{"id":366,"date":"2007-11-06T10:31:58","date_gmt":"2007-11-06T14:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/06\/oneweekjob-aiken-horowitz\/"},"modified":"2016-09-20T03:07:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T07:07:30","slug":"oneweekjob-aiken-horowitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/2007\/11\/06\/oneweekjob-aiken-horowitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Our One Week Employee &#8211; Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have a new employee &#8211; but, he\u2018s only staying one week!<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from college in 2005 with a Business degree, Sean Aiken made a promise to himself that he would not settle for a career that he was not truly passionate about. Not realizing what this type of career would look like, he started, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oneweekjob.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"One Week Job\">www.OneWeekJob.com<\/a> in order to gain a better understanding of where his passions lie and inspire others to go after their passions.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, anybody anywhere in the world can offer him a One Week Job. He is doing 52 jobs in 52 weeks with all his wages donated to charity.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thedisciplinedinvestor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/onweekjob_day1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Sean Aiken\" title=\"Oneweekjob Horowitz\" align=\"left\" height=\"303\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" width=\"392\" \/><br \/>\nSome of his previous One Week Jobs throughout North America have included: Advertising Executive, Dairy Farmer, Yoga Instructor, Florist, Job Recruiter, Veterinarian, Radio DJAnd now, in Week #33 of his journey, he is a Stock Trader\/Investment Advisor with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horowitzandcompany.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Horowitz &amp; Company\">Horowitz &amp; Company<\/a>. This week he will be honing his skills in the areas of  economic theory, basic finance and investment management by researching and trading stocks, bonds and mutual funds.<\/p>\n<p>Graduating top of his class with a Business Administration degree, Aiken sees many signs that his generation is putting off the transition into adulthood &#8211; taking longer to finish university, get married, move out, start a family and to enter the work force. In a world where there are so many possibilities, the weight of all the possibilities can be overwhelming,\u201d\u009d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach day, we will be working on a different facet of this job.\u201d\u009d said Horowitz, his 33rd employer. \u201cThe market&#8217;s daily gyrations movement and continual changes in the economy will help to make this a very interesting week,&#8221; Horowitz added.<\/p>\n<p>All of the monies Sean receives will be donated to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oneweekjob.com\/the-campaign-to-make-poverty-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Make Poverty History\">Make Poverty History <\/a>campaign and donations are highly appreciated. We will chronicle Sean\u2018s experience daily via blog posts audio and video and have a call-in show later this week. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a new employee &#8211; but, he\u2018s only staying one week! 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