Every gemology student's dream is to reach the top. Approximately 80% of the new students want to become an international gemstone buyer and travel the world buying gemstones for a jewelry company or big dealers. I tell them: So do I, but that job is so rare that you should probably consider some other part of the industry. I tell them that they should be prepared, even with their gemological diploma, to start out as an entry-level salesperson in this industry. They will never fully understand the operations of this industry unless they learn it from the entry-level and move up. That is how successful people are made in this industry, by learning all of the jobs that are required and moving up one step at a time. Not everyone has to start out as a janitor, but I have to tell you it helps. When you become a jewelry store manager and the toilets overflow, or your regular cleaning person is out sick, you better know how to clean toilets and polish floors. Because in the end, being president of a company, large or small, means you have to know how to do any job in the company. For some of us, that first job was being the janitor. To this day I can run a floor polisher better than anyone I know. If you ever feel there is a job in this industry that is beneath you to perform, the number of jobs that are available above you will be limited in scope and reach. If you have the opportunity to start as the janitor, be the best janitor the company has ever seen.
You might be surprised where it can lead you.
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