[Jewelry making - Article 00191] - Re: [Orchid] Apprenticing

[E. Luther]

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    What city are you in?  Are you in Canada?  If so, go see Charles
    Lewton Brain and take some classes. 

    If you have no training at all, then I don't think you should expect
    to find a job and get paid.  If you have some training and you can
    be of some use, and not make too many expensive mistakes that have
    to be fixed, then you could expect minimum wage. 

    If you have no training, can't find classes, then I think it would
    be reasonable to pay someone for the privilege of working for them. 
    In my second apprenticeship, I worked for a very, very, very low
    wage. However, I learned so much, advanced so far, that it would
    have been worth it to pay the woman I worked for. 

    In anticipation of the question, how did I get my two
    apprenticeships?  I created both by talking my way into them.
    Networking, asking.  All the best jobs I've ever had didn't exist
    until I asked for them. 

-- 
Elaine Luther
Chicago area, Illinois, USA
Metalsmith, Certified PMC Instructor
Studio 925; established 1992
eluther AT copper.net


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