Ok. I'd like a job that involves frequent travel. It doesn't have to involve exotic, fun destinations, and I have no restrictions on frequency, duration, or distance. I live in a non-major east coast city, and I'm kind of stuck with that as a home base due to family. 4 year liberal arts degree. Outgoing. Pretty. Right now I'm a health professional recruiter. I don't even know what KIND of jobs I should be looking at, though.
I travel for my job. I am a strategy consultant for a spin off of a big 5 firm. Personally, I like travelling on a weekly basis - but it's not for everyone. I am not married, and don't have kids or pets, so there's no problem there. If I had those things, I doubt I would want my current lifestyle. My projects are usually about 3 months long, so if I get stuck somewhere not great, it's no big deal. Outside of strategy though, some assignments can be longer. As you are thinking about job options, I would consider whether you would prefer to do your travel by primarily driving from your home, or flying. I think that's an important distinction. I vastly prefer flying.
What about a college admissions recruiter? I believe they do a lot of travelling. Consultants generally do a lot of travelling, too, but you may need a business degree for that.
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I was in technical sales for a large chemical company and traveled nationally every week for 4 years. So, you might try looking for national or even regional sales jobs for something more in your field.
A word of caution on jobs that require a lot of travel. It takes the right personality to make them work. You have to be independent, able to be by yourself for long periods of time, be easy adaptable to change, and understand that your job will become your life. I'm not trying to be a downer, but traveling all the time is not as glamorous as some people imagine. I loved my job and while I would like to do something with a decent amount of travel involved in the future, I needed a break. Good luck in your search.
Lots of training jobs involve frequent travel. I have done technical training for the past 8 years. The first two were high amounts of travel, a lot to our European offices. That was cool, and I was young with no real ties or commitments. For the next five years, I did very little travel (same company, just change in training strategy). Now in the past year or so the travel has exploded again (same company, change in strategy), although now most of my travel is to po-dunk towns across the U.S.
As several people have said, you need a certain personality to hack the traveling. Personally, I don't and will be looking to leave in a year or so after DH and I have met certain financial goals. I can't stand that my suitcase just sits in the middle of my office floor and I cycle in and out clothes depending on the climate I'm traveling to. I can't stand not knowing if I can keep my haircut appointment scheduled for two weeks from now. And I hate waking up and having to think, "Ummmm... what city am I in right now?"
If you can hack those types of issues and love to speak in public, training in "the soft skills" might work for you. Worth a search under the Human Resources boards on sites like Monster and CareerBuilder to see what's out there.
I did sales for a trade publication. We traveled about every other week. Depending upon which region of the United States you were trying to sell, is where you ended up traveling. Not too bad.
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I can't stand that my suitcase just sits in the middle of my office floor and I cycle in and out clothes depending on the climate I'm traveling to.
HA!!! Not 60 seconds ago, I tripped over my suitcase, which was sitting on the middle of my apt where I dropped it when I got home from the airport this afternoon. I'll leave it there until I pack/unpack to leave again in 48 hrs.
Do you travel for work?
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