“I liked doing a job that had a clear beginning, middle, and end, and the end was clearly a vast improvement over the beginning” ,True Colors,“I liked doing a job that had a clear beginning, middle, and end, and the end was clearly a vast improvement over the beginning.”
DULY WARNED “This isn’t the type of job that I’d recommend to women who maintain perfect manicures.”
Name: Elana Schachter│Profession: House Painter│Location: Philadelphia (now retired and living in Tzfas)
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hen Elana Schachter’s children were young she turned to a pretty atypical career for a frum mother. “I painted homes for three years. I had gotten divorced and for the first time in many years I needed to earn an income to support myself and contribute to expenses for the kids. When a friend told me that another acquaintance was looking for a partner in her painting business it sounded perfect.” The position worked out very well for Elana; she was able to bring in a solid income and work somewhat flexible hours doing something that she quickly discovered she enjoyed.
Tammy the senior partner of the company and Elana got along very well from the start and their clients appreciated their work. Women have a sense of color detail and aesthetics that men often do not have and unlike their male competitors Tammy and Elana left the home clean after a job not littered with beer cans and cigarette butts.
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