it is. Find out more on this week’s podcast and how to enter the field if it sounds appealing to you. 

Q: What do you get when you mix an electrician, a surfboard repairer and a rock climber? A: A wind turbine technician. If this combination of skill art and physicality sound appealing to you, listen to this week’s podcast. We may have found the perfect career for you!

Marketing. Not the go to the grocery store type, but the real live Mad Men (and women) of today who work the fine art of matching products to consumers. Learn more about this cool career and why you may want to consider it. And for our trivia section, find out the relationship between the movie Bull Durham and marketing.

Did you know that Einstein was an honorary plumber? It’s true! Plumbing may not sound like a sexy field, but for the right person, it’s a compelling well-paying career. In this week’s podcast, find out why plumbing may be your calling and how and why Al got his honorary plumbing title.