Recently Graduated? Unemployed??

resume full of bullets over here. lol

I started on Craigslist. but you can also just do a Google search for:

brand ambassador agencies
experiential promotions
spokesmodel work

Not all jobs are considered equal. When I started I was open to all pay rates, but (depending on your city as location determines rates) I stopped doing promos for less than $20/hr and that was back in '05.

If you're 21+, focus on liquor promos as you usually do less work and make more money. The going rate (here in NYC) is minimum $20/hr for liquor promos and you usually work 4hrs. Altho for a liquor promo, (in NYC) I prefer $35/hr.

In a major market, there are promos happening multiple times every day. Smaller markets - not so much. And yes it tasks vary from handing out samples on the street (street sampling/street intercepts), doing liquor samplings (on/off premise tastings), trade shows (sales rep/spokesmodel work), long term promos (lasting more than one or two days - can be as much as a year or more), etc.

Often times these companies will let you work your way up to become an account exec where you're actually managing campaigns rather than being the person on the street. And keep in mind, while you're doing these promos, your schedule is still mostly your own so you can still look for a job and take these experiences and "tweak" them to add to your resume. Although I would say you worked for the actual promo company, not the brand.

There's tons of agencies you can sign up with, of course invoicing is always important. Some pay within 2 weeks, some within a month and God forbid, some are net45. Stay away from net45 and for sure anyone who says net60 as that's BS.

Some good ones that have been around forever, pay on time and are national:

GC Marketing Services
Attack Marketing
Productions Plus
Big Orange
Promosynthesis

I can't speak to other markets, but yes LA, LV, NYC, Miami, Boston & Chicago have tons of daily postings on Craigslist for promos. But then again, these are also cities that normally have a lot of activity in general. I use CL to source freelance clients from time to time and these cities are always active.

Pre-med?  So was I, please look into laboratory work. I was 23 with Bio degrees and no where to go but

The same key words were there just in bullets

I'm always looking to improve nyc lol

Being published is great and all but I'm trying to make moves right now so anything I can do to get a better position/pay I am up for

I still have my non bullet resume but I'm trying to see what it looks like with bullets and then I will try to add back a sentence or two if needed.