When the campaign ends, the spending stops.
When that is the first week in November and you're exhausted from the chaos of the campaign, that can be a serious problem. Many businesses don't do hiring during Thanksgiving and then also don't hire during the Christmas season. So, the campaign ends and you have precious little time to find another job.
The question then becomes, how do you pay the bills when the campaign stops?
Many people have other jobs they can return to, or college classes to start attending again. If you lack savings and don't have relatives or parents to rely on, you can be hard-pressed when the campaign ends.
The low-class thing to do is to use the last weeks of the campaign looking for other work. This isn't abnormal, but it's bad form. It looks bad to those who know what you're doing.
Figure out your budget, what do you need to survive. A good plan if you don't have savings or another job, is to take any job that meets your basic budget for a few months after the campaign ends. That way you're working, and you can pay your bills. Don't rely on, or expect, the campaign to give benefits, bonuses or even a job after the campaign ends. Even if they've promised to do so, it very well may be an empty promise.
When the campaign ends, so does your paycheck. Be prepared to transition quickly to something else to pay your bills. Search for work in the last weeks of the campaign at home, after hours. Don't let other people notice your job search, otherwise you'll make a bad impression on the people around you.
Learn these skills and more, by buying the book "Getting a Job in Politics, and Keeping it" by Ben Wetmore, right away.
When that is the first week in November and you're exhausted from the chaos of the campaign, that can be a serious problem. Many businesses don't do hiring during Thanksgiving and then also don't hire during the Christmas season. So, the campaign ends and you have precious little time to find another job.
The question then becomes, how do you pay the bills when the campaign stops?
Many people have other jobs they can return to, or college classes to start attending again. If you lack savings and don't have relatives or parents to rely on, you can be hard-pressed when the campaign ends.
The low-class thing to do is to use the last weeks of the campaign looking for other work. This isn't abnormal, but it's bad form. It looks bad to those who know what you're doing.
Figure out your budget, what do you need to survive. A good plan if you don't have savings or another job, is to take any job that meets your basic budget for a few months after the campaign ends. That way you're working, and you can pay your bills. Don't rely on, or expect, the campaign to give benefits, bonuses or even a job after the campaign ends. Even if they've promised to do so, it very well may be an empty promise.
When the campaign ends, so does your paycheck. Be prepared to transition quickly to something else to pay your bills. Search for work in the last weeks of the campaign at home, after hours. Don't let other people notice your job search, otherwise you'll make a bad impression on the people around you.
Learn these skills and more, by buying the book "Getting a Job in Politics, and Keeping it" by Ben Wetmore, right away.