<p>The main issue with the jobs I’ve held is they either have extremely varying schedules or “conflict of interest” policies that prevent me from doing anything other than 1 short hour job at a time. The fact that I’ve never had an employer that gives me my schedule far enough in advance to tell another employer my available hours is really hindering. </p>
<p>It took me almost a year to get employed at a retail outlet after college, and the hiring manager’s exact words during training were “you cannot get another job with any stores we consider competition, which also includes mall stores.” When we started asking about exclusions, she narrowed it down to gas stations and fast food. It’s hard to get a second job when you have to tell the prospective employer “I only get my schedule on a weekly basis the day before the week starts and the hours vary between 8AM and 11PM and can be any day of the week.” Negotiating hours? The retailer in question denied hourly requirements. I knew some people that could not do certain hours due to documented medical conditions but they didn’t care. Getting a job there meant you were either forced to be free 7 days a week between 8AM and 11PM or you’d be fired after a few months. High school student? College student? They wouldn’t care about your schedule. They scheduled my girlfriend’s sister DURING HIGH SCHOOL CLASS HOURS. Lovely business, yes? :)</p>
<p>Anyway, back to the legal direction. I want to be in a position that gives me the opportunity to be a consultant as well as practice on my own given I create the opportunity. I went through the 2007 LSAT provided on LSAC to see how well I’d respond at this point. I’ve only been doing a few problems here and there between job applications, cooking, errands and so forth. So far I’ve yet to be stumped or answer incorrectly. If the LSAT is logic puzzles and writing, I can’t see myself getting a low score (I test incredibly well.)</p>
<p>Also, sorry for the sloppy word soup and disorganization in my posts. I haven’t been sleeping and my keyboard is missing half its buttons so I’m sort of in “type first think later” mode right now. Normally I’m much more put together. :/</p>