Sean Aiken has had six jobs in six weeks.

But he's not panicking; in fact, he's doing it on purpose.

Sean Aiken was a snowshoe guide assistant on North Vancouver's Mt. Seymour three weeks ago. This week, he's working at a flower shop in Edmonton.
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Aiken, 25, is on a "one-week job" campaign, working different jobs for a week apiece in an attempt to figure out his ideal career after graduating from Capilano College in North Vancouver, B.C., with a business administration degree.

"After graduating, I realized I wasn't too sure what I wanted to do as a career, so rather than just jump into that first career that comes along and spend six months before I find out if I like it, I thought this would be a good way to get out there and try a whole bunch of different jobs and hopefully pick up something from each experience along the way," said the Vancouver native.

Mission accomplished, so far.

"I've taken some things away and had some great positive work environments, so that's definitely something I'll be looking forward to in a career," he said.
 
Aiken, who was a scholar-athlete at Capilano College, isn't the only one to benefit from the experience, either. He said all of his paycheques are going to the Make Poverty History campaign. According to Aiken's website, he has raised $1,490 to date, although he's only been paid for this first three jobs so far.

"Realistically, it's probably more like $2,000," he said.

He plans to continue his job-a-week approach until the end of August.

A random resumé

Aiken's project has packed a lot of varied job experience into six weeks. He's been an intern for a Vancouver TV talk show, a snowshoe guide assistant, a volleyball coach, a columnist and he's worked for a bungee-jumping company.

This week, he's a florist at Best Buds Flower Company in Edmonton.

Aiken said he hasn't found the ideal job yet, but the experience has been educational.

"I'm only in week six here and the changes that I've been able to see in myself in such a short period of time [have] really been quite remarkable," he said. "I'm putting myself in unfamiliar and uncomfortable situations every day, starting a new job every Monday, and by the time Friday comes around, I'm comfortable in the workplace situation and then it's time to start something new.

"I guess it's in these situations where we grow and learn the most about ourselves, and I've kind of seen that."