One Week Job

The One Week Job project was launched in February 2007 when 25-year-old college graduate Sean Aiken worked 52 jobs in 52 weeks to find his passion. The idea to try out a new job each week came to Aiken when he realized he was unsure of what career to pursue after completing a business degree.

In lieu of wages, Aiken asked his “employers” to donate to Make Poverty History, and raised $20,401.60 for the campaign. To support his travels and basic living expenses during the project, Aiken was sponsored by NiceJob.ca, a Canadian job search engine.

Over the course of the year, Aiken tried out a variety of job roles across Canada and the United States, including preschool teacher, firefighter, fashion buyer, cowboy, NHL mascot, and stock trader.

With his project ending in March 2008, Aiken wrote a book about his adventure, titled ''The One-Week Job Project'', published in 2010 by Penguin Canada and Random House Publishing Group in the United States. Provided by Wikipedia