I’ve seen the bad advice and I’ve heard their complaints and their fears about graduation.” “After eight years in the business, I’ve personally mentored more than 200 students. “Other than my inner voice telling me that entrepreneurship was the move for me, starting the Niche Movement was really a passion-turned-project,” he says. He’s so passionate about passing on his wisdom and advice to young workers that it’s often hard to contain his enthusiasm. While he’s happy with his job, O’Connell’s also walking the talk of the Niche Movement. The latter may not earn you any money at first, but O’Connell strongly believes it will mark an investment on your future. As the above example illustrates, you can work a day job during your normal 40-hour week, while setting aside extra time to pursue your dreams. “Maybe late at night you’re blogging or interviewing people that’s a way you can make a name for yourself outside of the 9-to-5 job.” He adds that it’s also a good way to network, especially if you’re talking to people who can help you make the leap into a more rewarding career.īut when O’Connell says “boutique career,” he’s not just talking about a single job. “There’s this term ‘boutique career’ coming up more,” O’Connell says. So he’s getting the word out by any and all means possible - because he believes that for many workers under 35, his movement could prove a game changer. To date, he’s raised more than $2,000 of his $3,000 goal, which he must reach by Aug. To that end, O’Connell has started a Kickstarter campaign, which will help fund the publication of a book on the Niche Movement and its principles. Students may only concentrate on their degree, but they may have skill sets that apply to other industries.” “If you are 23, 24, 25 years old, and all you have are student loans, you can go all in on a project and do something you’re passionate about. “You can make a living doing anything you love these days,” O’Connell says.
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But he believes he’s cracked the code to finding lasting happiness in the working world, which is what the Niche Movement is all about. O’Connell - who works at Rutgers University as marketing and social media director in the campus recreation department - has done a lot of mentoring of college students and recent graduates. In 2013, the Shift Index showed that the number had increased to 89 percent. Back in 2010, Deloitte’s Shift Index survey indicated that 80 percent of workers were dissatisfied with their jobs.
To be sure, the statistics on job satisfaction don’t paint the rosiest of pictures. But Kevin O’Connell, founder of the Niche Movement, doesn’t want you to settle for that. Some people would consider themselves, upon graduating college or soon thereafter, fortunate enough just to find a job.
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